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April 12, 2016 

The organization has opened three key documents—the SASB Rules of Procedure, the SASB Conceptual Framework, and proposed changes to its Sustainable Industry Classification System (SICS) — for a 90-day public comment period.

April 12, 2016 

Avalara has been integrated with Magento for five years, and was named a Magento Gold Partner in 2011. With this latest version of the Avalara extension for Magento 2.0, customers can seamlessly take advantage of Avalara’s Compliance Cloud platform ...

April 12, 2016 

The cloud-based small business accounting system Xero now has integration with with Microsoft Outlook REST API, the company announced on Tuesday. This allows small businesses to get a single, 360 degree view of all interactions with their contacts and cus

April 12, 2016 

According to Office Depot’s monthly Personal Shopper Index, only 44 percent shred paper during tax season. Improper disposal of documents that contain personal information can increase the risk of identity theft. At Office Depot and OfficeMax retail ...

April 12, 2016 

The requirements of GASB Statement 82 are generally effective for reporting periods beginning after June 15, 2016, with earlier application encouraged. Additional information regarding implementation timing is available in the document.

April 12, 2016 

Although taxpayers have a few extra days to file their returns this year, by midnight on April 18th instead of the usual April 15th deadline, the clock is ticking for those waiting till the last minute.

April 12, 2016 

The TAP provides a forum for taxpayers to raise concerns about IRS service and offer suggestions for improvement. The TAP reports annually to the Secretary of the Treasury, the IRS Commissioner and the National Taxpayer Advocate.

April 7, 2016 

Focusing your organization around better client service requires you not only to work faster, but also smarter. You need to be agile to compete, drive transparency into your processes and be able to effortlessly mobilize organizational knowledge and ...

April 7, 2016 

Small and mid-sized business owners are cautious about the next six months amid greater pessimism about the economy given the stock market volatility and presidential election rhetoric, according to the latest PNC Economic Outlook Survey findings.

April 7, 2016 

Millennials…Millions strong, big spenders, and all about the selfie…so how do you market to them?

April 7, 2016 

Timothy Christen is Chairman and CEO of Baker Tilly Virchow Krouse, LLP (Baker Tilly). With more than 2,500 employees, Baker Tilly is the 13th largest accounting firm in the nation. In addition to serving Baker Tilly, Tim currently serves as the ...

April 7, 2016 

It's almost the end of tax season, and most accounting and tax professionals are likely hunched over their multi-monitor displays for 16 hours a day, dreaming of vacationing on a private island.