If your team is functioning unevenly and its esprit de corps isn’t what you’d hoped, it’s time for you to ask yourself whether your people are deployed optimally. Employees’ skills and interests can evolve, as can the goals of your group, so misalignment can occur over time, explains the Harvard Business Review.

The IRS has released final regulations to implement simplified reporting requirements under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, reports the Journal of Accountancy.  Also, the Department of Health and Human Services has released several PPACA-related standards.

Dave Camp's long-awaited draft legislation on tax reform has been met with mixed reviews, reports Accounting Today. Find out about key highlights from the proposal and the reactions it has drawn.

CGMA Magazine explains how the finance function can help refresh planning, budgeting and forecasting to provide better guidance to businesses.

The D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled that the IRS had no legal authority to impose a nationwide licensing scheme on tax return preparers that would have required testing and continuing education as Registered Tax Return Preparers, reports Accounting Today.