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July 25, 2016 

If there’s one thing we all have in common, it’s that no one enjoys filing taxes. But, according to recent studies, millennials feel particularly anxious about the annual process.

Jon Baron

July 22, 2016 

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

July 22, 2016 

There have been a number of red-letter changes to date in 2016, most notably with respect to state sales tax rates, eliminating exemptions, and remote sales tax laws. More are sure to follow during the second half of the year.

Gail Cole

July 21, 2016 

The bad news is, if you are paying more than $2.5k per year in student loan interest, the excess is not deductible and cannot be carried forward. Also, if you are making more than $65k per year, the deduction begins to phase out, and if you are making ...

July 21, 2016 

Small and mid-sized businesses added 63,000 jobs in April and 173,000 in May, according to ADP, but many business owners and managers find that their most talented staff – finding, nurturing, and keeping them – is one of their most challenging concerns.

Isaac M. O'Bannon

July 21, 2016 

The study, already underway and in the preliminary reporting stages, is examining the links between the relative success of CPA firms and their approach to professional development.

July 21, 2016 

Technical debt is now a common term in the software development industry. Companies spend money assessing, controlling and “paying down” their technical debt in order to keep their products agile enough to compete in an environment where slow to market or

Jim Boomer

July 21, 2016 

Award Recognizes Women Making the Greatest Impact on the Tax and Accounting Field.

July 20, 2016 

More than ever, managing partners at Maryland CPA firms say they need someone to scan the horizon for them — to identify future trends before they happen, to monitor and affect change on legislation and regulations, to train their people and help them ...

July 20, 2016 

After 15 years of polling, focus groups and town meetings, the IOP poll asked members of America's Millennial generation to rate the issues and topics most important to them personally when electing the next president. Results from this poll show that ...

July 20, 2016 

Small businesses are increasingly looking for simple and easy ways to connect their accounting software to apps that help them run their business more efficiently, with a 60% increase in the number of businesses using apps in Xero’s ecosystem.

July 20, 2016 

Under the ACA, employers are generally required to provide at least minimal essential coverage to full-time employees. Beginning in 2016, the employer mandate applies to employers with 50 or more employers. (Smaller businesses are exempt.)