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April 1, 2019 

The Illinois CPA Society (ICPAS) has announced its Board of Directors to serve April 1, 2019 – March 31, 2020.

April 1, 2019 

Agency Workspace is instrumental in streamlining the management of a broker’s BenefitMall book of business. Whether it’s managing their clients, starting or reviewing quotes, setting up enrollments, viewing their commissions or more, brokers instantly ...

April 1, 2019 

The immediate effect of Rev. Rul. 2019-9, would allow for a tax-free distribution of stock and securities to its shareholders, provided the controlling corporation and the active corporation are engaged in an active conduct of trade or business ...

Craig Smalley

April 1, 2019 

Effective April 1, 2019, Sobul, Primes & Schenkel, headquartered in Los Angeles, Calif., and Stoy, Malone & Company, P.C., headquartered in Baltimore, Md., will join CPAmerica, Inc., an accounting association of independent, certified public accounting firms that provides shared best practices, networking opportunities and access to expert resources for member firms. These new members are...…

April 1, 2019 

Giving low-wage workers a “voice” on the job — the ability to communicate concerns to management — is believed to improve employee satisfaction and retention. Now a new paper supports this theory using a field-based, randomized, controlled ...

April 1, 2019 

The IRS has announced that General Motors, LLC has sold more than 200,000 vehicles eligible for the plug-in electric drive motor vehicle credit during the fourth quarter of 2018.

April 1, 2019 

Inspiration for the Gender Initiative emerged during the 2013 commemoration of the School’s 50th anniversary of admitting women to its two-year MBA program. As part of that celebration, HBS hosted its first Gender & Work Symposium, an annual ...

April 1, 2019 

Retail sales were down 0.7 percent in February seasonally adjusted from January but up 2.7 percent unadjusted year-over-year as delays and revisions related to the government shutdown continued to make comparisons difficult, the National Retail ...

April 1, 2019 

The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA), enacted in December 2017, limited the itemized deduction for state and local taxes to $5,000 for a married person filing a separate return and $10,000 for all other tax filers. The limit applies to tax years 2018 to 2025.

April 1, 2019 

For accounting practices and their clients, the need to get the cloud right has never been greater. While the cloud may be here to stay, there’s nothing fixed or “commodity” about it. Designing it, deploying it and operating within it ...

April 1, 2019 

With the growing cybersecurity threats and increasingly stringent compliance standards, it has become customary for firms of all sizes to require strict assurance certifications when working with outsourced experts.

April 1, 2019 

The accounting and business advisory firm BDO USA, LLP has acquired BioProcess Technology Consultants, Inc. (BPTC), a provider of chemistry, manufacturing and controls (CMC) consulting services to the global biopharmaceutical indus