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April 20, 2017 

You’ve spent years studying to become an accounting professional, built your skill set, earned your clients’ trust and established a successful firm, mainly based on using traditional accounting services. But the hard truth is that the professional ...

April 20, 2017 

The results suggest that people who believe in redistribution and government intervention would benefit from reminders of what their tax dollars pay for. In addition to filing tax returns, Rick and Burson suggest that a reminder note might be useful ...

April 20, 2017 

When conducting tax-exempt transactions, businesses of all sizes must supply sellers with correct, up-to-date and signed sales tax exemption certificates. In parallel, sellers must track and maintain the exemption certificates provided by their customers.

April 20, 2017 

Financial stress, student loans and retirement plan withdrawals all present obstacles to employee financial well-being according to PwC US’s 2017 Employee Financial Wellness Survey. As financial wellness priorities continue to shift across the generational divide, this year’s survey data, collected during the first two weeks of the new Presidential administration, also reflects the country’s current...…

April 20, 2017 

The firm learned in late February, from an internal source, that an individual who had joined KPMG from the PCAOB subsequently received confidential information from a then-employee of the PCAOB, and shared that information with other KPMG personnel.

April 20, 2017 

With much of the uncertainty from 2016 subsiding in the U.S., there are signs of optimism in the venture capital (VC) market as total investment in the first quarter of 2017 reached $17.3B across 1,809 deals, according to Venture Pulse, a quarterly ...

April 20, 2017 

This proposed SAS addresses the auditor’s responsibilities to form an opinion and report on the financial statements of ERISA plan financial statements, and the form and content of such reporting, including reporting on specific plan provisions ...

April 20, 2017 

Today, advances in payroll technology have automated most payroll tasks, giving accountants capabilities that match or even surpass what a major payroll service bureau can offer. Another major advantage for accountants is that they can access these ...

Chandra Bhansali

April 20, 2017 

The majority of sales tax return filers are on a monthly filing schedule, so the opportunity for amendments happens 12 times a year. Even a solid sales tax operation can find itself in need of an amended return. Besides the hand-wringing that ...

Shane Ratigan

April 20, 2017 

We use technology tools to solve client problems and our own problems. Whether these are generic tools like Microsoft Office, Citrix ShareFile, or Square, or specific tools like Wolters Kluwer CCH ProSystem fx, Intuit Lacerte or AccountantsWorld ...

Randy Johnston

April 19, 2017 

Porte Brown LLC, a Chicagoland firm, has been named as one of the 2017 Best Places to Work in Illinois. The Best Places to Work competition is a combination survey, study and awards ceremony established to identify the top employers in the state of ...

April 19, 2017 

People aged 50-plus will generate $83 billion in revenue for the fast-emerging alternative financial services sector over the next five years, according to AARP's Financial Innovation Frontiers report released today. The research also found that only ...