Beginning in May, the SEC issued a flurry of proposed reforms that could drastically change both the type of information organizations are required to report and the cadence in which they’re required to report it.

As a refresher—and nobody would blame you for needing it—here’s a recap of some major SEC proposals: The commission proposed an option for public firms to switch from quarterly to semiannual reporting. It then proposed paring down filer statuses to just two and a related loosening of disclosure requirements for many filers. And it commenced a formal end to climate-related disclosure reporting rules.

In a statement from May issued on the SEC website, Chair Paul Atkins wrote, “The current public company regulatory framework is in dire need of a comprehensive overhaul,” and that the last quarter century of rulemaking has created “complex, overlapping requirements and benefits.”

Of course, the proposals are just that at the moment, no matter how inevitable some may seem (one expert CFO spoke with earlier this year called the climate rule rescission “a foregone conclusion”). Organizations need to follow “the rules as they currently exist,” David Peavler, a former enforcement attorney at the SEC and partner at law firm Jones Day, wrote in an email to CFO Brew.

Keep reading for more on how companies are charting a course through all this.—AZ

It’s giving “pay no attention to that man behind the curtain.”

IRS CEO Frank Bisignano told senators that 2026 was the “most successful filing season in IRS history” and proved the agency could have “less people and better results” after shedding more than a quarter of its workforce last year.

Contributing to that successful filing season were nearly 1,200 employees the agency involuntarily reassigned to taxpayer-services duties to help address “critical staffing shortages and potential filing season backlogs,” a new TIGTA report details.

According to the report, the IRS put those employees on detail “as contact representatives or managers” until June 13, though the agency extended most reassignments another 120 days. While temporarily working those jobs, the employees kept their original positions with the same pay and benefits, TIGTA added.

Pay discrepancy. IRS leadership stressed to lawmakers this spring that their initiatives were working. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent in April credited “new leadership” and a “digital-first taxpayer experience” for a successful 2026.

Read on for more on how the IRS got through filing season with fewer employees.—AZ

AI has become a pivotal part of any go-to-market team’s tech stack, with many sales teams using the function on a daily basis. A new report from HubSpot, however, highlights how teams need to make sure data isn’t siloed.

Fragmentation, manual efforts, and missed revenue affect many sales teams today, as AI tools frequently aren’t designed to work together. According to the report:

• 78% of revenue leaders say that data living in siloed systems is actively limiting their ability to make decisions.
• 72% report that AI tools don’t have access to the complete, accurate revenue data they need.
• 43% of teams spend between six to 10 hours per month reconciling revenue data across systems.

Revenue Brew shows how HubSpot is trying to fill the gap.—LI

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