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Regulatory Roundup: April 1-7

AICPA

AICPA Applauds Passage of Bipartisan Bills to Improve Tax Administration and Offer Relief to Taxpayers, Practitioners

Apr 01, 2025

New generation of Zambian accounting and finance professionals receive their Chartered Global Management Accountant (CGMA®) designation
Mar 31, 2025

CBO

Presentation
CBO's Model of Drug Development: Ongoing Updates
April 4, 2025
Presentation by Christopher Adams, an analyst in CBO's Health Analysis Division, at the American Enterprise Institute.

Cost Estimate
March 31, 2025
As ordered reported by the House Committee the Judiciary on March 25, 2025

Cost Estimate
March 31, 2025
As ordered reported by the House Committee on Natural Resources on February 12, 2025

Cost Estimate
March 31, 2025

As ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation on March 12, 2025

FASB

April 1, 2025

GAO

Combatting Illicit Drugs:
Improvements Needed for Coordinating Federal Investigations
GAO-25-107839Published: Mar 5, 2025 . Publicly Released: Apr 4, 2025 .This Q&A report examines how the Drug Enforcement Administration and the Homeland Security Investigations agencies coordinate on drug investigations. We found: DEA authorized an average of over 4,000 HSI agents per year to participate in drug investigations in FY 2019-2023 DEA doesn't track the time it takes to process HSI agent requests to participate in drug investigations DEA and HSI haven't implemented the agent training...

GAO-25-107291
Published: Apr 4, 2025 . Publicly Released: Apr 4, 2025 .
States get $16.5 billion a year in federal funding for the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families program. States must audit their use of these funds and report the results to the Department of Health and Human Services. Recent audits found 162 deficiencies—56 of which were severe. For example, auditors found a state that didn't report required information for grants it gave with federal funds. 105...
 
GAO-25-107453
Published: Apr 3, 2025 . Publicly Released: Apr 3, 2025 .

The Department of Defense relies on its civilian employees and contractors in Japan and Guam to provide services such as engineering, food service, and teaching. They may receive health care at military facilities but only on a space-available basis—after active-duty service members and their families. Accessing health care through local providers can be difficult. For example, in Japan, they face language barriers and must pay...

GAO-25-106899
Published: Apr 3, 2025 . Publicly Released: Apr 3, 2025 .
The Medical Reserve Corps provides volunteer medical and other services to communities in times of emergency. Health and Human Services—the leader of the nation's public health emergency response—oversees, supports, and relies on information from the Medical Reserve Corps about numbers and locations of available volunteers. However, we found that data on the number of Medical Reserve Corps' volunteers was not always up to date, and...
 
GAO-25-107099
Published: Apr 2, 2025 . Publicly Released: Apr 2, 2025 .
Federal police forces play a role in protecting federal property, employees, and visitors. Their work environment and duties have changed recently due to increased threats, staffing shortages, and more—raising questions about whether their pay and retirement should change. Federal police officers are not considered federal law enforcement officers for the purposes of pay and retirement benefits. Their retirement benefits accrue at a lower rate than...
 
GAO-25-107523
Published: Apr 1, 2025 . Publicly Released: Apr 1, 2025 .
To make lobbying the federal government more transparent, paid lobbyists and firms must: Register with Congress File quarterly reports on who lobbied and what they did File semiannual reports on political contributions As in past years, we found that most registered lobbyists filed reports, but some reports were inaccurate. For example, 21% of quarterly reports listed lobbyists who didn't fully disclose their relevant prior federal...
 
GAO-25-108189
Published: Mar 27, 2025 . Publicly Released: Mar 27, 2025 .

The Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs has received billions in funding in recent years to keep Americans safe by protecting the border and countering crime, illegal drugs, and instability abroad. This testimony discusses our prior work, such as challenges the bureau faced in determining the effectiveness of assistance it provides in foreign countries. For example, we found that the bureau was unable...

IASB 

IFRS Foundation publishes 2024 annual report and financial statements
1 Apr 2025

IRS

IR-2025-41, April 4, 2025 — The Internal Revenue Service today reminds individuals and businesses in area covered by 2024 disaster declarations that their 2024 federal income tax returns and tax payments for tax year 2024 are due on Thursday, May 1, 2025.

IR-2025-40, April 3, 2025 — The Internal Revenue Service today reminds taxpayers that they don’t need to wait until April 15 to file their 2024 federal return, and if they owe and are unable to pay the balance in full, there are payment plans available to help them pay their tax obligation.

IR-2025-39, April 2, 2025 — The Internal Revenue Service today reminded taxpayers living and working abroad that they have until Monday, June 16, 2025, to file their 2024 federal income tax return and pay any tax due.

NYS

April 2, 2025

PCAOB

PCAOB Releases 2024 Annual Report
Apr. 1, 2025

SEC

By Building Wealth, Investors Power U.S. Economy
2025-60
Washington D.C., April 2, 2025 —The Securities and Exchange Commission’s Office of Investor Education and Advocacy (OIEA) today announced, as part of April’s National Financial Literacy Month, it will highlight the key role investing plays in both powering the U.S. economy and preparing U.S. investors for their own financial future.

SEC Charges Three Arizona Individuals with Defrauding Investors in $284 Million Municipal Bond Offering That Financed Sports Complex
2025-59Washington D.C., April 1, 2025 — The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged Randall “Randy” Miller, Chad Miller, and Jeffrey De Laveaga with creating false documents that were provided to investors in two municipal bond offerings that raised $284 million to build one of the largest sports venues of its kind in the United States.