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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.
February 25, 2016
IRS Two Steps Closer to Regulating Tax Preparers
The IRS strategy to require independent, non-credentialed tax preparers took two steps forward in February. Both steps are designed to establish required education and licensing for the estimated 111,000 independent tax preparers in the US.
February 24, 2016
Is the IRS Off Its Rocker? Auction Set for Memorabilia
What would you pay a vintage guitar autographed by Ozzy Osbourne, front man for the rock band Black Sabbath and former star of a reality TV show? Never mind that the ubiquitous Ozzy never actually played guitar for the heavy metal group – the IRS is ...
February 24, 2016
8 Common Income Tax Myths
It's tax season, and that means a lot of confusion when it comes to many aspects of American's tax responsibilities. The National Association of Enrolled Agents has come up with a list of eight frequently-encountered tax myths that could affect your taxes
February 24, 2016
Adam Davidson to Keynote Avalara Crush Sales Tax Conference
Davidson writes the “On Money” column for the New York Times Magazine, and rose to prominence as the co-creator of Planet Money, which reaches millions of people weekly via a blog, a twice-weekly podcast and regular stories on ‘‘Morning Edition,’’ ...
February 24, 2016
What Accounting Firms Can Learn from Justice Antonin Scalia
I mourn the loss of Justice Scalia. I had great respect for him because he was brilliant, witty and articulate, even though I disagreed with many of his opinions. The tone of that sentence probably made a lot you say: “Aha, Marc’s a liberal, so of ...
February 24, 2016
Avalara’s Van Dooren Earns 4th Channel Chief Honor
Since joining Avalara in 2011, Van Dooren has played a critical role in the strategic development, growth and success of Avalara’s partner channel and programs. Under Van Dooren’s leadership, Avalara has successfully recruited and enabled channel ...
February 24, 2016
Former Navy Top Gun Pilot Appointed as President of Sage North America
The appointment comes as Sage announces that it has reached 250,000 customers on its cloud products. In December, at the annual results for FY 15, Sage announced that in North America, strong performance from Sage 50 and payroll helped maintain growth.
February 23, 2016
Would You Return To Your Ex-Employer? Most Say No
Nearly all (98 percent) human resources (HR) managers interviewed said they would roll out the welcome mat for a returning employee who left on good terms, according to a survey from staffing firm Accountemps. But not all workers would feel ...
February 23, 2016
Americans Ignoring Risk of Tax Identity Theft
Americans are ignoring simple precautions and best practices this tax season that could easily lead to stolen identities and hacked personal information, according to a new national survey by IDT911, a data security and identity theft protection firm.
February 23, 2016
Is Your Accounting Firm’s Partnership Model Broken?
What’s holding CPAs back from increasing the percentage of their revenue from advisory services (vs. compliance work)? In part, it’s the partnership model that’s so pervasive in the profession.
February 22, 2016
Economist Says Fear Of a U.S. Recession Is Overblown
Indicators that suggest job growth will continue at a healthy rate, perhaps driving unemployment figures to a mid-4% level before the end of Q2 2016. A number of bell-weathers (the Chicago Fed National Activities index, the ECRI weekly growth index, ...
February 22, 2016
Home Improvement Industry Hurt by Lack of Skilled Millennial Workers
Limited supply of skilled laborers is making it difficult for home professionals to grow their businesses, according to the latest HomeAdvisor Skilled Labor Shortage Report.