Latest Articles

August 1, 2019 

The highway use tax applies to highway motor vehicles with a taxable gross weight of 55,000 pounds or more. This generally includes large trucks, truck tractors and buses. The tax is based on the weight of the vehicle and a variety of special rules apply.

August 1, 2019 

The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act made several changes to bonus depreciation. For example, the additional first year depreciation deduction percentage was increased from 50 to 100 percent. The property eligible for the additional first year depreciation ...

August 1, 2019 

Job opportunities for accountants are generally expected to grow 10 percent by 2026, and that extends to payroll accountants too. With unemployment low and businesses bringing on new hires at a faster rate, the need for payroll ...

Jodi Chavez

July 31, 2019 

Accounting and bookkeeping are clearly much more complex jobs than making a cup of coffee, but that doesn’t mean that clients’ expectations about getting exactly what they want out of your services are much different.

July 31, 2019 

James Freeman, CPA, Co-Managing Partner of The Strategic Group of Atlanta, Georgia, has been elected chair of The Georgia Society of Certified Public Accountants (GSCPA) Board of Directors for the 2019-20 fiscal year. Freeman was selected at the Society’s annual business meeting in Charleston, South Carolina.  “James’ dedication to his profession, community, and clients is...…

July 31, 2019 

Bill.com, a provider of financial process automation solutions, has appointed Josh Goines as Senior Vice President of Strategic Partnerships. In his new role, Goines will lead the company’s strategic relationships with technology companies, including Intuit, and partnerships with some of the largest U.S. financial institutions. Goines also will identify new partnership opportunities for Bill.com. According...…

July 31, 2019 

With the OneCloud platform, Workiva will offer an embedded solution that integrates on-premise and cloud technologies that include general ledger, Enterprise Performance Management and Business Intelligence applications.

July 31, 2019 

Both firms, which work on behalf of individuals and businesses in Blount, Knox and Sevier counties, began their professional practices under their respective names in 1996. For each firm, growth over the years has been predominantly internal, stemming ...

July 31, 2019 

Small businesses in the U.S. are largely positive about the prospects for the future of their respective firms with regard to revenues, profitability, and employment. That’s according to the new Insight Summary Report from Mercator Advisory Group. The report, Payment Cards and B2B Payments: Riding a Wave of Positivity, is the first of three from...…

July 30, 2019 

The report says that poor taxpayer service remains the biggest challenge taxpayers face in dealing with the IRS. For example, during this tax filing season IRS telephone assistors answered just 25% of taxpayer calls enterprise-wide.

Ken Berry, JD

July 30, 2019 

Recruiting can be challenging in any economy. When times are good, top candidates have many options, and when times are bad, employed people don’t want to make a move.

July 30, 2019 

California Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed a bill into law that requires presidential and gubernatorial candidates to release five years of federal tax returns as a condition for appearing on the state’s primary ballot.