Technology February 9, 2026
Botkeeper is Closing Its Doors
In a statement posted on the Botkeeper website over the weekend, Enrico Palmerino wrote that the automated bookkeeping platform he founded in 2015 is shutting down.
February 14, 2017
Puente to Manage MACPA Sponsorships and Advertising
This marks Puente’s second stint with the MACPA. From 2007 to 2014, she served as a customized learning consultant with the MACPA and its affiliate, the Business Learning Institute.
February 14, 2017
AICPA President Discusses Trade, Taxation, and Trump
The AICPA leader discussed potential change in the form of workplace demographics (four generations in the workforce simultaneously!), cybersecurity (yes, companies should expect to be audited for their compliance in this area), and blockchain ...
February 13, 2017
Are You Over-Confident on Cyber Security Risks?
Every day, more than a million people become a victim of cybercrime, according to Microsoft. I the U.S. alone, $15 billion was stolen from 13.1 million American consumers in 2015, prompting the question of why are Americans so overconfident about ...
February 13, 2017
Financial Infidelity: Millions of Americans Hide Bank and Credit Card Accounts from Spouse
Baby Boomers (11%), particularly those ages 63-71, are nearly four times as likely as Millennials to have had a secret account (3%).
February 13, 2017
One Third of Boomers Anxious Over Housing Affordability
30 percent experience anxiety about being able to afford where they live at least once a month, with 42 percent of retirees reporting such anxiety at least once daily. When asked what causes the greatest anxiety, 46 percent of respondents said they ...
February 13, 2017
Watch Out for Shady Tax Preparers Promising the “Biggest Tax Refunds”
Taxpayers need to watch out for unscrupulous tax return preparer who often promise inflated tax refunds. This scam remains on the annual list of tax scams known as the “Dirty Dozen” for 2017.
February 13, 2017
Wave Partners with Small Business Lender
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
Women Adapt Better Financial Habits Than Men After Divorce
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
Financial Institutions Falling Short on Common Reporting Standard Compliance
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
App Gives Businesses Access to Key Business, Finance, Accounting & Tax Info
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
IRS Says Think Twice Before Inflating Tax Expenses and Deductions
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
Are Legal Expenses Deductible? Tax Court Says, “It Depends”
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 ...