Accounting February 28, 2026
Voting Opens for 2026 Readers’ Choice Awards!
Voting in the 2026 Readers’ Choice Awards is now open. Readers can vote for the programs, hardware, services, and other technologies they use and trust.
August 17, 2015
Small Business Optimism Dips in 2nd Quarter
In the second quarter of 2015, overall small business optimism dipped for the first time since 2015. Lower revenues and tighter credit in 2015 are discouraging business owners.
August 17, 2015
2015 Tooth Fairy Index Shows Current Market Value of a Tooth
According to Visa's annual Tooth Fairy survey, American children are receiving an average of $3.19 per lost tooth this year, a decrease of 24 cents from last year. Kids can expect to receive approximately $64 on the road to adult teeth, down from ...
August 17, 2015
Ray Barlow Named VP of Accountant Solutions at Sage
Barlow joins Sage after leading the Accountant & Advisor Group at Intuit. During his time with Intuit, he built and led a team of Strategic Account Managers, Product Specialists, and Inside Account Managers to provide accountants with the products...
August 17, 2015
Nonprofits: It’s Time To Claim Social Enterprise
The term “social enterprise” is everywhere these days. And it’s no surprise. While there’s been a long tradition of social impact work in the nonprofit sector, there’s a growing wave who want to see the social impact stretch beyond the traditional ...
August 17, 2015
Penn State Accounting Professor, Army Veteran Receives AICPA Education Award
The award, presented by the American Institute of CPAs annually since 1985, recognizes full-time accounting professors who are outstanding educators and have achieved national recognition in the accounting profession.
August 17, 2015
Fraud Can Be Funny – Comedy Show Offers CPE Credit
Comedian and CPA Greg Kyte is taking Comedy CPE to Seattle. The two-hour fraud class, titled “Holy Mother of Fraud” will be held downtown at Comedy Underground, Seattle’s oldest comedy club.
August 17, 2015
Who Controls Your Retirement Funds: You Or The Government?
People make a mistake when they feel as though they’ve lost control of their qualified retirement plans – they never had control in the first place, says retirement advisor Mark Cardoza.
August 14, 2015
3 Ways to Win New State and Local Tax Clients
Large corporations with armies of attorneys and accountants excel at taking advantage of tax credits and finding cost saving elements within a specific industry. Yet smaller companies tend to self-censor, assuming they don’t qualify.
August 14, 2015
7 Tips for Promoting Your Sales Tax Practice
By their nature, accountants often eschew promoting themselves and their services. For years we were told it was ethically improper to promote ourselves, but in the present day, it's very common for accountants to take the lead in self-promotion.
Firm Management August 14, 2015
The Farm Stand Honor System
From Aug. 2015 - The key is accepting that there is not a one-system-fits-all solution and finding the right mix of tomatoes and corn and a cash box and loose change in your own business world.
August 14, 2015
2015 Review of Build Your Firm Websites for Accountants
Build Your Firm Websites for Accountants (BYF) is part of the Build Your Firm brand that provides accountants with a variety of tools that help build their practice. BYF offers two types of websites: Premier, which is designed for generalist firms ...
August 14, 2015
2015 Review of CCH Site Builder
Good as a stand-alone product, CCH Site Builder’s integration with CCH Axcess Portal provides users with additional accounting and financial management tools such as the ability to exchange confidential files and other documents.