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December 9, 2016 

Every tax season, there is an increase in schemes that target innocent taxpayers by email, by phone and on-line. The IRS and Security Summit partners remind taxpayers and tax professionals to be on the lookout for these deceptive schemes.

December 9, 2016 

Web-based software solutions, which users access through their web browser and do not require a download or installation, provide plenty of benefits to a business valuation practice. Here are some of the advantages over tools that are housed on the ...

December 9, 2016 

The IRS says that the compensation paid to workers – including children of higher-ups – must be “reasonable” for the services actually rendered. Don’t stretch things too far. In a new case, the IRS disallowed a self-employed taxpayer’s ...

December 9, 2016 

Recent global uncertainties and their potential effects on businesses are top of mind for board members and executive management teams as they assess their risks for 2017, according to the results of the fifth annual survey of business executives by ...

December 8, 2016 

Business executives reported a strong surge in optimism about prospects for the U.S. economy over the coming year, according to the American Institute of CPAs’ (AICPA) fourth quarter Economic Outlook Survey, which polls chief executive officers, chief ...

December 8, 2016 

A simple reminder to get you started: all of these products scan, incorporate from a portal or from pictures snapped on client’s cell phones all of the documents for a 1040 tax return. They tend to sort them in tax preparer/IRS form order in a PDF ...

Randy Johnston

December 8, 2016 

AICPA PCPS National Map Survey: Compare, Filtering & Reports

December 8, 2016 

Membership in the AICPA’s Not-for-Profit Section gives you industry-specific NFP accounting information and trusted resources. Because the more you can help not-for-profits, the more good they can do. For more information, visit http://www.aicpa.org/joinn

December 8, 2016 

What is the 2017 CPA Exam change date? Are the AICPA's 2017 CPA Exam changes that big of a deal? More info: https://www.another71.com/2017-cpa-exam-changes-aicpa-video/

December 8, 2016 

Task-based simulations, increased time, and informative blueprints are some of the changes to the CPA Exam, effective April 1, 2017. Learn more at http://www.picpa.org/cpaexam or http://www.aicpa.org/nextCPAexam.

December 8, 2016 

What will the CFO role be ten years from now? Join us as Ash helps us to peer inside the c-suite of the future, and uncover the scope of responsibilities being shouldered by industry’s future finance leaders. Visit Us at CFO Thought Leader.

December 7, 2016 

Payroll and tax managers often look for savvy strategies at the end of the year to save small business clients some big money. A simple, yet smart one involves a long-standing tax break for bonuses paid by certain companies.