Here’s hoping that fewer last-minute changes will make for easier filing. The 10-second rule → | By Kyle Walters 4 min read | If you find yourself talking for more than 10 consecutive seconds during a client meeting, stop and ask the client an open-ended question, and give them ample time to respond. | | Financial Accounting Foundation appoints executive director → | By Michael Cohn 2 min read | The Financial Accounting Foundation, the group that oversees the Financial Accounting Standards Board and the Governmental Accounting Standards Board, has named acting president John W. Auchincloss as the FAF’s executive director. | | Digital tax talks may result in trade war even if Democrats win → | By Laura Davison 5 min read | A brewing fight about which country has the right to tax some of the world’s most profitable companies, including Facebook Inc. and Alphabet Inc.’s Google, could devolve into a multi-front trade war, regardless of whether President Donald Trump is still in the White House. | | |