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December 31, 2020 

2020 is probably a year that many will gladly put behind them and wish for a better 2021. However, rather than just wishing for a better 2021, there are some steps that you can take that might help you make that wish a reality.

December 31, 2020 

The Internal Revenue Service’s Whistleblower Office has released its 2020 Annual Report documenting over $86 million in payments to 169 whistleblowers in 2020. The IRS whistleblowers were responsible for recovering over $472 million in back taxes.

December 30, 2020 

One challenge for accounting firms is the tendency to keep using legacy softwares that their clients previously used. After all, it isn’t broken, why fix it? The problem with that logic, however, is that it keeps many companies obsolete when there are ...

Shahram Zarshenas

December 29, 2020 

The research also revealed that more than half of senior managers surveyed (57%) said their company suspended salary increases as a result of the pandemic. However, of those, more than one-quarter (27%) anticipated reinstating them by year-end 2020, and..

December 29, 2020 

This has been a year of unprecedented disruption and change, a lot of which will still be with us in the new year, as well. Remote work, for example, isn’t going anywhere. So organizations should be looking to proactively invest in tools and systems to...

Jodi Chavez

December 29, 2020 

You may have heard some buzz about the top-level domain “.CPA” promoted by the AICPA. It’s an exciting thought, but how might it impact your firm?

Becky Livingston

December 29, 2020 

Incorporating automation in your back office is a good way to tackle ROI and ROE simultaneously. When you have removed mindless tasks from your AP team's plates, they are free to spend their energy on more interesting, strategic, and valuable tasks.

December 29, 2020 

As we all are dealing with the near universal push to remote in 2020, everyone has had to figure out overnight how to work virtually or remotely, and, for some, their tech stack made this conversion.

Garrett Wagner

December 29, 2020 

Generally, the statute of limitations (SOL) on IRS collection enforcement is ten years from the date the tax is assessed. In the Internal Revenue Manual (IRM), the IRS refers to the date that ends the period in which collections may be enforced as the ...

Arnold van Dyk

December 28, 2020 

Shehan Chandrasekera, CPA – 2020 40 Under 40 Honoree Head of Tax Strategy, Tax PartnerCoinTracker & JAGArgueta CPAs https://www.cointracker.io/ Career highlights: Presented about cryptocurrency taxes for a Google talks video Maintained a cryptocurrency tax column Forbes What are you doing to make a difference in the profession, your community, the world? Building an application that reconciles...…

December 28, 2020 

As one of the largest accounting and advisory firms in northern New England, Baker Newman Noyes routinely upgrades its technology inventory for security and efficiency purposes. Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, BNN has donated more than 140 ...

December 28, 2020 

Whitley Penn Tax Senior Manager, Robert Pike, CPA, has been selected to join National Utility Contractors Association (NUCA)Texas Board of Directors Board of Directors for a 1-year term (2021-2022).