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January 16, 2018 

Accounting Firm RubinBrown Acquires Goltermann & Associates

The combination will allow RubinBrown to grow its specialization in both entrepreneurial and wealth advisory services, integrating partners Greg and Joe Goltermann and their team into RubinBrown’s Clayton office. John F. Herber, Jr., CPA, CGMA, ...

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January 16, 2018 

3 Ways to Save $1,000’s on Employee Labor Costs

Employee wages and benefit expense is the highest cost for most businesses. This cost continues to rise as new laws create increased mandatory time off, paid family leave, and higher minimum wage.

 New Online Tax Site Has CPAs Doing the Work

January 16, 2018 

New Online Tax Site Has CPAs Doing the Work

With tax season rapidly approaching, a new kind of online tax website has been launched. Instead of the do-it-yourself (and take your chances) approach of most consumer tax websites, the new www.Henry.tax website has CPAs that prepare the actual ...

 More Staff Soon for IRS, Predicts Treasury Secretary Mnuchin

January 16, 2018 

More Staff Soon for IRS, Predicts Treasury Secretary Mnuchin

Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin predicted on January 12 that the IRS will hire more employees to implement in the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (P.L. 115-97). “Our number one issue is implementing the new tax law,” Mnuchin said. Also, the Treasury ...

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January 16, 2018 

Online Fraud Attempts Spiked During Holiday Shopping Season

Online fraud attempts and general retail transaction volumes increased substantially during the 2017 holiday season, according to new benchmark data from ACI Worldwide. Fraud attempts in the period from Thanksgiving Day to December 31 increased by 22 ...

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January 16, 2018 

Affluent Americans Shopping More at Discount Retailers

42 percent of affluent shoppers now frequently shop at discount retailers versus only 27 percent at full price retailers, with 36 percent saying their discount shopping has increased. Twenty-one percent of affluent respondents also reported they were ...

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January 16, 2018 

Accounting Automation in 2018: Are You Keeping Up?

In 2018, keeping up with your peers in other businesses means one thing: automation. It’s this year’s buzzword where accounting is concerned. In fact, according to a 2015 study by PwC, accounting clerks and bookkeepers comprised the #1 profession most ...

 The 10 Biggest Cyber Attacks of 2017

January 15, 2018 

The 10 Biggest Cyber Attacks of 2017

From the spread ransomware attacks to targeted data breaches, no business is safe from the hands of a hacker. We take a look back at 2017 to uncover some of the biggest and most shocking cyber attacks on some of the world’s largest companies. More than any other, 2017 has been the year of the...…