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October 15, 2018 

Today, a website is a must. Fortunately, there are products and services available to ensure that your website is engaging, informative, and professional in appearance.

Mary Girsch-Bock

October 15, 2018 

There are few industries as paper-driven as accounting. W-2s, 1099s, bank statements, and other tax related documents all start out as paper documents. The ability to import some of these items electronically has helped reduce paper loads, but the ...

Mary Girsch-Bock

October 15, 2018 

In this issue, we reviewed five application hosting providers. The products vary in size and scope, with some products simply offering QuickBooks Desktop hosting, while others can host multiple applications and even create a custom server for users if ...

Mary Girsch-Bock

October 15, 2018 

Deciding on a pay frequency for your small business is an important decision. Your pay frequency determines how often you process payroll and when employees receive their paychecks. Two popular, yet easily confused, pay periods are biweekly and ...

Rachel Blakely-Gray

October 15, 2018 

The cloud is poised to revolutionize Client Accounting Services (CAS). With a desktop system, bill payment and bookkeeping for a substantial number of clients is a daunting task. Getting invoices and source material, entering data, and printing and ...

Chandra Bhansali

October 14, 2018 

We scoured the Federal Election Commission website to find relevant information for accountants who are working with political candidates and campaigns. The following material is excerpted from published reports of the Federal Election Commission.

Gail Perry

October 14, 2018 

Anyone still skeptical about the importance and viability of cloud software in business probably should consider a line of work that doesn’t involve business. The promise of the cloud (and all its various nomenclatures: “SaaS,” “web,” etc.) is here ...

Robert Israch

October 14, 2018 

A common issue firms run into when acquiring a new firm is under-licensing. The firm being purchased may be completely under-licensed in certain software programs. Non-compliance can be costly in terms of fees and penalties – running into the tens of ...

Jim Boomer

October 14, 2018 

The path to your new client relationships is built over time. It’s base on your communication and your ability to establish beliefs of trust, dependability and business acumen—an endeavor that calls for frequent and consistent content marketing.

Kristy Short, Ed.D.

October 13, 2018 

Hurricane Michael victims in parts of Florida and elsewhere have until Feb. 28, 2019, to file certain individual and business tax returns and make certain tax payments, the Internal Revenue Service announced on Friday, Oct. 12, 2018.

October 12, 2018 

Accrual basis taxpayers have traditionally used the “all-events test” to determine the inclusion of taxable income for federal tax purposes. Under this test, income is taxable in the tax year in which all the events have occurred that fix a right to ...

October 11, 2018 

The Illinois CPA Society is seeking minority college students who are sophomores, juniors, or seniors interested in accounting to apply for the Mary T. Washington Wylie Internship Preparation Program.