Firm Management November 4, 2026
How Small CPA Firms Can Create Polished Marketing on a Budget
For small accounting firms, marketing often becomes the thing that gets squeezed between client work and deadlines.
February 13, 2017
Wave Partners with Small Business Lender
Wave will now offer OnDeck business loans and lines of credit to its customers in the United States and Canada through an offering called “Lending by Wave.”
February 13, 2017
Women Adapt Better Financial Habits Than Men After Divorce
As marriages sour and couples divorce, there are stark differences in how men and women approach their finances as they prepare for retirement. The survey found they were equally as likely to experience a deterioration of their spending habits ...
February 13, 2017
Financial Institutions Falling Short on Common Reporting Standard Compliance
The CRS, introduced by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) as part of an effort to address offshore tax evasion, requires financial institutions to report to their government certain information about financial accounts ...
February 13, 2017
App Gives Businesses Access to Key Business, Finance, Accounting & Tax Info
This free app is available in both iTunes and Android stores, and provides instant access to the latest business, finance, accounting and tax information, key dates and updates. RFSClarity delivers push notifications of key U.S. Federal tax due dates ...
February 13, 2017
IRS Says Think Twice Before Inflating Tax Expenses and Deductions
Taxpayers should think twice before overstating deductions such as charitable contributions, padding business expenses or including credits that they are not entitled to receive – like the Earned Income Tax Credit or Child Tax Credit.
February 10, 2017
Are Legal Expenses Deductible? Tax Court Says, “It Depends”
In the new case, a Seattle bank paid the taxpayer, its president and CEO, a bonus of $612,000. Subsequently, she reported the bonus as taxable income on her 2010 return. A few months after the bonus was paid, the bank terminated the taxpayer’s ...
February 10, 2017
System Uses Artificial Intelligence to Find Accounting Errors
A new web-based system called Crush Errors is helping accounting professionals find errors and discrepancies in bank statements, invoices and other financial documents within seconds. And new features add artificial intelligence capabilities.
February 9, 2017
Americans More Optimistic About Finances
You can't avoid politics on Facebook or Twitter these days, but here's some good news: While there is much discussion about how Americans’ lives will be affected by national changes ahead, a survey by Experian found that when it comes to finances, 51 ...
February 9, 2017
Is it Legal to Track Employees with Cell Phone GPS?
With employer-supplied phones, that means it's easy to track where the phone is--and by extension, the location of the employee carrying it. Is this legal? Ethical? Practical? When company cars and trucks are equipped with dedicated GPS devices, it's ...
February 9, 2017
The 10 Worst Job Interview Mistakes
Even smart people do stupid things sometimes. And when it comes to job interviews, there is definitely no shortage of gaffes and missteps than can not only cause a job seeker to no get hired, but can become the focus of laughter for human resources ...
February 9, 2017
Maryland Governor Honors CPA Kimberly Ellison-Taylor
The Baltimore native and MACPA member is in the midst of a year-long stint as chairman of the American Institute of CPAs. She is the first Marylander to serve as AICPA chairman, and is just the fifth woman to do so. And she is the first ...
February 8, 2017
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