Archived News for Tax & Accounting Professionals

Guide to giving year-end gifts to charities

As the end of December closes in, many people's holiday ritual includes pulling out the checkbook and a list of charitable organizations they support year after year. Besides helping those in need, the gifts translate to deductions on next spring's...

News • December 17th, 2012

Farmers fear fiscal cliff inaction could hurt agriculture

Local politicians and farmers are afraid agriculture will tumble over the "fiscal cliff." The president and Congress are working to avoid a combination of tax increases through expiration of the Bush-era tax cuts and $109 billion in spending cuts set...

News • December 17th, 2012

A look at tax breaks that expired this year

While much of Washington is consumed by the debate over tax cuts scheduled to expire next year, a big package of tax breaks already expired for this tax year (2012). Among the biggest, along with the cost to retroactively extend each one for 2012 and...

News • December 17th, 2012

Professionals on the Move - December 14, 2012

A weekly roundup of professionals in the tax and accounting profession that have changed jobs and/or been promoted.

News • December 14th, 2012

NetClient CS Receives Major Enhancements

Thomson Reuters releases a series of enhancements for NetClient CS.

News • December 13th, 2012

Open Enrollment Ending Soon for 2013 BMRG GAP

Open enrollment for the 2013 BMRG Group Advisory Program ends December 28, 2012.

News • December 13th, 2012

Tennessee tax preparer loses firm; Accused of investment fraud scheme

A Tennessee tax preparer in the city of Soddy-Daisy will will lose his firm in the first step by bankruptcy trustee Jerry Farinash to track down millions of dollars of investors' money that has disappeared.

News • December 13th, 2012

Cuomo to veto Grisanti historic tax credit bill

A measure to expand tax credits to encourage development of historic properties in Buffalo and other cities and villages will be vetoed by Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo.

News • December 13th, 2012

Tech guru Andreessen claims market seeing a 'tech depression'

Netscape founder Marc Andreessen, one of Silicon Valley's most influential venture capitalists, is tired of all the chatter about a social-media bubble. In fact, he claimed Wednesday in a talk in New York City that the nation is in a "tech depression...

News • December 13th, 2012

Landscaping business owner sentenced for bankruptcy fraud

An owner of a Lakewood, New Jersey, landscaping business has been sentenced to 18 months in prison for concealing assets in connection with his November 2008 bankruptcy petition, authorities said.

News • December 13th, 2012

Police board wants cop suspended for alleged tax scam

A police board found officer Elaine Thomas, a 15-year veteran of the force, guilty Wednesday of an alleged tax scam and recommended that she be suspended for 30 days without pay.

News • December 13th, 2012

Bill.com Extends Integration Beyond Accounting Software

Bill.com announced today it will offer a new application platform, which will extend its integration beyond accounting software to business applications.

News • December 13th, 2012

MISys Releases Easy Purchasing for QuickBooks

Manufacturing Information Systems, Inc. recently announced the release of its MISys Easy Purchasing software for QuickBooks.

News • December 12th, 2012

Facebook changes privacy controls again and takes a key one away

Facebook says it's changing its privacy controls yet again to make them easier for users to understand.

News • December 12th, 2012

FCC To FAA: Allow Greater Use Of In-Flight Electronics.

Why do airlines make you turn off your "portable electronic devices" before takeoff and landing? Good question, says the Federal Communications Commission, or FCC.

News • December 12th, 2012

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