Accounting August 4, 2026
Nominations Open for Innovation Awards and 40 Under 40 Awards
Nominations are currently being accepted for CPA Practice Advisor's 40 Under 40, 20 Under 40, and Tax & Accounting Tech Innovation Awards.
January 11, 2021
Meyer Tax Consulting Launches Revolutionary Software to Streamline the Tax Planning Process
Jackie Meyer, Certified Public Accountant and President and Founder of Meyer Tax Consulting, has ;launched TaxPlanIQ, a tax firm planning web application that helps with tax calculations, planning and organization. Powered by practice management ...
January 11, 2021
Place Technology Enhances Financial Forecasting Solution
These platform enhancements reflect the market’s transition from static annual budgeting to dynamic, real-time financial forecasting and planning. With Place Technology, SaaS and professional services companies have the flexibility and visibility to ...
January 10, 2021
New Labor Department Rule Makes Classifying Workers as Contractors Easier
A move by the federal Labor Department that will make it easier for businesses to classify their workers as independent contractors offers a boon to gig-economy companies in the final weeks of the Trump administration.
January 10, 2021
As Economy Starts Rebound, Poverty Grows
Even as average personal incomes rose during the pandemic largely because of government aid, millions of people who didn’t receive such help have fallen into poverty, struggling to pay for food and other basic expenses.
January 10, 2021
AICPA News: January 2021
AICPA News is a round-up of recent announcements from the American Institute of CPAs.
January 8, 2021
Elon Musk Passes Jeff Bezos as Richest Person in the World: Worth $189.7 Billion
Elon Musk, the billionaire CEO of Tesla and SpaceX, is now the richest person in the world, surpassing former titleholder and Amazon chief Jeff Bezos with a net worth of $189.7 billion, according to Forbes’s real-time billionaire net-worth estimates ...
January 8, 2021
How to Identify a New Type of BEC: Vendor Email Compromise
The increased pressure on AP, combined with weak network security and unfamiliar remote workflows, left an opening for fraudsters to take advantage of the chaos. In the September 2020 edition of the Fraud in the Wake of COVID-19 Benchmarking Report, ...
January 8, 2021
BDO to Acquire Top Florida Accounting Firm MBAF
MBAF is the largest Florida-based accounting and professional services firm, and one of the largest Hispanic-owned businesses in the region. MBAF offers assurance, tax and accounting, advisory, technology consulting and private wealth management ...
January 8, 2021
PPP Re-Opens Jan. 11, 2021: IRS and Treasury Offer New Rules and Guidance
To promote access to capital, initially only community financial institutions will be able to make First Draw PPP Loans on Monday, January 11, and Second Draw PPP Loans on Wednesday, January 13. The PPP will open to all participating lenders shortly ...
January 7, 2021
U.S. Sees Record Low Home Sales Listings
Fewer than 700,000 homes were listed for sale with U.S. real estate agents in December, according to a new report by Realtor.com.
January 7, 2021
Slowdown Expected in U.S. Hiring, Amid More Risk
Economists project the government jobs report on Friday will show the unemployment rate increased for the first time in eight months with employers hiring 50,000 workers, the fewest since payrolls started to recover in May.
January 7, 2021
Major Payroll Provisions of the New Covid-19 Stimulus
The big items of note in the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 (CAA, 2021) include extending and expanding existing provisions from prior 2020 federal COVID-19 legislation such as the employee retention credit, paid sick and family leave credits, and Paycheck Protection Program. [This article first appeared on the Thomson Reuters blog.] After much negotiating, the latest...…