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March 11, 2020 

The IRS is permitted to request that the U.S. State Department deny new passport applications and renewals, or revoke the currently active passports of taxpayers who have been certified by the IRS to have seriously delinquent tax debt.

Dave DuVal

March 11, 2020 

BDO, EY, KPMG, Deloitte, Grant Thornton and Moss Adams, all large national accounting firms, have been named to the 2020 “Top Companies for Executive Women” by the National Association for Female Executives (NAFE).

March 11, 2020 

The accounting profession is transforming and will continue to evolve rapidly over the coming decade; progressive firms see these dynamics as opportunities and the impetus to reskill their workforce. Firms content with the status quo will become less competitive and less relevant with implications on attracting and retaining top employment talent. We often see firms...…

March 11, 2020 

Our chart below offers a date based on when you filed, data from previous years, and IRS policy. While it isn't a100% guarantee, it's about 99%, and can help you estimate when you will get your 2020 IRS federal income tax refund.

March 10, 2020 

Local CEOs are less likely to cut research-and-development expenses for beating analyst forecasts or avoiding earnings decreases. Various tests suggest that the relation is causal ...

March 10, 2020 

The improved and mobile-friendly estimator offers retirees, employees and self-employed individuals a user-friendly way to check their withholding. It also has features specially tailored to the unique needs of those receiving pension payments and ...

March 10, 2020 

The role of finance continues to evolve into strategic business advisors As business becomes more complex, immediate access to accurate and comprehensive data becomes critical. The Accounting and Finance (A&F) organization manages and analyzes more data than any other department. Therefore, A&F is in a unique position serve as a strategic advisor to business leaders...…

March 10, 2020 

In the ASB’s continuing effort to conform Generally Accepted Auditing Standards (GAAS) to the new auditor reporting standards, SAS No. 139 aligns the following AU-C sections with the reporting provisions of SAS No. 134, Auditor Reporting and ...

March 10, 2020 

Research data for the Big 4 firms shows Audit and Advisory being the biggest source of revenue for three of the big firms. (The one exception, Deloitte, is remarkably strong in Advisory Services, making it the single largest earner ...

March 10, 2020 

When we look at the services offered by firms of differing sizes, smaller firms tend to produce about 80% of their revenue from tax and about 20% from Advisory and Consulting services. Larger firms tend to split their revenue as 40% from tax, 40% from ...

Randy Johnston

March 10, 2020 

In the digital age, not surprisingly, e-filing has become the norm, not the exception, with nearly 90 percent of returns e-filed in 2018. While e-filing benefits such as security, speed, and convenience have made paper filing nearly extinct, new processes are required in order to reap the maximum benefits of e-filing. Based on decades of...…

March 10, 2020 

In a competitive job market with up to five generations in the workforce, companies of all sizes must be able to attract and keep great people. That's where benefits come in. Is your benefits strategy relevant across multiple generations?