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December 7, 2016
IRS Simplifies Online Access to Basic Taxpayer Account Information
This new and secure tool, available on IRS.gov allows taxpayers to view their IRS account balance, which will include the amount they owe for tax, penalties and interest. Taxpayers may also continue to take advantage of the various online payment ...
December 7, 2016
Guidelines for Income Exclusion for Wrongly-Incarcerated Taxpayers
The IRS has new special filing rules for wrongfully-incarcerated taxpayers who want to take advantage of the retroactive tax exclusion now available to them, that in many cases, they must file their refund claims by Dec. 19.
December 6, 2016
Virtual CFO Services & Fees Growing, AICPA MAP Survey Shows
Client accounting services has become an important line of business for CPA firms in all size segments, even as overall client fees are growing, according to a survey sponsored by the AICPA Private Companies Practice Section and CPA.com.
December 6, 2016
Trump Selects Wealthiest Cabinet
Trump's choice for Commerce secretary, investor Wilbur Ross, is worth some $2.5 billion by Forbes' account, and Ross' likely deputy, Chicago Cubs co-owner Todd Ricketts, is in the billionaires club, too. Betsy DeVos, selected to head the Department of ...
December 5, 2016
Remembering Pearl Harbor: Dec. 7, 1941
"Yesterday, December 7, 1941 - a date which will live in infamy - the United States of America was suddenly and deliberately attacked by naval and air forces of the Empire of Japan. " ~ President Franklin D. Roosevelt, Dec. 8, 1941.
December 5, 2016
Xero Adds Apple Pay + Stripe Integration
Xero’s 862,000 subscribers can now offer their customers the ability to view and pay an invoice using Apple Pay through Stripe. Invoices paid with a payment service get paid almost 80 per cent faster than invoices that don’t offer a payment service.
December 5, 2016
IRS Releases Fall 2016 Income Statistics Bulletin
The Statistics of Income (SOI) Division produces the online Bulletin quarterly, providing the most recent data available from various tax and information returns filed by U.S. taxpayers
December 5, 2016
IRS, State Tax Agencies and Tax Software Makers Urge Taxpayers to Be On Alert
Scammers, hackers and identity thieves are looking to steal taxpayers’ personal information and ultimately their money. But, there are simple steps taxpayers can take to help protect themselves, like keeping computer software up-to-date and being ...
December 5, 2016
IRS Says Interest Rates to Remain the Same in First Quarter 2017
The Internal Revenue Service has announced that interest rates will remain the same for the calendar quarter beginning January 1, 2017. The rates will be:
December 5, 2016
ITA Announces New Member Firms during 2016 Fall Collaborative
These new member firms will be introduced to the ITA membership at the opening session of the ITA Fall Collaborative, December 4-6, 2016, at the M Resort in Las Vegas. Approximately 250 ITA members are expected to participate in this event and ...
December 5, 2016
CPA.com Adds Expensify to Preferred Firm Solutions
Expensify allows CPA firms to manage client expenses and reconcile corporate credit cards in a single console using real-time, continuously updated information. Clients also benefit from Expensify’s easy-to-use mobile app with industry-leading.
December 5, 2016
Xero Launches New Partner Program with Chatbot Functions
More than 13,500 accountants and bookkeepers in 72 hours have already opted into Xero HQ’s beta release, the platform launched to take advantage of these tools to help expand their practices.