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October 5, 2015 

With a focus on enforcing FATCA, the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act, the Internal Revenue Service is now exchanging financial account information with the taxing authorities in selected countries.

October 5, 2015 

More than fifty provisions in the Internal Revenue Code, commonly referred to as “tax extenders,” expired at the end of 2014 or will expire at the end of this year.

October 4, 2015 

International Accounting Bulletin’s “Audit Innovation of the Year” award recognizes organizations that make a major impact on audit quality and client service. Entries were judged based on demonstrated improvements in quality; efficiency, accuracy, and...

October 4, 2015 

Deloitte’s Retail and Distribution practice expects total holiday sales to climb to between $961 and $965 billion, representing a 3.5 to 4 percent increase in November through January holiday sales over last year’s shopping season.

October 4, 2015 

In celebration of National Small Business Month, the NWBC is launching a campaign on October 1st called "10 Million Strong" to honor and highlight the accomplishments of women entrepreneurs and inspire a call to action for continued support.

October 4, 2015 

Financial Edge NXT is the second release planned as part of Blackbaud's NXT solution line, the industry's most advanced and only cloud suite built exclusively for nonprofit organizations. The NXT solution line is a complete, fully integrated ...

October 4, 2015 

The latest Blackbaud Index shows that overall charitable giving to nonprofits increased 1.3% and online giving increased 5.9% for the three months ending August 2015 as compared to the same period in 2014.

October 4, 2015 

The American Sustainable Business Council says 57 percent of small businesses have no disaster recovery plan.[3] As September is Disaster Preparedness Month, now is as good a time as any to start planning.

October 4, 2015 

With income tax planning now on the minds of many taxpayers and tax professionals, our year-end tax planning series looks at several methods to lower tax liability in the current year.

Ken Berry, JD

October 2, 2015 

Rashia Wilson, a self-proclaimed "queen of IRS tax fraud," was sentenced today to 21 years in federal prison.

October 2, 2015 

The IRS is running into problems as it struggles to get control over the wave of identity theft tax refund fraud that has engulfed the Tampa, Florida, area and spread to other parts of the country over the last three years.

October 1, 2015 

In recent years, unions and politicians alike have increasingly questioned the use of temporary workers, contract employees, and independent contractors. For example, Uber has been in the news recently over whether its drivers are employees of the ...

Richard D. Alaniz, JD