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December 10, 2015 

A CPA’s Plan for Success

As CPA’s we tend to think we have all the answers. If we just spend a little more time (that we don't have) we will achieve the results that we want. Often times that is not the case. There are plans that have been proven to work. If we take that plan ...

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December 10, 2015 

Abacus Partners with NetSuite for Real-Time Expense Management

This integration comes on the heels of Abacus’ platform enhancements, designed to meet the needs of large organizations with as many as 1,000 employees. By partnering with NetSuite, which offers enterprise resource planning (ERP) software for midsize ...

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December 9, 2015 

AICPA Objects to New Bill to Regulate Income Tax Preparers

The new bill was proposed after a prior regulatory program was successfully challenged in court by unlicensed tax return preparers (Loving, et. al. v. IRS, CA- D.C., No. 13-5061, 2/11/14). Subsequently, the IRS instituted a voluntary program.

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December 9, 2015 

Deloitte Gives $1 Million to SASB

Deloitte’s contribution to SASB is both financial and services-based. The financial commitment is in the form of $1 million in direct financial support over the course of four years, while the services-based commitment consists of in-kind support to ...

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December 9, 2015 

Workday Partnership with ADP Streamlines Payroll

The partnership plans to leverage the next level in integration technology to unite Workday Human Capital Management (HCM) and ADP Global Payroll in a single user experience within Workday, enabling multinational organizations to more effectively ...

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December 9, 2015 

Southern California Accounting Firm Acquires Castle & Co.

Steve Castle, an established CPA with a broad range of clients from Phoenix to Seattle, has joined Haskell & White as its newest tax partner. He will work out of the firm’s Irvine, Calif., headquarters and perform a variety of business consulting and ...

 Mid-Market Companies Hopeful About Economy, Business Prospects

December 9, 2015 

Mid-Market Companies Hopeful About Economy, Business Prospects

Of U.S. companies with between $10 million and $1 billion in annual revenue, close to three quarters (73%) are optimistic that the economy will grow over the next year, and 75% believe that growth will positively affect their business, according to an ...

 CPAs Want Innovative New Services to Aid Clients, Says Survey

December 8, 2015 

CPAs Want Innovative New Services to Aid Clients, Says Survey

Some 65 percent of ‘early majority’ firms – firms that have launched a cloud-based accounting practice or are actively advancing advisory services initiatives – say it is imperative to implement changes in the next 12 months, the survey found.

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December 8, 2015 

Cloud Services Are Driving Growth At Accounting Firms

Firms that want to lead and continue to be relevant to clients need to find innovative ways to serve them and differentiate their firms in the marketplace. Better training and strategic planning resources must be put in place, too, as the category ...