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.
April 14, 2016
Misclassification of Workers: What Are Your Options When You Get It Wrong?
Some of the most common worker classification issues occur from misclassification of employees as independent contractors, and classifying common law employees as statutory employees.
April 13, 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 13, 2016
6 Employee Motivation Tips To Close Tax Season Strong
The home stretch of tax season means heavy workloads and long hours for accountants. This time of year, nerves are frayed and tensions are high. It’s no walk in the park for managers either. In addition to your client load, you’ve got to keep your ...
April 13, 2016
5 Common Errors Found In Valuation Reports
One way to minimize error is to know the common pitfalls of valuations. Sageworks and Chartwell collaborated to produce a practice aid listing 15 common errors found in valuation reports. The complete list is available for download here, but here are ...
April 13, 2016
The Big Eight Social Media Apps for Accounting Firms
Social media is now a must for accounting firms, but which ones are worth it and why? Here are my favorite “big 8” apps and what to focus on for each one.
April 12, 2016
How To Grow Your Bottom Line Without Growing Your Client Roster
You can make the services you currently offer more profitable by plugging holes that drain your firm’s resources. Chances are many of your business clients still write manual checks, meaning you perform their after-the-fact write-up work.
April 12, 2016
3 Income Tax Surprises and Their Warning Signs
Wouldn’t it be nice if our clients contacted us before making any type of financial transaction with a tax consequence? Unfortunately, many of us as tax advisors are out of sight, out of mind, and out of the loop most of the year, leaving our ...
April 12, 2016
Ohio CPA Society Receives Award For Diversity
OSCPA joined esteemed company including fellow nominees Abercrombie & Fitch, Cardinal Health, the BRIGHT Program, Deloitte, Nationwide and Procter & Gamble.
April 12, 2016
Sustainable Accounting Standards Developed For All Industries
The organization has opened three key documents—the SASB Rules of Procedure, the SASB Conceptual Framework, and proposed changes to its Sustainable Industry Classification System (SICS) — for a 90-day public comment period.
April 12, 2016
Avalara Announces Extension for Magento 2.0 Ecommerce Platform
Avalara has been integrated with Magento for five years, and was named a Magento Gold Partner in 2011. With this latest version of the Avalara extension for Magento 2.0, customers can seamlessly take advantage of Avalara’s Compliance Cloud platform ...
April 12, 2016
Xero Adds Integration with Microsoft Outlook API
The cloud-based small business accounting system Xero now has integration with with Microsoft Outlook REST API, the company announced on Tuesday. This allows small businesses to get a single, 360 degree view of all interactions with their contacts and cus
April 12, 2016
Office Depot Offers Free Document Shredding for Tax Season
According to Office Depot’s monthly Personal Shopper Index, only 44 percent shred paper during tax season. Improper disposal of documents that contain personal information can increase the risk of identity theft. At Office Depot and OfficeMax retail ...