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.
December 28, 2016
Forecast Shows Monumental Tax Policy Changes in 2017
Tax reform is a subject of great debate in Congress. President-elect Trump's economic goals hinge largely on overhauling current tax law and House Republicans are expected to move legislation shortly after Inauguration Day. Later in the year, the ...
December 28, 2016
R&D Spending Moving from Physical Products to Software and Services
By 2020, companies will have shifted the majority of their R&D spending away from product-based offerings to software and service offerings, according to the 2016 Global Innovation 1000 Study from Strategy&, PwC’s strategy consulting business.
December 28, 2016
Study Finds Incentive Pay on the Rise for Family Offices
The report finds that just 30 percent of participants currently offer long-term incentive plans, while C-suite employees who receive such benefits are enjoying median awards ranging from 20 to 50 percent of base salary.
December 28, 2016
SmartVault Launches e-Signature Solution
SmartVault’s e-signature solution is powered by RightSignature and gives SmartVault customers a convenient and efficient way to request signatures on documents directly from the SmartVault Connected Desktop and SmartVault Portal.
December 28, 2016
2017 CPA Exam Review Now Available
Roger CPA Review has launched its 2017 course materials to prepare CPA candidates for the new, more challenging CPA Exam. Over the past two years Roger CPA Review has invested more than $4.5 million in Research and Development for products and services.
December 28, 2016
New W-2 and 1099 Filing Deadlines Have Employers Scrambling
The filing changes were included in he Protecting Americans from Tax Hikes Act (PATH), Act, signed by President Obama in the waning days of 2015. These provisions were enacted to simplify matters and improve protection against fraud.
December 28, 2016
7 Tax Breaks That Might End Soon
The massive tax law passed at the end of the last year—the Protecting Americans from Tax Hikes (PATH) Act – retroactively preserved a number of expired tax breaks for individuals and businesses, making many of them permanent. But a handful of other ...
December 27, 2016
The Top Tax & Accounting News Stories of 2016
The last year saw a very prolonged and aggressive presidential primary and general election, along with many long-lasting news issues that will certainly affect our economy, small businesses and taxpayers for years to come.
December 27, 2016
Inauguration Day Hotel Rates Hit $1,500 Per Night
Most hotels are already completely booked, or have blocked their remaining rooms from booking by websites. According to the survey, about 10 percent of hotels in central Washington are still offering available rooms for January 20, 2017, the day ...
December 26, 2016
Trend to Watch in 2017: Paid Leave is Picking Up Steam
Benefits are a huge lure in attracting and retaining top talent, especially in light of the changing composition of the U.S. workforce. Today, we have a growing number of women in the workforce and dual-earner families, which means married couples ...
December 23, 2016
Boxing Day USA: Amazon Boxes with Donations Can Be Shipped to Goodwill for Free
Have boxes? Of course you do. If you fill those empty Amazon boxes with donations for the charity Goodwill, you can have those donations shipped for free.
December 22, 2016
6 Ways to Save Taxes at Year End
December isn’t traditionally seen as tax time. But during the last days of the year, you can take steps to lower your bill when you file your returns. Here are six moves to consider.