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 Bill.com and Xero Offer Integration

September 1, 2015 

Bill.com and Xero Offer Integration

Business payments network Bill.com, and cloud accounting maker Xero, now integrate for key payment and accounting processes.Business owners can now sync their Xero and Bill.com accounts to integrate bill pay with online accounting—providing small ...

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September 1, 2015 

IRS Workers Busted for ID Theft, Filing Bogus Returns

Who can you trust with sensitive personal information like your Social Security number (SSN) and tax return data? Evidently, not even the people who used to work at the IRS. In a new case, a former IRS employee was sentenced on August 26 to two years ...

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September 1, 2015 

IRS Skipped Some Procedures When Selling Seized Properties

Over the past four fiscal years (2011 through 2014), the IRS has received approximately $114 million in proceeds from the sale of seized taxpayer assets. This audit was initiated to analyze the IRS’s seizure and sale program to determine whether the ...

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September 1, 2015 

AICPA Seeks Feedback on Revisions to CPA Exam

The Exposure Draft is the next step in the practice analysis, an extensive research project to ensure that the CPA Exam supports the profession’s commitment to protect the public interest, and remains current, relevant and reliable.

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September 1, 2015 

Wealth Manager Gives Long-Term Budget Advice to LGBT Couples

For LGBT couples, modern families and society in general, history is being made rapidly. Following the movement of a majority of U.S. states to approve marriage equality over the pat couple of years, the Supreme Court voted to make same-sex marriage a right nationwide. “The progress we’ve made as a community and as a society...…

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August 31, 2015 

Canadians’ Summer Spending Results in Deeper Debt

Many Canadians didn't seem to let economic uncertainty and concerns about another recession spoil their summer fun. As summer comes to an end, almost one third of Canadians (29%) are carrying more debt than they did in May.

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August 28, 2015 

Trump Says Some Wealthy Should Pay Higher Taxes, Including Himself

Donald Trump, the billionaire frontrunner for the Republican Party’s nomination for president in 2016, says he wants to cut taxes for the middle class. And if that ends up increasing the tax burden for the wealthiest Americans, including himself, so be it

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August 28, 2015 

The Top Regulatory Issues for Small Businesses

Here is a list of the top regulatory issues that impacted businesses this summer and will continue to have an effect in the year ahead, according to Paychex, a provider of payroll, human resource, insurance, and benefits ...

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August 28, 2015 

IRS Releases Summer 2015 Income Statistics

The Statistics of Income (SOI) Division produces this online Bulletin quarterly. Articles provide the most recent data available from various tax and information returns filed by U.S. taxpayers.

 BenefitMall Launches New Retail Employer Website

August 28, 2015 

BenefitMall Launches New Retail Employer Website

BenefitMall, a provider of employee benefits, human resources and payroll products and services, has launched a new retail employer website that features an easy shopping experience, allowing employers to easily navigate BenefitMall's payroll ...