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Webcast ‎October‎ ‎20‎, ‎2026 ‎9‎:‎00‎ ‎AM to ‎10‎:‎00‎ ‎AM EST Andres Cools Cyber Managing Director BDO USA Walter Seliga Cyber Leader BDO USA Please be advised that photographs and videos will be taken during this event. By registering and attending, you consent to BDO using these images for promotional purposes, including on our website and in marketing materials. You may view the full photography and videography terms and conditions here.

Boards today face unprecedented challenges in an era of increasingly complex and sophisticated fraud risks. BDO’s Jonathan T. Marks, Forensics Principal, emphasizes the necessity for boards to independently own risk, rather than rely on management reports. In an article originally published in AICPA's summer issue of Eye on Fraud, Jonathan outlines the pivotal role boards must play in creating robust channels to detect, report, and mitigate fraud. He offers practical advice to strengthen oversight.

The House passed four tax administration bills with overwhelming bipartisan support on September 15, but the outlook for their enactment depends on the House and Senate resolving differences in their legislative approaches. The bills address relatively narrow issues: Protecting Taxpayers From Ghost Preparers Act (H.R. 9499): Expands the definition of a return for purposes of Section 6696 preparer penalties to include administrative adjustment requests.

The 2026 BDO Tax Strategist Survey offers a broad look at the priorities, pressures, and planning considerations shaping today’s tax function. This insight draws from that survey but focuses specifically on its state and local tax findings, highlighting how shifting rules, evolving conformity considerations, audit activity, and multistate compliance obligations are influencing business decisions and tax department priorities.

A green dashboard can hide a surprising amount of work. Service-level agreements may be within target while employees rely on workarounds. Operations teams may restore the same service every week without removing the cause. A key application may technically be available even though the transactions that matter most are slow or unreliable. For CIOs and IT operations leaders, availability is only the starting point.

The Second Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled in Soroban Capital Partners v. Commissioner, No. 25-2250 (2nd Cir. 2026), that several partners did not qualify for the limited partner exception from self-employment tax because they “exerted managerial control” over the partnership. The decision comes on the heels of the Fifth Circuit’s opinion in K Alain L.L.L.P. v. Commissioner (formerly Sirius Solutions, L.L.L.P. v.

House Ways and Means Committee member Ron Estes, R-Kan., has introduced legislation (H.R. 10431) that would overhaul international tax rules. The U.S. Innovation and Global Competitiveness Act of 2026 includes reforms designed to increase the deduction for foreign-derived deduction-eligible income (FDDEI), soften the tax on net tested controlled foreign corporation income (NCTI), and address taxpayer concerns over the base erosion and anti-abuse tax (BEAT).

An overabundance of dry powder is chasing too few quality assets, driving up deal prices and prompting private equity firms to rethink how they differentiate themselves to close deals. BDO’s 2026 Private Equity Survey captures insights from 400 U.S. private equity fund managers, deal partners and operating partners on heightened competition, lengthening hold periods and the impact of artificial intelligence.

CHICAGO – Sept. 22, 2026 – BDO’s 2026 Private Equity survey reveals a market where an overabundance of dry powder is chasing too few quality assets, with 82% of respondents expecting deal prices to increase as a result of tighter competition. In response, firms are rethinking how they differentiate themselves to close deals.

As Bitcoin evolves into a more established asset class, the companies built around it are evolving as well. Early public-company activity centered on exchanges, wallets, and other Bitcoin-commerce services, followed by the institutionalization of Bitcoin mining. A newer phase is now taking shape as public companies are holding Bitcoin as a treasury reserve and developing strategies, risk management practices, financing structures, and operating processes around those holdings.