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December 10, 2018 

We’ve been through a year together learning about Emerging Technologies. While there will always be new technology, we are not likely to go through a period of time again anytime soon where the algorithms are changing so rapidly and the new ...

Randy Johnston

December 10, 2018 

Professional services organizations typically have some of the most demanding requirements for employee expense management. Not only can employees in professional services bill their employers, they also bill their clients for certain expenses ...

December 7, 2018 

An email may start with a simple, “Hey, you in today?” and, by the end of the exchange, all of an organization’s Forms W-2 for their employees may be in the hands of cybercriminals. This puts workers at risk for tax-related identity theft.

December 7, 2018 

Some 57 percent of survey respondents expressed optimism about the U.S. economy over the next 12 months, down 12 percentage points from last quarter and a steep decline from the post-recession high of 79 percent set at the start of the year.

December 7, 2018 

The Internal Revenue Service has issued Notice 2018-97 offering guidance on a recent tax law change that allows qualified employees of privately-held corporations to defer paying income tax, for up to five years, on the value of qualified ...

December 7, 2018 

There is a plethora of information (and more pointedly, misinformation) about the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 (TCJA) that taxpayers are taking as gospel and applying to their 2018 tax situation.

Dave DuVal

December 7, 2018 

The American Institute of CPAs (AICPA) and the National Association of State Boards of Accountancy (NASBA) have renewed a Mutual Recognition Agreement (MRA) with the Chartered Accountants of Australia and New Zealand (CA ANZ).

December 7, 2018 

Under the Internal Revenue Code, the rate of interest is determined on a quarterly basis. For taxpayers other than corporations, the overpayment and underpayment rate is the federal short-term rate plus 3 percentage points.

December 7, 2018 

The IRS also reminds all professional tax preparers that they are required by federal law to create and maintain a written data security plan. Sole practitioners are just as vulnerable to data theft as practitioners in large firms.

December 7, 2018 

Technology is transforming all major practice areas within the accounting profession, and CPAs will increasingly adopt a more strategic role in delivering trusted information and insights, the chief executive of CPA.com said.

December 7, 2018 

Big 4 accounting and business consulting firm KPMG LLP, is making a play for the small business tax and accounting services market with the launch of a new online system called KPMG Spark. The service is the result of the acquisition by KPMG of the ...

December 7, 2018 

The scholarship is given each year to exemplary students transferring from a two-year college to a four-year college or university to finish their accounting degrees. Twenty-four students will receive $5,000 each toward their tuition.