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.
June 21, 2016
Are Millennials Ready To Be Leaders?
The survey also found businesses are offering professional development resources to help these workers prepare for leadership positions. CFOs said their organizations most often provide onsite training (60 percent); opportunities to attend ...
June 21, 2016
IRS Warns of Fake Charity Scams Claiming to Help Orlando Mass Shooting Victims
The IRS is warning Americans about fake charity scams that are trying to use the mass shooting in Orlando as a way to raise money.
June 21, 2016
Vacation Blues: One Third of U.S. Workers Unhappy With Paid Time Off Policy
Some sunnier results from the Accountemps survey show professionals plan to take an average of 10 vacation days this summer, and 29 percent plan to take more vacation days this summer than last year.
June 20, 2016
Tax Tips Q&A for June 2016
Small Business Tax Strategies offers pointers on some common situations. For more details and expert advice and guidance, visit a CPA. Generate energy credits in your state Q. In the last issue (SBTS May 2016), you explained rules for federal residential energy credits. Can you get this on a state level too? Anonymous A. Possibly....…
June 20, 2016
Pennsylvania Liquor Board Opens Online Booze Ordering System for Retailers
Previously, a licensee could only place orders for wine and spirits during normal business hours, by contacting a local store. Through LOOP, orders can be placed online at any time of day and on any day of the year, and emails to users confirm ...
June 20, 2016
Mortgage Rates Hit Lowest Point in More Than 3 Years
Mortgage rates fell further this week, with the benchmark 30-year fixed mortgage rate now at the lowest point since May 2013, 3.69 percent, according to Bankrate.com's weekly national survey. The 30-year fixed mortgage has an average of 0.19 discount ...
June 20, 2016
2016 Innovation Awards Highlight Tools for Automation, Collaboration and Insight
The Innovation Awards were first presented in 2004, and honor new or recently enhanced technologies that benefit tax and accounting professionals and their clients through improved workflow, increased accessibility, enhanced collaboration, or other means.
June 20, 2016
A Firm Finds Success in the Cloud
Accounting Power, the core accounting system in the suite, has advantages for both the accounting firm and the client. For the professional, it has powerful client write-up, trial balance, financial statement reporting and client collaboration tools.
June 20, 2016
Small Businesses Need to Prepare for Sales Taxes On Services
As always in dealing with sales tax, the specifics of sales taxes depend on the rules in the jurisdiction(s) where you are taxed. These can vary a great deal, so you need to know which specific rules will apply to you.
June 20, 2016
States Redefine Nexus to Tackle Online Sales Taxes
As the middle of the year approaches, it’s worth taking stock of remote sales tax. Numerous states have enacted or are considering legislation enabling them to collect sales and use tax revenue from remote retailers lacking a physical presence in the ...
June 20, 2016
AICPA and CIMA Create New International Accounting Association
A supermajority of AICPA members who voted supported the proposal, 86.5 percent to 13.5 percent, according to the independent tabulator Survey and Ballot Systems. CIMA members also overwhelmingly endorsed the proposal 89.7 percent to 10.3 percent ...
June 17, 2016
Intuit Rolls Out Exclusive Benefits to U.S. QuickBooks ProAdvisors
At Scaling New Heights, Intuit announced a new partnership with ICBUSA, part of the Institute of Certified Bookkeepers (ICB), and Hubdoc.