LAS VEGAS--If there's one organization that could make the most people's lives easier by accepting digital signatures, it would be the U.S. Internal Revenue Service. Sadly, the IRS is still a long way ...

With so many people working from home and the many government-mandated stay-at-home orders during the coronavirus pandemic, it is difficult – if not impossible – to bring people together for an ...

How long should tax professionals hold onto the e-file signature authorizations of their clients? It depends on where they and their clients reside. Form 8879, "IRS e-file Signature Authorization," is ...

“It’s not just a pandemic thing. This will be extremely useful to issuers and other people involved in tax-exempt financing,” said David Cholst, a tax partner at Chapman and Cutler in Chicago who ...

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The growing use of electronic signatures benefits investors and industry alike, but it also raises an array of legal and compliance concerns, which has prompted the Mutual Fund Dealers Association of ...

On November 17, 2020, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission issued a release adopting rule amendments to permit the use of electronic signatures in connection with electronic filings on EDGAR ...