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October 30, 2015 

Paperless Choices for the Firm and Your Clients

This year we’ve had the pleasure of recommending software programs for accounting, payroll and other critical areas of your practice. Now is the time to consider your paperless or Document Management Solution (DMS) needs. You’ll find that our ...

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 More Americans Getting Paychecks Electronically

October 29, 2015 

More Americans Getting Paychecks Electronically

The annual "Getting Paid In America" survey asked respondents "How do you receive your pay?" Over 93.7 percent of respondents indicated they were paid via direct deposit. Only 4.6 percent indicated they receive their wages via paper paychecks while ...

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October 29, 2015 

What’s the Best Time to Start Drawing Social Security?

The federal government allows retirees to start drawing Social Security as early as age 62, a feature that more than 40 percent of Americans take advantage of as they gladly draw from the system they spent a lifetime paying into.

 How to Collect Tax Benefits for Business Bad Debts

October 28, 2015 

How to Collect Tax Benefits for Business Bad Debts

From a business perspective, there’s practically nothing worse than providing goods or services to a customer or client and not getting paid. Or maybe you’ve made loans to vendors or suppliers that haven’t been repaid. It can take a long time to get ...

 Avalara TrustFile Debuts on New Weebly App Center

October 28, 2015 

Avalara TrustFile Debuts on New Weebly App Center

Weebly, a global service that lets any merchant create a high ­quality website, is working with Avalara to bring sales tax automation solutions to aspiring, newly-established and fast-growing online merchants. With Weebly and Avalara TrustFile ...

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October 28, 2015 

CPA.com Partners with Vertex SMB for Sales Tax Solutions

Businesses that sell online or operate in multiple states can find it daunting to stay compliant with ever-changing regulations from a host of jurisdictions and taxing authorities. Vertex SMB’s tax calculation and returns platform helps CPA firms and ...

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October 28, 2015 

Average Income Tax Preparation Fees Increased in 2015

The average cost of a professional income tax preparer to handle a "typical" 2014 tax return (the one filed by April 15, 2015) was $273 this year. This includes an itemized Form 1040 with Schedule A and a state tax return, according to the National ...

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October 28, 2015 

New BEPS Resource Center from Wolters Kluwer, Tax & Accounting US

These resources were developed in major part to prepare professionals who advise clients in complying with the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development’s (OECD) BEPS Action Plans, which are set to begin in 2016. The BEPS solutions, which ...