Accounting February 28, 2026
Voting Opens for 2026 Readers’ Choice Awards!
Voting in the 2026 Readers’ Choice Awards is now open. Readers can vote for the programs, hardware, services, and other technologies they use and trust.
August 17, 2016
Congress Considers Bill Banning Online Sales Taxes By States
Tired of Congressional inactivity on internet sales tax, a growing number of states have enacted legislation enabling them to tax sales made by out-of-state sellers. The majority of these laws maintain that a connection between a state and seller is ...
August 17, 2016
Is Retirement By 65 An Unrealistic Goal For Gen Xers and Millennials?
People age 35-plus don't think they will be able to retire when they hit the traditional retirement age. While 87 percent of those surveyed who are working full time say they want to retire someday with nearly 70 percent of those hoping to retire ...
August 16, 2016
IRS Proposal Could Increase Tax Liability for Transfer of Family Interest in Businesses
The proposed regulations would also add a new section, 25.2704-3, to address restrictions on the liquidation of an individual interest in an entity and the effect of insubstantial interests held by persons who are not a family member. According to the ...
August 16, 2016
Sales Tax Rates Rise Across U.S.
The U.S. average combined sales tax rate rose slightly in the second quarter due to minimal tax changes in most jurisdictions, according to the latest ONESOURCE Indirect Tax Report from Thomson Reuters.
August 16, 2016
Xero and PayPal Partner to Deliver Express Checkout
With PayPal Express Checkout for Xero, clients will be able to pay in just a few clicks from directly within the invoice, speeding time to funds. This announcement was made at Xerocon 2016 in San Francisco on August 1517, 2016.
August 16, 2016
Education Fringe Benefits Get an A+
If some of your employees are looking to go back to school, or to enroll in college courses for the first time, you might decide to lend a helping hand. An employer can set up a program that effectively pays for all or most of the costs on a ...
August 16, 2016
Dependent Care Assistance Plans: A Fringe Benefit With Tax Benefits
To help ease the burden of hard-working parents, employers may institute a dependent care assistance plan for employees. Under such a plan, payments made to third parties like babysitters and day care centers are excluded from income if the costs ...
August 16, 2016
BKR Awards $12,000 in Accounting Scholarships
The global association of accounting firms BKR International recently presented its annual scholarship awards to honor accounting students around the world for their exemplary academic achievements in the accounting profession.
August 16, 2016
Professionals on the Move – August 16, 2016
A roundup of professionals in the tax and accounting profession that have changed jobs and/or been promoted.
August 16, 2016
Free Research Database Available to Audit Practitioners
The Auditing Section of the American Accounting Association has launched www.AuditingResearchSummaries.org, a free comprehensive database containing concise summaries of auditing research published in the seven most prestigious journals in the field ...
August 16, 2016
Intuit Announces Top Four Global Firms Of The Future
The contest, an extension of last year’s successful Firm of the Future search in the United States, looked across the globe for the most future-ready and forward-thinking firms worldwide. Since June 2016, firms from Australia, Canada, the United ...
August 16, 2016
Capital One Launches Low-Cost 401k Plans for Small Business
Spark 401k is designed for businesses with fewer than 100 employees to deliver a straightforward retirement planning experience that offers the benefits available to larger companies. These benefits include the ability to build a retirement nest egg ...