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August 8, 2017
New BNA Portfolio Focuses on Net Investment Income Tax Issues
The net investment income tax (NIIT), sometimes referred to as the Medicare tax on net investment income, was enacted in 2010 to generate revenue for the Affordable Care Act. It can affect a broad spectrum of taxpayers in multiple income categories, ...
August 8, 2017
Riding the Third Wave of Travel and Expense Management Innovation
While solutions to help employees manage their travel-related expenses have evolved steadily over the past two decades, innovation in the space has really accelerated in the last five years. Never have organizations of all sizes had so many options to ...
August 8, 2017
Paychex Partners with Latino Tax Professionals Association
As part of the partnership, LTPA members can enjoy the benefits of the Paychex Accountant Knowledge Center, which includes helpful resources such as the U.S. Master Tax Guide, CPE seminars, firm-customizable Paychex Tax Facts, as well as regulatory ...
August 8, 2017
VeriFyle Partners with California Society of Tax Consultants
VeriFyle, a provider of secure messaging and file sharing, has partnered with the California Society of Tax Consultants (CSTC), a nonprofit organization serving tax professionals throughout California. VeriFyle has been chosen as a key supplier of ...
August 7, 2017
Nonprofit Financial Fraud – Internal Vulnerabilities and Steps to Address Them
For internal fraud there are three areas that must be managed, including Cash Receipts, Accounts Payable and Payroll. Each provides an opportunity for individuals to divert funds illegally and in all cases separation of duties and multiple eyes on activ
August 7, 2017
AWSCPA to Join AICPA
The AWSCPA’s, a professional organization representing women CPAs, National Board has unanimously agreed to support an Memorandum of Understanding with the AICPA. The following is a letter from the ASWCPA:
August 7, 2017
Treasury Department Ends the myRA Program
The myRA certainly wasn’t around very long. On July 28, the Treasury Department announced that this government-sponsored retirement savings account – the brainchild of the Obama administration – is being phased out after an assessment.
August 6, 2017
Typical Home Value in U.S. Passes $200,000 For First Time
The typical U.S. home is worth over $200,000 for the first time ever, according to the latest Zillow Real Estate Market Reports. The national median home value is now $200,400, up about 7 and a half percent since this time last year.
August 6, 2017
How to Be More Creative at Work
There’s a misconception that our brains are like computer random access memory, able to pluck the best information on command or, in particular, when needed for generating new ideas.
August 6, 2017
FASB Proposes Improvements to Not-for-Profit Accounting for Grants and Contributions
The proposed ASU helps organizations decide if transactions should be accounted for as a contribution or an exchange. Organizations would accomplish this by using clarifying guidance to evaluate whether a resource provider is receiving value in ...
August 4, 2017
AICPA Honors Combat Veteran Accounting Student
The award, sponsored by the AICPA, is bestowed upon a student who has experienced extreme hardships and demonstrated an unusually high level of success despite that adversity. The award includes a $5,000 cash stipend.
August 4, 2017
New Tax Scam Targets Passwords of Tax Pros
These types of phishing scams are why the IRS, state tax agencies and the tax industry, acting as the Security Summit, launched the 10-week Don’t Take the Bait campaign currently underway. This awareness effort highlights the many tactics of ...