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January 16, 2020 

Armanino’s Partner Track program reflects the firm’s progressive mindset toward leadership opportunities for accounting and consulting professionals. The Partner Track guides a group of selected partner candidates in their path towards partnership by ...

January 16, 2020 

Attempting to refine and contain current nebulous rules for independent contractors, California’s new AB5 requires a new test be used to determine whether workers in California fall under employee or independent contractor status.

Nellie Akalp

January 16, 2020 

The study, entitled "The Financial Automation Imperative", also reveals many new insights on perspectives, plans and priorities for financial automation such as ...

January 16, 2020 

Updated: January 15, 2020 – 10:26 pm EST The IRS says it will officially start accepting income tax returns on January 27, 2020. The good news is that there’s no reason to get refund loans or other such services, since you can get your refund in as little as 10 days if you file early...…

January 15, 2020 

Taxpayers within the scope of this revenue procedure will not recognize gross income as a result of the discharge, and the taxpayer should not report the amount of the discharged loan in gross income on his or her federal income tax return.

January 15, 2020 

This handy chart shows an estimated timeline for when a taxpayer is likely to receive their refund, based on IRS information, and using projections based on previous years. If your IRS income tax refund is delayed, ask your tax professional...

January 15, 2020 

Maner Costerisan announced it has named Cortney Plowman a manager in the firm. Plowman has worked for five years for the Lansing, Michigan-based certified public accounting firm and will serve in the audit department in her new supervisory role.

January 15, 2020 

Effective January 1, 2020, nationally ranked Top 50 CPA firm The Bonadio Group promoted seven employees to Partner and Executive Vice President (EVP) in four of its New York State offices.

January 15, 2020 

The program connected students with representatives from major companies and accounting firms who led sessions and conducted interviews for a variety of paid accounting internships.

January 15, 2020 

Most companies have experienced at least one instance of check theft, in which a bad actor washed a legitimate check and cashed it. Cases of check theft dipped in the early 2010s as companies and banks shored up their security.

January 15, 2020 

In our very long and complex tax code, tax deductions come in all shapes and sizes, and have a lot of sticky rules attached to them. For example, business expenses must be ordinary (common and accepted in an industry) and necessary ...

January 15, 2020 

Many states also have “specialty” license plates for charitable groups, veterans, service organizations, and even professionals. And yes, some states even have special license plates available for Certified Public Accountants.

Isaac M. O'Bannon