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Botkeeper is Closing Its Doors
In a statement posted on the Botkeeper website over the weekend, Enrico Palmerino wrote that the automated bookkeeping platform he founded in 2015 is shutting down.
October 4, 2015
Forecast Expects 4% Increase in Holiday Retail Sales
Deloitte’s Retail and Distribution practice expects total holiday sales to climb to between $961 and $965 billion, representing a 3.5 to 4 percent increase in November through January holiday sales over last year’s shopping season.
October 4, 2015
October is National Women’s Small Business Month
In celebration of National Small Business Month, the NWBC is launching a campaign on October 1st called "10 Million Strong" to honor and highlight the accomplishments of women entrepreneurs and inspire a call to action for continued support.
October 4, 2015
Blackbaud Releases New Cloud Accounting System for Nonprofits
Financial Edge NXT is the second release planned as part of Blackbaud's NXT solution line, the industry's most advanced and only cloud suite built exclusively for nonprofit organizations. The NXT solution line is a complete, fully integrated ...
October 4, 2015
Charitable Donations Increase, Led By Online Giving
The latest Blackbaud Index shows that overall charitable giving to nonprofits increased 1.3% and online giving increased 5.9% for the three months ending August 2015 as compared to the same period in 2014.
October 4, 2015
34% of U.S. Small Businesses Have Been Hit by Disasters – It Pays to Be Prepared
The American Sustainable Business Council says 57 percent of small businesses have no disaster recovery plan.[3] As September is Disaster Preparedness Month, now is as good a time as any to start planning.
October 4, 2015
The Easiest Way to Lower Income Tax Liability
With income tax planning now on the minds of many taxpayers and tax professionals, our year-end tax planning series looks at several methods to lower tax liability in the current year.
October 2, 2015
Woman who bragged on Facebook about tax fraud gets 21 year sentence
Rashia Wilson, a self-proclaimed "queen of IRS tax fraud," was sentenced today to 21 years in federal prison.
October 2, 2015
IRS failing in efforts to curb ID theft tax fraud
The IRS is running into problems as it struggles to get control over the wave of identity theft tax refund fraud that has engulfed the Tampa, Florida, area and spread to other parts of the country over the last three years.
October 1, 2015
The NLRB Provides Ammo to Labor Unions
In recent years, unions and politicians alike have increasingly questioned the use of temporary workers, contract employees, and independent contractors. For example, Uber has been in the news recently over whether its drivers are employees of the ...
October 1, 2015
CPAs in Illinois Reach Out for Community Action
More than 1,200 Certified Public Accountants in Illinois got out of their offices on Sept. 25 and participated in a coordinated effort to give back to their communities. The CPA Day of Service was sponsored by the Illinois CPA Society (www.icpas.org).
September 30, 2015
Intuit Turns to Wind Power for its Offices
The maker of small business accounting and tax tools will be switching its Plano, Texas (Dallas) technology campus to wind power as part of a commitment to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and improve energy efficiency.
September 30, 2015
AICPA Tips: Economic Shifts
As an accounting professional and trusted business advisor, you can help your business clients more proactively prepare for the shifting winds of the domestic and global economies. To learn more, visit http://www.cpapowered.org.