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February 12, 2020 

5 Tips to Prevent Staff Burnout During Tax Season

In the accounting profession’s annual tax marathon, you don’t want your people to hit the wall. Burned out workers will be less focused, more irritable, less healthy, more likely to exhibit negative attitudes and more prone to mistakes.

Paul McDonald

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February 12, 2020 

Venture Capital Investment Hit $136.5 Billion in 2019

Heading into 2020, VC investment in the U.S. is expected to remain strong in areas related to artificial intelligence, robotic process automation and fintech. Corporate VC investment is also expected to remain robust. VC investor interest in ...

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February 12, 2020 

38% of U.S. Workers Live Paycheck to Paycheck

Financial stress is having a negative effect on employee productivity, engagement and health. This is especially true among “struggling” employees, identified as those who live paycheck to paycheck and have difficulty controlling spending.

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February 12, 2020 

Now’s the Time to Secure Client Data

Preparing client data has always been the job of a CPA – but protecting it has only recently become law. Learn what the IRS has stated firms must do to stay in compliance, and how you can get enterprise-level data security for them in 24 hrs.

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February 12, 2020 

IRS Issues New Regulations on Income Tax Withholding

The proposed regulations are designed to accommodate the redesigned Form W-4, Employee’s Withholding Certificate, to be used starting in 2020, and the related tables and computational procedures in Publication 15-T, Federal Income Tax Withholding Methods.

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Accounting February 11, 2020 

Coronavirus Causes Drop in Retail Imports

With coronavirus causing longer Lunar New Year shutdowns of factories in China, imports at major U.S. retail container ports are expected to see a sharper-than-usual drop this month, according to the Global Port Tracker report released today by the ...

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February 11, 2020 

IPSASB Offers Guidance on Social Policy Expenditures

This new guidance complements IPSAS 42 by providing requirements for accounting for collective services (such as defense at national-levels and street lighting at sub-national levels) and individual services (such as healthcare and education).