Accounting February 28, 2026
Voting Opens for 2026 Readers’ Choice Awards!
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September 28, 2015
When Increasing a Taxpayer’s Alternative Minimum Tax Liability is the Best Strategy
Some taxpayers who have spent the last few years trying to avoid the alternative minimum tax (AMT) might try a novel approach in 2015: They might actually increase their AMT liability. This could be the optimal approach after you’ve conducted an ...
September 28, 2015
Bill.com Enhances Sync With QuickBooks Online
With the QuickBooks Online Sync 2.0 from Bill.com, accounting professionals can achieve a higher level of efficiency and control for their practices. The sync’s seamless, bidirectional workflow for both accounts payable and accounts receivable ...
September 27, 2015
Harvest Time: Pick Up a Bushel of Capital Gains Tax Savings
The main attraction is the maximum tax rate on long-term capital gains. Typically, an investor will pay a long-term capital gains tax of 15 percent on a securities transaction. For someone in the top ordinary income tax bracket of 39.6 percent, the ...
September 24, 2015
Tax Tips for Families Who Use a Nanny
Do you expect to pay your nanny more than $1,900 in 2015? If so, you should begin to withhold his or her share of Social Security and Medicare taxes.
September 24, 2015
How to Lead in a Crisis
Michigan Ross Professor Lynn Wooten gives a step-by-step guide on how to handle a crisis, and prevent the next one from happening.
September 24, 2015
Work Expectations and Salary Top List of Candidate Concerns During Interviews
A large majority (84 percent) of professionals polled by Accountemps said they typically pose questions of their own when meeting with hiring managers. Unfortunately, some of the queries among respondents were questionable.
September 24, 2015
Program Helps Tax Professionals Educate Clients On Latest Tax Changes
Thomson Reuters has released its Checkpoint Learning 2015 Tax Update program, which helps tax professionals and accounting firms educate their clients, prospects and client service teams on the latest developments in the field.
September 24, 2015
The Best Places in America to Start or Expand an Accounting Firm
How does one determine what geographic areas and cities might be ripe for an accounting rainmaker requires that the firm have a good understanding of its present client base; a better understanding of the kinds of individuals, non-profits and ...
September 24, 2015
AICPA Advises IRS that S Corps Should Be Allowed Worthless Stock Deductions
If adopted, the recommendation would equalize the worthless stock deductions treatment of S corporations with C corporations.
September 23, 2015
5 Overlooked Variables in Retirement Planning
It wasn’t long ago that most Americans had a secure three-legged stool on which to rest their retirement concerns – a well-funded Social Security system, substantial corporate pensions with retiree health benefits and, ideally, a strong personal ...
September 23, 2015
New Inflation Estimates Give First Look at 2016 Tax Rates and Brackets
Because of the income ranges bracketing the marginal tax rates have increased, a single filer with taxable income of $50,000 should owe $22.50 less next year due to the adjustments to the income tax rate brackets between 2015 and 2016.
September 23, 2015
10 Questions Business Leaders Should Ask About Mobile Security
Protecting an organization from mobile threats requires being proactive, unrelenting and knowledgeable about the threat landscape and the solutions that work. Mobile devices require a different type of incident response and enterprise executives ...