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January 30, 2018 

More than two dozen minority accounting students from Illinois colleges and universities recently spent their winter break learning skills to help advance their future careers. Earlier this month they participated in the Illinois CPA Society’s highly ...

January 30, 2018 

The sexual harassment incidents that arise in today’s ordinary workplace are usually more mundane than the outrageous conduct reported recently involving the Hollywood set and some in the halls of Congress. The most frequently reported complaints ...

Richard D. Alaniz, JD

January 30, 2018 

Online payments designed for CPA firms.Easily accept credit, debit, and ACH payments. Finally, there's a professional online payment solution made just for CPAs, giving you an affordable way to accept credit, debit, and ACH payments in your office ...

January 29, 2018 

I don’t want to sound crass, but how I got to this point was there was a mom of my wife’s best friend. She got in trouble with back taxes, and I did an Offer in Compromise pro bono for her. Part of the offer, is that she had to file her return on time,...

Craig Smalley

January 29, 2018 

RRB is a boutique accounting firm with 30 years of experience serving a diverselient base of privately owned companies, non-profit organizations, high net worth individuals and estates as well as small, commercial, professional and industrial businesses.

January 29, 2018 

My client acquisition cost is through the roof. It’s not actual money that I am spending, it is my time. When I meet with a new client, I ask for the last three years tax returns, both business and personal, before we meet, so that I can review them.

Craig Smalley

January 29, 2018 

For the past three years enforcement of the ACA has been shaky at best. But employers are now beginning to experience the repercussions of noncompliance. The IRS has begun sending out ACA penalty Letter 226J to applicable large employers that didn’t ...

January 29, 2018 

ProfitCents University is designed to guide CPAs and accounting professionals through a step-by-step transition from a focus on compliance services, such as tax and audit, to higher-profit advisory work and value-added services. Accounting profession ...

January 29, 2018 

People have until Tuesday, April 17, 2018, to file their 2017 returns and pay any taxes due. The filing tax deadline is later this year due to several factors. The usual April 15 deadline falls on Sunday this year, which would normally give taxpayers ...

January 29, 2018 

With this film, Intuit QuickBooks will give the small businesses and self-employed a voice outside of the recording studio. The film will not only celebrate veteran singer-songwriter and entrepreneur Linda Perry, but the millions of other small ...

January 29, 2018 

Of the 76 percent of those surveyed who plan to watch the game, 82 percent say they will purchase food and beverages — up slightly from 80 percent last year — and the highest in the survey’s history. Another 11 percent will buy team apparel or ...

January 29, 2018 

Parents who are small business owners are more optimistic about their children’s future than parents overall, according to a new survey from New York Life. More than 75 percent of small business owners with children under the age of 18 believe that ...