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.
November 28, 2017
Tax Identity Theft and Your Clients: 5 Steps to Finding Peace
With the Equifax data breach exposing the personal identifiable information (PII) of 143 million Americans this year, we will need to be prepared to receive and answer more concerns than ever from our clients about tax related identify theft this ...
November 28, 2017
Host Analytics Adds New Modeling and Dashboard Capabilities
The solution aligns financial plans with operational plans in areas of sales, marketing, and supply chain, for accurate, big-picture financial planning and analysis across the organization to drive peak performance. New modeling capabilities ...
November 27, 2017
ITA Announces New Board of Directors
Allen Smith of Baker Tilly elected Board Chair; Stacy Schuettler of LBMC is new Board Vice-Chair.
November 25, 2017
Small Businesses a Big Part of Holiday Shopping Season: Small Business Saturday Nov. 25
Small Business Saturday is held annually on the Saturday following Thanksgiving. Now entering its eighth year, the day is embraced by independent merchants of all kinds—from traditional brick and mortar retailers to service providers to e-commerce ...
November 25, 2017
2018 Employment and Wage Laws
As the new year approaches, employers across the United States scramble to become compliant with local and state employment laws.These laws typically carry heavy penalties, often double the cost of damages and they often assume employer guilt without ...
November 25, 2017
Mobile Shopping: Thanksgiving Sales Up 15%
Same store retail sales on Thanksgiving Day sales increased by nearly 15% from 2016 to 2017 (including both in-store and online transactions), with Black Friday sales lagging behind. Cyber Monday is expected to far surpass those numbers.
November 24, 2017
Supervisor Support Critical To Employee Well-Being And Workforce Readiness
For employees whose supervisors do not support and encourage their career development, only 15 percent say their employer provides opportunities for them to develop the technical skills they will need in the future, only 20 percent say their employer ...
November 23, 2017
Are Your Small Business Clients Capturing Accurate Payroll Data?
Nearly 34% of America's employees are not required by their employers to track their hours worked. This is according to the 2017 "Getting Paid In America" survey conducted by the American Payroll Association (APA) during National Payroll Week in ...
November 23, 2017
The Top FLSA Mistakes made by Employers
A single dissatisfied employee who files a allegation of violation with the DOL can quickly turn this assumption into a costly error. In fact, even a competitor can file a complaint with the DOL if they believe an employer is violating employment law.
November 23, 2017
2018 Minimum Wage Changes – State-by-State
Twenty-seven states — plus Washington, D.C. — index their minimum wages to rise automatically with the cost of living. More states will index minimum wage increases annually, starting in the following years, like: Minnesota (2018), Michigan (2019) and ...
November 22, 2017
Cannabis and Taxation – Where We Stand Today
For those of you that are in the cannabis industry or just starting out, you have no doubt either been hit with a large tax bill or you are about to be. However, it doesn’t have to be that way. There are many steps that you can take legally just by ...
November 22, 2017
Tax Talk for Veterans
If you travel more than 100 miles from your tax home for duty in the Reserve or National Guard, you can deduct these expenses on Form 2106. This is where you can deduct mileage as well as any unreimbursed expenses from the time that you leave home ...