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February 8, 2018 

Innovation even affects your ability to hire the best and brightest to your team. An overwhelming majority (87 percent) of professionals in a Robert Half survey said they pay attention to a potential employer’s reputation for being innovative.

Paul McDonald

February 8, 2018 

The growing popularity of social media brings potential landmines for employers trying to navigate the hiring process and address and manage employee conduct. Here are eight social media practices that may be cause for concern.

February 8, 2018 

In terms of gender, 46 percent of men negotiated salary compared to 34 percent of women. Workers ages 18-34 (45 percent) are more likely to negotiate salary than those ages 35-54 (40 percent) and 55 or older (30 percent).

February 8, 2018 

Even without a government shutdown, taxpayers are having trouble getting through to the IRS at the start of the 2018 tax filing season. Busy signals and long hold times are leading to frustration. We’ve even heard of waits of longer than an hour on the...

February 8, 2018 

While standard financial accounting is essential for the health of your business, project accounting helps drive the success of individual engagements. Project accounting is more about the details – and viability – of every single active and inactive ...

February 8, 2018 

When discussing the student loan debt crisis that plagues the United States, the conversation is usually limited to how $1.45 trillion worth of outstanding educational debt will impact just young Americans.

February 8, 2018 

When structuring an entity for a client, it is important to know a few basic things. The legalities (if you don’t know ask an attorney), and the taxation of said entity. As far as the legalities, in my state of Florida, a single member limited ...

February 8, 2018 

Two conferences have been added to the AICPA ENGAGE lineup this year – the EDGE Career Development Conference, designed for standout young CPAs, and the CPA Firm Management Association’s National Practice Management Conference – bringing the total ...

February 8, 2018 

Launched in September 2017 with corporate offices in Santa Barbara, CA., The W Source helps female professionals grow their businesses by establishing networking groups of 20-25 professionals in local areas and offering proprietary tools and ...

February 8, 2018 

The EY Americas Tax practice today launched EY Interact, the firm’s new program that provides real-time access and visibility to tax engagements. While collaboration portals exist, EY Interact gives clients one site to access all of their work products and engagement data, and to receive personalized alerts and secure document sharing across their EY tax...…

February 8, 2018 

In accounting, the term "familiarity threat" refers to the threat to auditor independence that arises when a CFO or other top executive of a company being audited was formerly employed by the accounting firm conducting the audit. In the years leading ...

February 8, 2018 

The AICPA explained in its letter that IRS Notice 2018-13 eliminated the requirement for certain United States shareholders of CFCs to file a Form 5471. The relief was a “welcome acknowledgement of the unnecessary burden otherwise imposed on many ...