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March 2, 2015 

As of last week, laws legalizing recreational marijuana use have gone into effect in four states, with nearly half of the states already having medical marijuana laws on the books. Professional service providers, including CPAs, are increasingly ...

March 2, 2015 

Crowe Horwath LLP, one of the largest public accounting and consulting firms in the U.S., has introduced the Crowe Use Tax Simplifier, a tool that facilitates the use tax verification process.

March 2, 2015 

To accelerate referrals you have to take a proactive approach. This is done by consistently giving your clients something to talk to their friends about. In order to consistently clients something to talk about without cutting into your billable ...

March 2, 2015 

The majority of purchases today are made using debit or credit cards. And in an age of intense competition, many retailers have resorted to offering loyalty or discount cards to reward customers with special pricing and targeted sales offers.

Mary Girsch-Bock

February 27, 2015 

Roughly one in three chief financial officers (CFOs) in a Robert Half Management Resources survey admitted their organization would be more productive if they gave their employees greater autonomy at work.

February 27, 2015 

Your Social Security Number could be the ticket for a fraudster seeking to claim a false tax refund or worse, according to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). A fraud expert offers some tips for preventing such crime – or at least catching it early.

February 27, 2015 

During his recent State of the Union Address, President Obama outlined his proposal to change several key provisions of the Internal Revenue Code. Specifically, the President advocated for the elimination of the basis step‐up that occurs at an individual’

February 27, 2015 

The midterm elections are long over but some of the most important “votes” for 2014 aren’t in yet. Specifically, certain elections on the tax returns of your clients can either make or break their year. And, if you point them in the right direction ...

February 26, 2015 

Making a bad hire can be very expensive to organizations. In fact, research suggests (www.blissassociates.com/html/articles/employee_turnover01.html) replacing an employee who doesn’t work out can cost at least 150 percent of that worker’s salary. Still,

Paul McDonald

February 26, 2015 

The optional sales tax deduction is a no-brainer for some individual taxpayers. If you live in one of the seven states with no state income tax – Alaska, Florida, Nevada, South Dakota, Texas, Washington and Wyoming -- you should elect to deduct your ...

February 26, 2015 

Deltek announced today that it has entered into an agreement to acquire HRsmart, a global provider of talent management solutions with over 1,000 customers around the world. This acquisition will broaden Deltek’s portfolio of Human Capital Management (HCM

Firm Management February 26, 2015 

An all-in-one CRM solution for service operations and field service management.