IRS taking steps to increase operations.

美國國稅局（IRS）逐步采取措施增加業務。

On the IRS website, the IRS Commissioner has explained that the IRS anticipates bringing more people back into its campuses and offices to do work that cannot be performed remotely. The first phase, which began June 1, will include employees with nonportable work in Kentucky, Texas, and Utah. In addition, over the next several weeks, the IRS will continue to ask employees whose work is not portable to return to their posts of duty. Business unit leaders are evaluating their needs and will make decisions about how many employees are needed in each location to clear out the backlog of work and safely resume operations.

在美國國稅局的網站上，國稅局局長解釋說，國稅局預計會讓更多的人回到校園和辦公室，從事無法遠程執行的工作。階段從6月1日開始，將包括在肯塔基州、德克薩斯州和猶他州從事不可移動辦公的員工。另外，在接下來的幾周，國稅局將陸續要求其不能移動辦公的員工回到工作崗位。業務部門領導正在評估他們的需求，并將決定每個地方需要多少員工來清理積壓的工作并安全地恢復運營。

IFRS Interpretations Committee to discuss supply chain financing, other topics.

國際財務報告準則解釋委員會（IFRS Interpretations Committee）討論供應鏈融資及其他議題。

At press time, the IFRS Interpretations Committee has yet to determine its next steps about disclosure and presentation reporting issues arising from supply chain financing arrangements—a process that enables buyers and sellers to minimize risk across a supply chain. Committee discussions on supply chain financing started in April following a company’s request to clarify a matter related to the presentation and disclosure of reverse factoring arrangements, according to a board handout published on June 5. The panel has been studying how an entity presents its obligations with regard to reverse factoring arrangements, and what to disclose in its financial statements. Separately, the International Financial Reporting Interpretations Committee (IFRIC) will discuss feedback it received on its published tentative agenda decision in response to a submission on International Accounting Standard (IAS) 12, Income Taxes.

截至發稿時，國際財務報告準則解釋委員會尚未就供應鏈融資安排引起的披露和列報報告問題（使買方和賣方能夠將整個供應鏈的風險降至#低的程序）確定下一步行動。根據6月5日發布的一份董事會講義，在一家公司要求澄清與反向保理安排的列報和披露有關的事項后，委員會于4月開始討論供應鏈融資問題。事務委員會一直在研究一個實體如何列報其在反向保理安排方面的義務，以及在其財務報表中應披露的內容。另外，國際財務報告解釋委員會（International Financial Reporting Interpretations Committee,IFRIC）將討論它收到的關于其公布的臨時議程決定的反饋，以回應關于“國際會計準則（International Accounting Standard, IAS）12 - 所得稅”的意見。

Cities, states get clarifying rules for cloud computing, subscription-based IT arrangements.

城市和州得到了明確的云計算規則，和基于訂閱的IT安排。

The GASB issued new accounting rules on June 5 to clarify how to report cloud computing and other subscription-based forms of software arrangements, the use of which by state and local governments has skyrocketed. Governmental entities have been shifting from traditional information technology (IT) based on a purchasing and perpetual licensing model to cloud computing and similar arrangements. The new rules will bring more uniformity to financial reporting in that area, the statement explains. The standard takes effect for fiscal years beginning after June 15, 2022, one year later than the board originally proposed. The extension was provided in order to give state and local governments more time to deal with circumstances arising from the COVID-19 pandemic, the board said. Early application is encouraged.

GASB于6月5日發布了新的會計準則，以澄清如何報告云計算和其他基于訂閱的軟件安排形式，州和地方政府對云計算和其他訂閱形式的使用量激增。政府實體已經從基于購買和永久許可模式的傳統信息技術（IT）轉向云計算和類似安排。聲明解釋說，新規定將使該領域的財務報告更加統一。該標準自2022年6月15日起生效，比委員會#初提議的晚一年。委員會說，延長期限是為了給州和地方政府更多的時間來處理由COVID-19大流行引起的情況。鼓勵盡早申請。

Broad support to build on international approach to revise quality control standards.

廣泛支持利用國際方法修訂質量控制標準。

The PCAOB has received broad support to build upon a proposed approach taken by an international standard-setter to update the board’s audit quality control (QC) standards. A firm’s QC deals with its system of employee training and compliance with professional standards and its standards of quality. The board believes that strong QC is important to audit quality. In the past several years, the board has been researching the standards to determine if they need to be updated as the inspections staff has continued to find deficiencies in audit engagements as well as problems in firms’ QC systems in certain areas. Currently, the PCAOB uses the AICPA’s QC standards, which were issued in 1997 before the board existed. The audit environment has changed dramatically since then, especially with advances in technology. “There is no need to reinvent the wheel; the existing International Auditing and Assurance Standards Board’s [IAASB] standards, when complete, will represent a good starting point for the PCAOB that can be tailored to fit the specific needs of the U.S. market,” wrote Marcie Frost, CEO of California Public Employees’ Retirement System (CalPERS). “Many accounting firms are multinational organizations using worldwide auditing practices and are already familiar with the IAASB standards which will ease the transition.”

PCAOB得到了廣泛的支持，幫助其在一個國際標準制定者提出的方法基礎上更新審計委員會審計質量控制（QC）標準。一個公司的質量控制涉及到它的員工培訓體系，以及專業標準和質量標準的依從性。董事會認為，強有力的質量控制對審計質量很重要。在過去幾年中，審計委員會一直在研究這些標準，以確定是否需要更新這些標準，因為檢查人員不斷發現審計工作中的缺陷，以及公司在某些領域的質量控制系統中存在的問題。目前，PCAOB使用AICPA的質量控制標準，該標準在委員會存在之前于1997年發布。自那以后，審計環境發生了巨大變化，特別是隨著技術的進步。Marcie Frost，加州公共雇員退休系統（California Public Employees’ Retirement System, CalPERS）的首席執行官寫道：“沒有必要重新設計車輪；現有的國際審計與鑒證標準委員會（IAASB）的標準完成后，將為PCAOB提供一個良好的起點，可以根據美國市場的具體需求進行調整。”“許多會計師事務所是跨國組織，采用全球審計慣例，并且已經熟悉IAASB標準，這將有助于簡化過渡。”