Accounting August 4, 2026
Nominations Open for Innovation Awards and 40 Under 40 Awards
Nominations are currently being accepted for CPA Practice Advisor's 40 Under 40, 20 Under 40, and Tax & Accounting Tech Innovation Awards.
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.
July 30, 2018
Housing Disparity: Black and Hispanic Renters Have Fewer Options
Rental options for black renters were far fewer than what Asian or white renters could choose from last year. Black renters could afford less than a third of the rentals that white or Asian renters could afford in 2017. A renter making the median black household income ($39,647) in 2017 could afford 16.2 percent of...…
July 30, 2018
Future Uncertain for Deloitte CEO Engelbert
While Engelbert is eligible for another term at the helm of the firm, and could be renominated for the position, this likely means that Deloitte will appoint a new CEO during a leadership election in 2019.