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Accounting & Finance

This guide provides an overview of resources available to support the Accounting program.

Government Sources

Information for Accounts (SEC)

SEC page includes information on Professional Practices, Enforcement, and International Affairs

Internal Revenue Service

The IRS site includes all sorts of documents relating to the taxing of America. This site tends to be slow to load. Whenever possible, select the "text-only version" to speed it up. It is possible to download tax forms and instructions in PDF format from this site. There are links to about 40 of the state tax sites, some of which also provide downloading forms.

Bureau of Fiscal Service

The Bureau of Fiscal Service is a section of the U.S. Treasury Department. Information is available on the U.S. public debt, State and Local Government Series, T-Bill and Savings Bond information and Consumer Fraud Information.

U.S. Treasury Department

The information available includes historical information, duties and strategic plan of the department and it's Bureaus and offices, business tax, contracting and procurement, importing/exporting, and EIN numbers..

Yahoo! Finance

Yahoo! Finance contains daily historic stock price data. Enter a company's ticker symbol and then select Historical Prices. Only currently active companies are available.

 

Accounting and Financial Reporting Guidance:
Accounting offices at the SEC are organized such that the Commission has an Office of the Chief Accountant that is responsible for establishing and enforcing accounting and auditing policy. Additionally, the Divisions of Corporation Finance, Enforcement, and Investment Management each have a Chief Accountant's Office that supports that Division. (From website)


Central Accounting Reporting System (CARS):
Handles accounting and reporting for all federal agencies.


Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCen):
A bureau of the U.S. Treasury, FinCen's goal is to safeguard the financial system and promote national security through the collection, analysis and dissemination of financial intelligence.


Government Accountability Offices (GOA):
An independent, non-partisan agency that works for Congressand  whose goal is to investigate how the federal government spends taxpayer money.  Also produces The Yellow Book which provides a framework for conducting high quality audits.


Internal Revenue Service (IRS):
Administers and enforces federal revenue law. 


Joint Committee on Taxation:
It is a nonpartisan committee of the United States Congress, with an experienced professional staff of economists, attorneys, and accountants, that assists Members of both houses of Congress on tax legislation.


Chief Financial Officers Council (CFO):
It is an organization of the CFOs and Deputy CFOs of the largest Federal agencies, senior officials of the Office of Management and Budget, and the Department of the Treasury who work collaboratively to improve financial management in the U.S. Government. (From website)


U.S. Tax Court:
Offers a national forum to resolve disputes between taxpayers and the Internal Revenue Service.

 

Databases

Reports

 

Information for Accounts (SEC)

SEC page includes information on Professional Practices, Enforcement, and International Affairs

Internal Revenue Service

The IRS site includes all sorts of documents relating to the taxing of America. This site tends to be slow to load. Whenever possible, select the "text-only version" to speed it up. It is possible to download tax forms and instructions in PDF format from this site. There are links to about 40 of the state tax sites, some of which also provide downloading forms.

Bureau of Fiscal Service

The Bureau of Fiscal Service is a section of the U.S. Treasury Department. Information is available on the U.S. public debt, State and Local Government Series, T-Bill and Savings Bond information and Consumer Fraud Information.

United States Tax Court

U.S. Treasury Department

The information available includes historical information, duties and strategic plan of the department and it's Bureaus and offices, business tax, contracting and procurement, importing/exporting, and EIN numbers..

Yahoo! Finance

Yahoo! Finance contains daily historic stock price data. Enter a company's ticker symbol and then select Historical Prices. Only currently active companies are available.

Tax World

 

 

Selected U.S. Government Organizations

Accounting and Financial Reporting Guidance:
Accounting offices at the SEC are organized such that the Commission has an Office of the Chief Accountant that is responsible for establishing and enforcing accounting and auditing policy. Additionally, the Divisions of Corporation Finance, Enforcement, and Investment Management each have a Chief Accountant's Office that supports that Division. (From website)


Central Accounting Reporting System (CARS):
Handles accounting and reporting for all federal agencies.


Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCen):
A bureau of the U.S. Treasury, FinCen's goal is to safeguard the financial system and promote national security through the collection, analysis and dissemination of financial intelligence.


Government Accountability Offices (GOA):
An independent, non-partisan agency that works for Congressand  whose goal is to investigate how the federal government spends taxpayer money.  Also produces The Yellow Book which provides a framework for conducting high quality audits.


Internal Revenue Service (IRS):
Administers and enforces federal revenue law. 


Joint Committee on Taxation:
It is a nonpartisan committee of the United States Congress, with an experienced professional staff of economists, attorneys, and accountants, that assists Members of both houses of Congress on tax legislation.


Chief Financial Officers Council (CFO):
It is an organization of the CFOs and Deputy CFOs of the largest Federal agencies, senior officials of the Office of Management and Budget, and the Department of the Treasury who work collaboratively to improve financial management in the U.S. Government. (From website)


U.S. Tax Court:
Offers a national forum to resolve disputes between taxpayers and the Internal Revenue Service.

 

Databases

Reports

News