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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.

July 30, 2019 

There are few hotter topics absorbing executive attention than digital transformation, which has been identified as a top strategic priority by virtually every company. Many organizations are hot on this trail, digitizing their data to obtain the work enhancements provided by robotic process automation (RPA), machine learning, predictive data analytics, and automated solutions in other...…

July 30, 2019 

The personal-finance website WalletHub just released its report on 2019’s States with the Highest & Lowest Credit-Card Debts. ———————————— Source: 2019’s States with the Highest & Lowest Credit-Card Debts https://wallethub.com/edu/states-with-the-highest-and-lowest-credit-card-debts/63822/  ———————————— Follow Us On: TWITTER: https://twitter.com/wallethub  FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/wallethub/ #WalletHub #stateswiththehighestcreditcarddebt #statesthatputyouintodebt

July 30, 2019 

The South remains the top region for employment growth; the West leads regions in hourly earnings growth.

July 30, 2019 

With the addition of LM+Co, BDO expands its suite of event driven business advisory services to support clients throughout their corporate lifecycle. BDO’s corporate and deal advisory services include supporting clients with mergers and acquisition ...

July 30, 2019 

In the past, a company could generally deduct all of its business interest expenses, subject to certain restrictions. But the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) placed a brand-new limit on business interest deductions for tax years beginning after 2017. Fortunately, however, many small business owners, including some of your clients, will qualify for a...…

Ken Berry, JD

July 30, 2019 

Called CaseWare ReviewCompTax, the collaborative platform – which features Artificial Intelligence, real-time collaboration, automated workflows, and big data analytics – is paving the way for a digital future in the rapidly-evolving industry, said ,,,

July 30, 2019 

The Internal Revenue Service has begun sending letters to taxpayers with virtual currency transactions that potentially failed to report income and pay the resulting tax from virtual currency transactions or did not report their transactions properly.