December 17, 2025
President Trump Announces $1,776 ‘Warrior Dividend’ Bonuses for Active Military and Some Reserves
The "Warrior Dividend" Trump announced is $1,776 and, according to Trump, will be sent to service members before Christmas.
June 28, 2016
The Cost of an All-American 4th of July Cookout Increases
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
Chicago Tax Week: July 11-15 – Tax and Accounting CPE/CLE Courses Offered
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
The Top 5 Ways Managers Can Improve Performance Reviews
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
Financial Execs More Optimistic on Long-Term Growth
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
Most U.S. Companies Lagging On New FASB Revenue Recognition Standard
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
New York CPA Society Elects New Board Members
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
Avalara Adds Integration with Stripe Connect and Stripe Relay, Simplifies Mobile Sales Tax
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
Keys to Profitability That CPA Firms Overlook
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 ...
June 24, 2016
IRS Crowdsourcing Contest Winners Improve Taxpayer Experience
Winners of a crowdsourcing contest sponsored by the Internal Revenue Service were recently announced. “Tax Design Challenge” encouraged innovative ideas for the taxpayer experience of the future.
June 24, 2016
New Business Advisor Program Offers Free Tools to Accountants
Advisors can play a key role in helping entrepreneurs understand the importance of building, monitoring and maintaining strong business and personal credit scores to help their businesses grow. Nav's research has found that most small business ...
June 24, 2016
Professionals on the Move – June 28, 2016
A roundup of professionals in the tax and accounting profession that have changed jobs and/or been promoted.
June 24, 2016
IT Efficiency Tips for Accounting Firms
Using outside IT consultants. Most small firms can’t justify having a Terry or a Matt on board full time, so they make generous use of outside IT consultants. One of the main issues to be alert to: Consultants may do a good job when contacted, but ...