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February 13, 2017 

Wave will now offer OnDeck business loans and lines of credit to its customers in the United States and Canada through an offering called “Lending by Wave.”

February 13, 2017 

As marriages sour and couples divorce, there are stark differences in how men and women approach their finances as they prepare for retirement. The survey found they were equally as likely to experience a deterioration of their spending habits ...

February 13, 2017 

The CRS, introduced by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) as part of an effort to address offshore tax evasion, requires financial institutions to report to their government certain information about financial accounts ...

February 13, 2017 

This free app is available in both iTunes and Android stores, and provides instant access to the latest business, finance, accounting and tax information, key dates and updates. RFSClarity delivers push notifications of key U.S. Federal tax due dates ...

February 13, 2017 

Taxpayers should think twice before overstating deductions such as charitable contributions, padding business expenses or including credits that they are not entitled to receive – like the Earned Income Tax Credit or Child Tax Credit.

February 10, 2017 

In the new case, a Seattle bank paid the taxpayer, its president and CEO, a bonus of $612,000. Subsequently, she reported the bonus as taxable income on her 2010 return. A few months after the bonus was paid, the bank terminated the taxpayer’s ...

February 10, 2017 

A new web-based system called Crush Errors is helping accounting professionals find errors and discrepancies in bank statements, invoices and other financial documents within seconds. And new features add artificial intelligence capabilities.

February 9, 2017 

You can't avoid politics on Facebook or Twitter these days, but here's some good news: While there is much discussion about how Americans’ lives will be affected by national changes ahead, a survey by Experian found that when it comes to finances, 51 ...

February 9, 2017 

With employer-supplied phones, that means it's easy to track where the phone is--and by extension, the location of the employee carrying it. Is this legal? Ethical? Practical? When company cars and trucks are equipped with dedicated GPS devices, it's ...

February 9, 2017 

Even smart people do stupid things sometimes. And when it comes to job interviews, there is definitely no shortage of gaffes and missteps than can not only cause a job seeker to no get hired, but can become the focus of laughter for human resources ...

February 9, 2017 

The Baltimore native and MACPA member is in the midst of a year-long stint as chairman of the American Institute of CPAs. She is the first Marylander to serve as AICPA chairman, and is just the fifth woman to do so. And she is the first ...

February 8, 2017 

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