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June 28, 2016 

The IRS is giving employers three additional months to comply with the rules for claiming the Work Opportunity Tax Credit (WOTC). The WOTC is available to employers who hire workers any one of several “target” groups.

June 28, 2016 

Small to mid-sized accounting firms are traditionally viewed as serving only local clients, but with rapid increases in technology, the world is quickly becoming a smaller place to do business. As globalization presents numerous opportunities for ...

Jon Baron

June 28, 2016 

The Internal Revenue Service will hold a free online, web-based information session to assist U.S. overseas taxpayers in understanding the foreign earned income exclusion on Wednesday, June 29.

June 28, 2016 

Global stock markets, including those here in the U.S. saw huge declines in the first few days of trading after the Brexit vote, primarily due to the uncertainty of what this decision by British voters will mean for not only their economic future, but ...

June 28, 2016 

A cookout of Americans' favorite foods for the Fourth of July will cost slightly more this year but still comes in at less than $6 per person, says the American Farm Bureau Federation.

June 28, 2016 

Bloomberg BNA is hosting "Tax Week 2016," five consecutive days of tax and accounting seminars, which will take place July 11 to July 15 in downtown Chicago at the Summit Executive Centre. Led by industry experts, all training sessions feature live ...

June 28, 2016 

Performance review meetings can bring stress to both sides of the table. But it doesn't have to be that way. With the right planning by supervisors, the meeting can be a productive, stress-free event. Business Management Daily's Editorial Director ...

June 28, 2016 

This quarter, the top five external risks cited were: 1) oil/commodity prices, 2) U.S. economy pullback, 3) new/burdensome regulation, 4) the upcoming election/political uncertainty in the U.S., and 5) global growth/recession/volatility and capital ...

June 27, 2016 

60 percent of respondents indicated that they are running behind schedule in their overall implementation of the standard, which has an effective date as early as January 1, 2018, for many organizations.

June 26, 2016 

These new leaders come from all regions across the state of New York, including Albany, Rockland County, Westchester County, Suffolk County, Nassau County, Buffalo, Staten Island, Manhattan, Queens and Brooklyn, New York; Newburgh (Orange County), ...

June 26, 2016 

In addition to Stripe Connect, which provides everything marketplaces and platforms need to get users paid, Avalara will also integrate with Stripe Relay, which enables customers to buy merchants’ products directly within other mobile apps.

June 24, 2016 

Partner income percentage is impacted much more by staff-partner ratio than by innate profitability. Many partners have a rule of thumb that 33% is an acceptable partner income percentage, and that to be truly profitable, 40% or more should be the ...