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August 6, 2018 

Good stories will help you sell — whether your product is a gadget, an idea or a professional service. Why? As human beings, our brains process information better when it comes in the form of a story, whether auditory or visual. We are literally hard ...

August 6, 2018 

Financial leaders continue breaking the mold and expanding their influence throughout their organizations. In a Robert Half Management Resources survey, finance executives most frequently reported their roles have grown over the past three years to include more human resources (39 percent) and information technology (28 percent) efforts. Finance leaders were asked, “In which one of...…

August 6, 2018 

Succeeding in your employee retention efforts requires you to think about things from the team's point of view. All employees are different, of course, and each has unique desires and goals. But it's a safe bet to assume that all of them want to know ...

August 6, 2018 

When it comes to complex sales tax compliance issues, your clients likely want no part of dealing with the details and making tough decisions. After all, that’s where you come in – the trusted advisor with the knowledge and expertise to provide ...

August 6, 2018 

Accountant Cindy Laporta testified that Gates had sent her backdated documents to reduce Manafort’s tax liability in support of the existence of such loans. In one instance, Laporta says that Manafort leaned on her to help when his bookkeeper wouldn’t.

August 6, 2018 

Cannabis is a very close knit community where everyone seems to know everyone. Breaking into the industry is not as easy as you may think. First of all you have to have some sort of angle. For instance, mine is that I have found a way around IRC §280e ...

Craig Smalley

August 5, 2018 

The certified public accounting firms of CJBS, LLC and Oehrlein & Oehrlein, PC have announced that, effective August 1, 2018, Oehrlein & Oehrlein, PC has joined CJBS, LLC. “Our firm’s commitment remains to serve our clients to the best possible degree,” said Jeff Stuart, CPA, Managing Member of CJBS. “This further enhances our ability to meet the...…

August 5, 2018 

Wells Fargo & Co. foreclosed on 400 homeowners after improperly denying them loan modifications that could have allowed them to stay in their homes, the bank said in a regulatory filing Friday.

August 3, 2018 

If the Treasury proposal goes through, the taxable gain would be similarly adjusted for inflation occurring during the time you owned the asset. Going back to our example, if the initial $250,000 cost of the home was adjusted to $350,000 for inflation ...

August 3, 2018 

Designed by accountants, for accountants, Accountant ConnectSM is ADP’s award-winning, multi-client payroll management and analytics tool with single sign-on access to view or process client payroll data, along with timely, critical updates on regulatory, HR and payroll information. Users can also access a number of practice management tools such as the CCH Resource Library, powered...…

August 3, 2018 

Get all the benefits of traditional pro tax software + all the advantages of the cloud. Give clients, staff and yourself more choices about where, when and how you want to do tax work. Access more than 5,600 forms for 1040, 1041, 1065, 1120, 1120S, 709 and 990 tax returns. Volume pricing as low as...…

August 3, 2018 

The Protecting Taxpayers Act (S.3278) would "amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide additional protections to taxpayers," according to the official description. The bill was referred to the Senate Finance Committee. The bill is still a ...

Isaac M. O'Bannon