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July 16, 2017 

GASB Sets Single Approach for Lease Financial Reporting

The Governmental Accounting Standards Board (GASB) has issued guidance that establishes a single approach to accounting for and reporting leases by state and local governments. This single approach is based on the principle that leases are ...

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July 13, 2017 

Building an Unbeatable Service: What Every Accountant Needs to Know

Research has found that 87% of small companies want cloud-based services, yet less than 15% of the accounting software that serves them is cloud-based. In other words, there’s huge demand from businesses, including practices like yours as well as the clients you serve, for cloud accounting solutions. Regardless of if your practice has fully embraced,...…

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July 13, 2017 

Accounting Firm Gives Back with Day of Service

More than 550 employees, including 70 partners, took part in the Days of Service on May 31, June 7 and June 14. Participants spent the day at more than 30 community and non-profit programs in New York City, Long Island, New Jersey, Maryland, ...

 AccuFund Introduces Work Orders Module

July 13, 2017 

AccuFund Introduces Work Orders Module

Work Orders is available as a mobile application for iPads and Android tablet devices and as a standard module in the AccuFund Accounting Suite. Work Orders provides municipalities, state governments and nonprofit agencies, including their internal ...

 Tax Return Preparers Can Get Their PTIN for Free

July 12, 2017 

Tax Return Preparers Can Get Their PTIN for Free

Under the IRS system, anyone who prepares, or helps someone else prepare all or substantially all of a federal tax return, a claim for a refund or some other federal form in return for compensation must have a valid PTIN. For 2017, the fee was set at $50.

 How to Help Your Clients Comply With Minimum Wage Requirements

July 12, 2017 

How to Help Your Clients Comply With Minimum Wage Requirements

In January 2017, 40 states and jurisdictions across the country raised the minimum wage for small businesses. For many of those states, this increase is just the first step in a bigger plan to boost the minimum wage to $15 per hour within the next ...

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July 12, 2017 

7 Tips to Help Pay for College

Tax professionals most likely have many clients and prospects who have college-bound students in their families. A good way to extend the services you provide in your practice is to offer advice around the funding of a college education, including the ...

 AICPA Acquires High School Accounting Curriculum

July 12, 2017 

AICPA Acquires High School Accounting Curriculum

The American Institute of CPAs has acquired the Accounting Pilot and Bridge Project (APBP) from Dr. Dan Deines, CPA. The APBP, a program that trains high school educators to teach a higher level accounting curriculum, was founded in 2006 by Dr. Deines ...

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July 11, 2017 

BNA Report Shows Pass-Through Taxation Issues for Every State

Bloomberg BNA today announced the launch of its new Pass-Through Entity Navigator, the most comprehensive resource of its kind for tax practitioners, which provides detailed analysis and practical guidance on a state-by-state basis for each type of ...