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November 17, 2016 

It’s holiday season, and whether you are celebrating family, religion, tradition, or just counting on some time off before busy season, these apps will help you through the days ahead. Get organized, plan menus, stay on top of your gift giving ...

Gail Perry

November 17, 2016 

How much better do you feel when you have set a goal and can see that goal being accomplished, as opposed going through the motions of trudging to work, sitting at a desk, moving papers around, entering numbers on screens, footing and checking ...

Gail Perry

November 17, 2016 

A great solution for firms using QuickBooks, SmartVault offers both bi-direction portal capability as well as complete document storage capability. A QuickBooks plug-in is available that allows users to scan a document into the system and sync the ...

Mary Girsch-Bock

November 16, 2016 

Avalara, Inc. is now listing its solution on AWS Marketplace, joining a strong and growing community of companies that offer a wide range of products and services running on the Amazon Web Services (AWS) Cloud. Avalara is a provider of cloud-based tax ...

November 16, 2016 

Part One: Silver Bells, Silver Bells… When the air starts to snap and the dulcet(ish?) tones of holiday music fill the mall, you’re not thinking about turkeys and wrapping paper. You’re an accountant. For you, the holidays mean just one thing: busy season is around the corner. Don’t worry. You’ll survive. You always do. But...…

November 16, 2016 

Want to get your tax refund as fast as possible? Of course you do. So, before you get ready to file, make you have all the documents you will need, such as W-2s and 1099s. And take a few simple steps to avoid tax refund delays.

November 16, 2016 

As 2016 draws to a close, tax season begins in earnest. To help individuals and businesses prepare, Grant Thornton LLP – the U.S. member firm of Grant Thornton International Ltd. – has released a collection of Year-End Tax Guides for 2016.

November 16, 2016 

The IRSAC is an advisory group to the entire agency. The IRSAC’s primary purpose is to provide an organized public forum for the Commissioner, senior IRS executives and representatives of the public to discuss relevant tax administration issues.

November 16, 2016 

After a number of stops and starts, most of the provisions in the Affordable Care Act (ACA) – the massive healthcare legislation known as Obamacare – have been implemented, including insurance mandates for individuals and most employers.

November 16, 2016 

The Accounting & Financial Women’s Alliance (AFWA) hosted its annual Excellence Awards Breakfast on October 28, 2016 in Denver, CO during the AFWA National Conference.

November 16, 2016 

Thomson Reuters has introduced a new search feature, Answer Path from Thomson Reuters Checkpoint, which helps tax professionals of all experience and ability levels find trusted answers in Checkpoint faster.

November 16, 2016 

Higher Learning Technologies (HLT), creators of some of the highest grossing medical and education apps and maker of more than 30 mobile study products, today announced the release of four new mobile study aids to help students prepare for and pass ...