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May 23, 2017
Airline Tests Facial Recognition Technology
The airline's introduction of self-service bag drops and facial-recognition technology is a natural next step in its work to streamline airport processes and is complimented by Delta's industry-leading radio frequency identification technology.
May 23, 2017
U.S. Businesses Warned About Ransomware Cyber Attacks
In light of the ransomware cyber-attack on a United Kingdom hospital last week, Joseph R. Riccie, CPA, a partner with the nationally ranked top-30 CPA firm WithumSmith+Brown, PC (Withum), offers the following commentary regarding the need to ...
May 23, 2017
Early Bird Pricing for IRS Tax Forum Ends May 31
The Internal Revenue Service is reminding tax professionals that reduced cost “early bird” registration for all five 2017 IRS Nationwide Tax Forums ends May 31 at 6 p.m. Eastern time.
May 23, 2017
Build Your Own Statute of Limitations? A New York Court Gives the Green Light
Everyone is familiar with statutes of limitations under the law: simply, they provide a deadline by which a lawsuit must be commenced and if the plaintiff fails to comply with that deadline, then the court will most likely dismiss the claim.
May 23, 2017
Bloomberg BNA Announces Outstanding Author Awards for Taxation
Bloomberg BNA has announced this year's recipients for outstanding authorship in federal taxation and the recipient of this year's Leonard L. Silverstein Award for Distinguished Service in Tax.
May 23, 2017
Wolters Kluwer Teams with EY to Provide Clients Thought Leadership on Tax Issues
The initiative features a new publication on the CCH IntelliConnect platform called the EY Tax Library, which includes industry-leading EY Tax Alerts and EY Tax Newsletters from Ernst & Young LLP’s National Tax Department. Both services provide tax, ...
May 23, 2017
Study Questions Value of Independent Directors
Independent directors, audit committees, and other reforms of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 were aimed at preventing corporate abuses after Enron and a spate of corporate scandals.
May 23, 2017
Hundreds of CPAs Go to Washington for Tax Reform
Topping the list of issues are tax reform, improvement of Internal Revenue Service (IRS) taxpayer services, mobile workforce legislation and the fiscal state of the nation.
May 23, 2017
State Sales Tax Auditors Travel Out of State, Too
For example, the Texas Comptroller has audit offices in Los Angeles, New York City, and Tulsa, Oklahoma. California has field audit offices in Chicago, New York, and Houston. There are Missouri Department of Revenue offices near Chicago, Dallas, and ...
May 23, 2017
Americans Spending More on Home Improvement
Perhaps they've been watching one of the home improvement tv shows like Flip or Flop, Fixer Upper or Property Brothers, but homeowners are seeking to tackle home improvement projects and are not deterred by political and economic uncertainties.
May 23, 2017
Transfer to Limited Partnership Included in Taxable Estate
The point of transferring assets to a limited partnership or a family limited partnership concerning estate tax is to remove the assets from the taxable estate and then PASS THEM to the next generation - not hold 99% interest in the limited partnership.
May 23, 2017
6 Tips to Develop Young Partners at Small Accounting Firms
Today, as thousands of small firms are bringing in younger staff as partners they are finding the whole approach to running their firms must change. What are the most important practice management tips for small firms planning on bringing in new ...