Accounting information that individual firms report can have a big impact on the economy. Smith School professor Rebecca Hann says the reason is because economic forces prevent markets from weeding out under-performing firms.

While the newly adopted tax code didn't go into effect until 2018, it might actually create a soft spot in the 2017 tax returns Americans are filing now. And it's all because of the things that the new law strips from the tax code, says the Smith School's Samuel Handwerger.

There are two certainties, the old saying goes: Death and taxes. And though there are no known loopholes for death, tax professionals do discover tax loopholes from time to time. Like this one, involving Uber drivers.

The Supreme Court is poised to take up an issue that states have wrestled with since before the earliest days of online retail sales. It's the issue of whether states may collect sales tax from out-of-state retailers. Sam Handwerger explains why it's a bigger deal than ever.

Time required to collect, process and distribute information ranges from nine minutes to nearly five days for Thomson Reuters.

Among the pages and pages of proposed changes in the still-evolving Republican tax plan, the Smith School's Sam Handwerger detects some signs that the party is becoming more open to a flat tax.

Researchers find a correlation between declining firm performance, narcissism and large signature size on annual SEC filings.

While private company ownership comes with benefits, new research from the Smith School reveals it may not be for the risk-averse.

Companies with internal control weaknesses should stay away from acquisitions. Otherwise they may pay more in the long run.

Markets often react in counterintuitive ways to monetary policy. Understanding why can help analysts anticipate Fed action.