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.
May 2, 2016
Recognition After Tax Season: 6 Kudos Staff Will Love
Another tax season is over, and now you can catch your breath. As a manager for a public accounting firm, you may want to take off for a well-deserved vacation. But before you go, be sure to show your hardworking staff some recognition.
April 29, 2016
How to Maintain Internal Controls for Sales and Use Taxes
Many of your small business clients, especially those in retail operations, have struggled with responsibilities for collecting and remitting sales and use taxes to the appropriate jurisdictions. This includes issues relating to sales transactions and ...
April 28, 2016
And the Tony Award Goes To … The Accounting Firm of Grant Thornton
Grant Thornton believes the partnership will help the firm tell its distinctive brand and client-service story. “Like Grant Thornton, Broadway is having a monumental year, and as their exclusive partner, this provides us with the perfect opportunity ...
April 28, 2016
Three Ways Accounting Firms Can Use Periscope for Profit
Periscope is one of the newest social media darlings. A mobile app, it permits interactive video streaming on demand. The big benefit of Periscope is that, unlike traditional video streaming, its platform permits the audience to post comments and ...
April 28, 2016
Independent Contractor vs. Employee Status
If the IRS determines employees were erroneously classified as independent contractors, the IRS may notify the workers that they are not entitled to deduct their business expenses from gross income on Schedule C and/or that they were not entitled to ...
April 28, 2016
Free CPE Webcast: Do I Have To Pay My Employees For That?
The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) is moving closer to finalizing the biggest change to overtime rules since they were established in 1938. That means potentially big challenges for companies as the proposed changes to the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA).
April 28, 2016
3 Trends That Are Affecting The Accounting Profession
Fiscal management, and through that, accounting, has been at the center of human survival since mankind figured out how to trade and barter. We now have an established way to measure the value of any trade: money. And since, it has been a central ...
April 27, 2016
Boomer Consulting Announces New Leadership
Jim Boomer will succeed L. Gary Boomer as Chief Executive Officer, and will lead the team with newly appointed President, Sandra Wiley. Rounding out the Executive Leadership Team are Dustin Hostetler as Chief Innovation Officer, and L. Gary Boomer as ...
April 26, 2016
5 Tips For Firms Considering Niche Accounting
Is your accounting firm looking for new areas in which to expand? As accountants look to differentiate themselves from their competition, more and more accounting firms are picking up on a trend known as niche accounting.
April 26, 2016
Are Your Firm’s Retired Partners Double Dipping?
The main reason for making deferred comp payments to retired partners is to “acquire” their clients. If a firm knew for sure that they would lose the clients of a retiree, I doubt that deferred comp payments would be made.
April 26, 2016
Xero Adds Payroll for Pennsylvania; Now Supports 22 States
The payroll system, which is fully integrated with Xero’s cloud accounting platform, is now available to small businesses in 22 states including California, Texas, Georgia, New York and Florida. Already covering 70% of the American small business ...
April 26, 2016
Almost Half of U.S. Workers Go Paycheck to Paycheck
The path to achieving financial milestones like paying for a college education, buying a car, owning a home and retiring at an early age always begins with one step: saving for the future.