Accounting August 4, 2026
Nominations Open for Innovation Awards and 40 Under 40 Awards
Nominations are currently being accepted for CPA Practice Advisor's 40 Under 40, 20 Under 40, and Tax & Accounting Tech Innovation Awards.
June 21, 2016
Accounting Firm Tees Off For Charity, Donates $150K
CohnReznick raised and donated a total of $150,000 to the Special Operations Warrior Foundation (SOWF) and the Joe Torre Safe At Home Foundation.
June 21, 2016
Tax Time for Foreign Accounts: FBARs Due June 30
It's tax time again. Americans with bank or investment accounts located outside of the United States, or signature authority over such accounts, have until June 30 to file an FBAR.
June 21, 2016
New System Offers State Compliance Research for S Corps and Partnerships
Thomson Reuters has released Checkpoint State Clear Comply, which simplifies the analysis of complex state compliance questions for multi-tier partnerships and S Corporations with a presence in multiple states.
June 21, 2016
Are Millennials Ready To Be Leaders?
The survey also found businesses are offering professional development resources to help these workers prepare for leadership positions. CFOs said their organizations most often provide onsite training (60 percent); opportunities to attend ...
June 21, 2016
IRS Warns of Fake Charity Scams Claiming to Help Orlando Mass Shooting Victims
The IRS is warning Americans about fake charity scams that are trying to use the mass shooting in Orlando as a way to raise money.
June 21, 2016
Vacation Blues: One Third of U.S. Workers Unhappy With Paid Time Off Policy
Some sunnier results from the Accountemps survey show professionals plan to take an average of 10 vacation days this summer, and 29 percent plan to take more vacation days this summer than last year.
June 20, 2016
Tax Tips Q&A for June 2016
Small Business Tax Strategies offers pointers on some common situations. For more details and expert advice and guidance, visit a CPA. Generate energy credits in your state Q. In the last issue (SBTS May 2016), you explained rules for federal residential energy credits. Can you get this on a state level too? Anonymous A. Possibly....…
June 20, 2016
Pennsylvania Liquor Board Opens Online Booze Ordering System for Retailers
Previously, a licensee could only place orders for wine and spirits during normal business hours, by contacting a local store. Through LOOP, orders can be placed online at any time of day and on any day of the year, and emails to users confirm ...
June 20, 2016
Mortgage Rates Hit Lowest Point in More Than 3 Years
Mortgage rates fell further this week, with the benchmark 30-year fixed mortgage rate now at the lowest point since May 2013, 3.69 percent, according to Bankrate.com's weekly national survey. The 30-year fixed mortgage has an average of 0.19 discount ...
June 20, 2016
2016 Innovation Awards Highlight Tools for Automation, Collaboration and Insight
The Innovation Awards were first presented in 2004, and honor new or recently enhanced technologies that benefit tax and accounting professionals and their clients through improved workflow, increased accessibility, enhanced collaboration, or other means.
June 20, 2016
A Firm Finds Success in the Cloud
Accounting Power, the core accounting system in the suite, has advantages for both the accounting firm and the client. For the professional, it has powerful client write-up, trial balance, financial statement reporting and client collaboration tools.
June 20, 2016
Small Businesses Need to Prepare for Sales Taxes On Services
As always in dealing with sales tax, the specifics of sales taxes depend on the rules in the jurisdiction(s) where you are taxed. These can vary a great deal, so you need to know which specific rules will apply to you.