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April 26, 2016 

5 Tips For Firms Considering Niche Accounting

Is your accounting firm looking for new areas in which to expand? As accountants look to differentiate themselves from their competition, more and more accounting firms are picking up on a trend known as niche accounting.

Jon Baron

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April 26, 2016 

Are Your Firm’s Retired Partners Double Dipping?

The main reason for making deferred comp payments to retired partners is to “acquire” their clients. If a firm knew for sure that they would lose the clients of a retiree, I doubt that deferred comp payments would be made.

 Xero Adds Payroll for Pennsylvania; Now Supports 22 States

April 26, 2016 

Xero Adds Payroll for Pennsylvania; Now Supports 22 States

The payroll system, which is fully integrated with Xero’s cloud accounting platform, is now available to small businesses in 22 states including California, Texas, Georgia, New York and Florida. Already covering 70% of the American small business ...

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April 25, 2016 

Nonprofits Seeing Growth While Private Sector Remains Stagnant

The ninth annual Nonprofit Employment Practices Survey shows that 57 percent of nonprofits anticipate hiring at least one new employee in 2016 (a 7 percent increase over 2015), compared to only 36 percent of for-profit companies who plan to hire, the ...

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April 25, 2016 

CPAs Applauded by Ohio Secretary of State

Husted joined joined Scott Wiley, CAE, president and CEO of OSCPA in Akron last week, where he was speaking at the kick off of Advance, a new OSCPA program which explores challenges and trends in today’s increasingly global business environment.

 Seminar Focuses on Casino Tax Compliance

April 25, 2016 

Seminar Focuses on Casino Tax Compliance

Partner Grant Eve, Manager Glen Galt and Senior Auditor Navin Marimuthu will lead the discussion, helping attendees understand the foundations and latest developments in the world of Title 31 compliance.

 State Tax Nexus Getting More Complex

April 25, 2016 

State Tax Nexus Getting More Complex

The state tax arena is fraught with variation, complexity, confusion and ambiguity, which has major implications for U.S. corporations, according to findings from Bloomberg BNA’s 2016 Survey of State Tax Departments, conducted for the 16th consecutive ...