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Botkeeper is Closing Its Doors
In a statement posted on the Botkeeper website over the weekend, Enrico Palmerino wrote that the automated bookkeeping platform he founded in 2015 is shutting down.
January 29, 2016
What Will Future Accounting Clients Want from Your Firm?
Right now, life in the accounting profession is good. Growth trends are on an upswing with accounting market employment up more than 4% over last year and steady revenue growth since 2011. We’ve rebounded from the recession and are starting to gain ...
January 29, 2016
Waiting For Your Income Tax Refund? IRS Says Most Refunds Sent In 21 Days
Many taxpayers are eager to know precisely when their money will be arriving, but checking "Where's My Refund" more than once a day will not produce new information. The status of refunds is refreshed only once a day, generally overnight.
January 28, 2016
Small Coffee Company Wins Super Bowl Ad From Intuit
The ad, to be broadcast during the third quarter of the game, will be the only one to feature a small business and will be seen by more than 100 million viewers. Death Wish Coffee, based in Round Lake, N.Y., was selected from more than 15,000 entries ...
January 28, 2016
IT Alliance Appoints Lissa Johnsen As V.P.
Johnsen is a long-time ITA member, a past member of the ITA Board of Directors, and has most recently served as Treasurer of the organization. In addition to her ITA work, Johnsen serves as Employer Solutions Practice Director at Net@Work, a ...
January 28, 2016
Weiser Mazars Acquires New York Accounting Firm
The acquisition expands WeiserMazars’ Entrepreneurial Services and Health Care Consulting services with the addition of Marc H. Lion, founder of Lion & Company, and his team of five professionals.
January 28, 2016
Thomson Reuters Launches ONESOURCE Indirect Tax Integration for Microsoft Dynamics AX
The cloud-based, end-to-end software solution manages every step of the indirect tax process – including rate calculation, research, reporting and returns – and tightly integrates with existing sales processes to provide a complete view of sales tax ...
January 28, 2016
Avalara Launches LandedCost Service for Global eCommerce
Avalara’s LandedCost solution includes capabilities for tariff and harmonized system (HS) code classifications, and customs duty rates. Using Avalara LandedCost, e-merchants can calculate the taxes, tariffs, custom duties, and transportation fees ...
January 27, 2016
Residential Rent Prices Expected to Flatten in 2016
Zillow is forecasting a decrease in the rate of rental appreciation amid a rental affordability crisis that has renters in some markets spending almost half of their income on rent. Some of the fastest growing metros had double-digit annual rental ...
January 27, 2016
Adaptive Insights Sees Record Growth, Names New CFO
Adaptive Insights, a provider of in cloud corporate performance management (CPM), has appointed a new CFO, Jim Johnson, former CFO of TIBCO Software and Jasper Software. It also appointed new board member Mark Templeton, former CEO of mobile workspace ...
January 27, 2016
FASB Proposes Changes to Reporting of Pensions and Other Retirement Plans
Under Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP), defined benefit pension cost and postretirement benefit cost (net benefit cost) comprise several components that reflect different aspects of an employer’s financial arrangements, as well as the ...
January 27, 2016
Maryland CPAs Advocate At Capitol in Annapolis
On a snowy January morning over 130 CPAs stepped aside from their busy schedules to advocate for legislation supporting the CPA profession. The Maryland Association of CPAs engages in ongoing legislative and lobbying efforts, and CPA Day is the best ...
January 27, 2016
Despite Snow, Maryland CPAs Turn Out For Legislative Day
Maryland CPAs have chosen to be active participants rather than passive recipients as more than 130 CPAs showed up for the annual CPA Day in Annapolis event hosted by the Maryland Association of CPAs. It was their 115th year advocating for the CPA profess