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November 20, 2017 

The cloud tax solution automates tax calculation for all transactions around the globe and unifies tasks such as calculation configuration, certificate management, reporting, DFI and compliance. To support the dynamic and changing tax regulations ...

November 20, 2017 

Grants Management Systems (GMS), developer of accounting and revolving loan software for nonprofits, is partnering with the Ohio Association of Community Action Agencies (OACAA) to offer a one-day accounting software user training on January 23, 2018 from 8:00 am to 5:00 pm at the Sheraton on Capitol Square in Columbus, OH. GMS will kick off...…

November 20, 2017 

As a business advisor, it is your job to not only be your small business clients’ biggest fan, but more importantly, their biggest critic. Do not hesitate to provide clients with pointed suggestions and voice concerns when you feel that they are ...

November 20, 2017 

The training’s instructors will include Grant Eve, Glen Galt, Wipfli/JOSEPH EVE Senior Manager, and Michael Shaw, chief executive officer and business strategist at Muscogee Solutions.

November 20, 2017 

Veteran Business Owners Thriving, Extremely Upbeat on Economy By Isaac M. O’Bannon, Managing Editor Optimism among veteran small business owners is outpacing the nation’s small businesses as a whole, according to this year’s Allstate/USA Today Small Business Barometer. The annual index study released new data ahead of Veterans Day showing that veteran entrepreneurs’ optimism is...…

November 20, 2017 

Accounting Firm Cybersecurity: Training Your Staff and Protecting Your Business By Christina Wiseman, Thomson Reuters From the Thomson Reuters blog. It probably won’t surprise you to hear that tax identity theft is on the rise. In response to this increase in tax-related ID theft, last year the IRS rolled out new security requirements that recommended...…

November 20, 2017 

When hurricane Harvey approached Houston, Wesley Middleton of MiddletonRaines+Zapata didn’t have to worry about his firm’s business continuity plan. At the recent CCH Connections: User Conference 2017, Middleton talked to Jody Padar (the Radical CPA) ...

November 20, 2017 

The Governmental Accounting Standards Board (GASB) has proposed guidance that would clarify the accounting and financial reporting for a state or local government’s majority equity interest in an organization that remains legally separate after ...

November 20, 2017 

Following the largest increase in a decade, small business optimism held steady in the fourth quarter, according to the latest Wells Fargo/Gallup Small Business Index.

November 20, 2017 

The positive outlook on the economy bodes well for growth, as 92 percent of small business owners indicated that a positive economic environment is a critical factor to their ability to grow. Other growth factors include customer demand (93 percent), ...

November 20, 2017 

The IRS has announced the 2018 cost-of-living adjustments (COLAs) with respect to retirement plan limits. Many limits, which are adjusted by reference to Code Sec. 415(d), are changed for 2018 since the increase in the cost-of-living index met the ...

November 20, 2017 

Veterans continue to do more than their fair share after leaving the military: More than one-in-four veterans in the workforce are running their own business, a rate that is 7.7 percentage points greater than the national average, according to the ...