Accounting April 17, 2026
Last Chance to Vote in the 2026 Readers’ Choice Awards!
Each year, readers get the opportunity to show their support for the programs, hardware, services, and other technologies they use and trust.
September 27, 2016
Public Sees Accountants As Desirable, Even If They Are Bean Counters
Professional stereotypes about the accounting industry are alive and kicking, with a new global survey from Xero revealing that the average member of the public most commonly associates accountants and bookkeepers as suit-wearing “number crunchers” or “bean counters.” At the same time, the survey revealed that accountants and bookkeepers are likely to be seen as...…
September 27, 2016
AICPA Proposes Cybersecurity Risk Management Criteria
The development of a common set of criteria will pave the way for the introduction of a new engagement that CPAs can use to assist boards of directors, senior management, and other pertinent stakeholders as they evaluate the effectiveness of an ...
September 27, 2016
Ranking the Funnest Cities in America
To help Americans find the cities with the greatest number and variety of cheap, fun activities, WalletHub’s compared the 150 largest cities across 51 key metrics, ranging from “number of fitness clubs per capita” to “movie costs” to “average open ...
September 27, 2016
Projected 2017 Income Tax Rates and Brackets
The new information includes estimated ranges for each 2017 tax bracket as well as projections for a growing number of inflation-sensitive tax figures, such as the personal exemption and the standard deduction.
September 27, 2016
Wipfli Joins Chamber of Digital Commerce
The Chamber of Digital Commerce represents the world’s leading innovators, operators and investors in the digital asset and blockchain technology ecosystem, including start-ups, software companies, global IT consultancies, financial institutions and ...
September 27, 2016
Businesses Still Not Ready for New Overtime Rule, Many Unaware Of It
The DOL estimates the rule will affect an estimated 4.2 million salaried, exempt workers who will become newly eligible for overtime pay, and an audit of Paychex’s 600,000+ clients also revealed the impact of the rule will be significant. Company data ...
September 27, 2016
Small Firms Face Big Challenges with Partner Compensation
The most difficult and complicated partner compensation scenario may surprise you – it’s firms with 2-3 partners. Why? Because regardless of the system used to allocate income, at the end of the day, each partner has to look the others in the eyes ...
September 27, 2016
Healthcare Providers Slow To Adopt Modern Payment Technologies
Healthcare providers are behind the curve when it comes to billing technologies, according to a new survey by BillingTree, a payment solutions provider.
September 27, 2016
SmartVault to Offer Digital Signatures
The digital signature solution, powered by RightSignature, offers users the convenience of requesting signatures on documents right from SmartVault. Customers can utilize the digital signature solution for all documents, including IRS forms 8878 and 8879.
September 27, 2016
Accounting Firm Grant Thornton Announces 2016 Revenues of $1.65 Billion
Grant Thornton LLP, the U.S. member firm of Grant Thornton International Ltd., has announced revenues of $1.65 billion for the fiscal year ended July 31, 2016. The figure, a record for the firm, represents an 11.4 percent increase year over year.
September 27, 2016
NSA Honors 9 Award Winners at 2016 Annual Meeting
Each year accounting and tax professionals who made significant contributions to the accounting profession are honored by the National Society of Accountants (NSA).
September 27, 2016
Avalara Covers All Brazil Transactional Tax Compliance
Avalara, Inc., a provider of cloud-based tax compliance automation for businesses of all sizes, today announced a significant expansion of its operations and strategic initiatives in Brazil. Through acquisition and organic growth, the company has ...