Advisory April 24, 2026
5 M&A Signals CPAs Should Be Watching for Their Clients in 2026
The choppiness of the M&A market is an opening, not an obstacle. Use it to build a stronger advisory foundation with the clients who need it most.
July 31, 2018
Gusto Raises $140 Million in Series C Funding for Payroll and HR Platform
Leading late-stage investors including portfolios managed by T. Rowe Price Associates, Inc., MSD Capital (Michael Dell), Dragoneer Investment Group and Y Combinator Continuity Fund participated and are joined by existing investors General Catalyst, ...
July 31, 2018
The Tax Blotter: Aug. 3, 2018
A collection of strange, useful or just plain interesting tax-related news briefs.
July 31, 2018
New Tax on Fringe Benefits for Nonprofits
It’s time for nonprofits to wake up and smell the coffee: A little-noticed provision in the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA), the massive tax reform legislation enacted at the end of last year, could result in an unexpected tax bill for houses of worship, ...
July 31, 2018
Report Shows Slowdown in Rate of Small Business Jobs and Wages
Hourly earnings growth stands at 2.42 percent, up $0.63 from a year ago. Since last July, hourly earnings growth has slowed 0.54 percent.
July 31, 2018
Tax Pros Warned Against Spear Phishing Emails
Spear phishing emails remain the most common way data thieves enter practitioner’s digital networks and steal client information.
July 31, 2018
IRS Keeps Close Watch on Professional Conduct of CPAs and EAs
A couple of new developments relating to the professional conduct of CPAs should serve as a reminder to tax practitioners: The IRS is watching you.
July 30, 2018
3 Ways to Stop Competing on Pay for Top Talent
One of the top challenges business executives face today is finding and retaining the best and brightest employees in their industry.
July 30, 2018
Four Ways to Evolve Your Auditing Firm Today
By now, most of us have been exposed to some sort of doom and gloom message about automated systems and ‘robots’ taking over the future of the tax and accounting profession. Google “jobs most likely to be replaced by technology”, and you will notice ...
July 30, 2018
Entrepreneurs Optimistic About Business Outlook
On a scale of 1-100 with 1 representing the highest level of pessimism and 100 representing the peak of optimism, the Paychex poll revealed business owners rate their current business outlook overall at 65. Business outlook ranked second-highest to ...
July 30, 2018
Americans’ Financial Satisfaction at All-Time High on AICPA Index
After declining last quarter for the first time since Q3 2015, the PFS 750 Market Index rebounded 4.3 points (5.2 percent) from its Q1 2018 level to 89 and has once again reached an all-time high. It remains the leading contributor to the ...
July 30, 2018
Most Workers Actively Seek or are Passively Open to a New Job
The survey uncovered valuable insights for today’s employers around the current talent landscape and job seeker attitudes toward leaving or staying at a job. More than half of respondents (59.0 percent) think one to two years is the appropriate ...
July 30, 2018
Maryland Association of CPAs Names New Chair and Directors
Samantha Bowling, a partner at Garbelman Winslow CPAs in Upper Marlboro, Md., has been named chair of the Maryland Association of CPAs’ 2018-19 Board of Directors.