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February 12, 2016 

Sage has launched a new version of Sage Live only available on iOS. As a new Apple mobility partner, this will be the first in a series of solutions that Apple and Sage are collaborating together on for small businesses.

February 12, 2016 

With tax season in full swing, SIGNiX, a provider of cloud-based Independent E-Signature solutions, has launched TaxDoX, a new e-signature utility created to allow tax preparers to digitally sign and send tax documents securely through the cloud.

February 12, 2016 

The fuel tax credit is generally limited to off-highway business use or use in farming. Consequently, the credit is not available to most taxpayers. Still, the IRS routinely finds unscrupulous preparers who have enticed sizable groups of taxpayers to err

February 12, 2016 

You may have seen recent ads by a major tax preparation provider claiming that, “it doesn’t take a genius to do your taxes”. Unfortunately, they’re right. I’m not a genius. You’re probably not a genius. Neither is the mechanic that recently fixed the ...

Jon Baron

February 12, 2016 

A roundup of professionals in the tax and accounting profession that have changed jobs and/or been promoted.

February 11, 2016 

Late last year, Chris Hamilton succeeded Luis Sanchez as leader of Intuit's ProAdvisor Program. Since then, Hamilton has been busy carrying on the initiatives that were already in place while simultaneously planning for the program's future.

Taija Sparkman

February 10, 2016 

The IRS says that it recently identified and halted an automated attack upon its Electronic Filing PIN application on its website. IRS.gov. Using personal data stolen elsewhere outside the IRS, identity thieves used malware in an attempt to generate ...

February 10, 2016 

Eighty percent of financial advisors reported that fear is the primary motivator for their clients, up from 51% in Q1 2015, reflecting escalating concerns over the steep increase in volatility across global markets. Additionally, nearly half (44%) of ...

February 10, 2016 

Businesses not only reported a fall in income, but also more difficulty in accessing finance, with half of them cutting their workforce or putting a recruitment freeze in place, and 40% saying they had cut back investment plans since the third quarter.

February 10, 2016 

It’s unlikely that a sharply divided Congress will send President Obama off with parting gifts, but that didn’t stop the nation’s leader from including a “wish list” in the proposed budget for his final year in office. The proposals released on ...

February 10, 2016 

In this new role, Nolan will be responsible for leading the marketing strategy to advance XCM’s customer-guided approach to providing digital automation solutions to accounting and corporate professionals.

February 9, 2016 

We have been hearing lately that worker classification issues are on the forefront for the IRS and state labor agencies. Because big companies and small businesses are misclassifying workers, this subject has it become one of the hottest matters in our...