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March 11, 2018 

Sleepless nights caused by work anxiety are taking a heavy toll on employees. According to new research from global staffing firm Accountemps, more than four in 10 professionals (44 percent) often lose sleep over work.

March 10, 2018 

What we’re seeing now are US companies setting up their ICO to occur overseas. However, the proceeds from that ICO are then funneled into the US Company, which sets off a disastrous tax scenario. This whole situation can be avoided by setting up a ...

March 9, 2018 

Update: Scaling New Heights 2018 is located at the Georgia World Congress Center in Atlanta. The dates are June 17-20. More information can be found at https://woodard.com/2018-scaling-new-heights-home/ Reported March 9, 2018: Joe Woodard, CEO and manager of Woodard Events, LLC, the organization behind the annual accounting technology conference Scaling New Heights, is encouraging conference registrants...…

Gail Perry

March 9, 2018 

Mazars has opened its offices at 1875 Century Park East, Los Angeles, CA to serve the increasing needs of its clients and the expanding number of professionals at the location.

March 9, 2018 

Fordham University will provide a permanent venue for SASB Standards Board meetings, beginning with SASB's next Standards Board meeting at Fordham tomorrow. New York City's central location enables the SASB to establish a more prominent presence in ...

March 9, 2018 

Generally, achievement awards and similar goodies handed out to employees or celebrities are taxable at ordinary income rates. However, there are several notable exceptions in the tax law.

March 9, 2018 

These ‘fake’ charities attempt to attract donations from unsuspecting contributors, using a charitable reason and a tax deduction as bait for taxpayers. Fake charities are one of the “Dirty Dozen” tax scams for the 2018 filing season.

March 8, 2018 

There has been little progress for women in senior leadership roles in the United States over the past year, according to a new report based on Grant Thornton International Ltd.’s quarterly survey of 2,500 mid-market businesses in 35 economies.

March 8, 2018 

Prior to enactment of the new tax law, the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA), managers of private equity funds could benefit from the usual capital gains rules for carried interest, the portion of a fund’s returns paid to managers. Unlike ordinary income ...

March 8, 2018 

Workiva has integrated its Wdesk platform with Anaplan’s Connected Planning platform to offer a comprehensive solution for modernizing critical finance and accounting functions, including planning and analysis, management reporting, industry specific ...

March 8, 2018 

The requested extension, which extends the time from March 15 to September 15, will allow time for the IRS to issue appropriate guidance as well as time for tax preparers to analyze the guidance and provide sound advice to clients.

March 8, 2018 

There was an interesting appeals case, that turned into a Writ of Certirori[1]. Green Solutions Retail, Inc. v. United States, started in US Tax Court. Green Solutions is a Colorado cannabis dispensary, that had its 2013, and 2014 tax returns audited ...

Craig Smalley