Firm Management November 4, 2026
How Small CPA Firms Can Create Polished Marketing on a Budget
For small accounting firms, marketing often becomes the thing that gets squeezed between client work and deadlines.
September 22, 2016
Accounting Firm Partner Recognized for Work With Boys & Girls Club
The Boys & Girls Club of Central Orange Coast will honor Wayne Pinnell, managing partner of Irvine, Calif.-based accounting firm Haskell & White and his wife, Karen, with the prestigious DreamMaker Award at its annual Be Great Gala on Saturday, Oct. 8 ...
September 22, 2016
House Passes Bill Unifying State Withholding Tax Rules
The bill addresses long-time problems that have been plaguing both employees and employers. Employees who travel to other states temporarily on business are required to file personal income tax returns for those states. Likewise, employers must deal ...
September 22, 2016
Scam Alert: Fake Tax Bill Emails
The Internal Revenue Service and its Security Summit partners have issued an alert to taxpayers and tax professionals to be on guard against fake emails purporting to contain an IRS tax bill related to the Affordable Care Act.
September 22, 2016
Avalara Receives $50 Million Investment
Financial backers include Warburg Pincus, Sageview Capital, Technology Crossover Ventures (TCV), and other Shareholders.
September 21, 2016
Thomson Reuters and EY Partner for Tax Alerts
Thomson Reuters and EY have created a joint initiative to bring EY Tax Alerts to Thomson Reuters Checkpoint, providing corporate tax professionals, tax preparers, accountants and tax attorneys with access to a valuable resource for tax news and research.
September 21, 2016
4 Tips For Making Retirement Savings Last Longer
Many retirees and those nearing retirement express a common fear. They worry about running out of money; finding their bank account drained with years of life still ahead of them.
September 21, 2016
Small Business Owners Have Mixed Economic Outlook
Today, 72 percent of small-business owners are confident in the future of their own business—down slightly from December 2015. And while fewer small businesses reported revenue increases in the last 12 months, 45 percent said they plan to implement new ..
September 21, 2016
Caridad Vasallo, CPA – 2016 40 Under 40 Honoree
Caridad Vasallo PartnerVMBG AccountingMiami, FL Caridad Vasallo is an active participant in the accounting community. She serves on the board for several organizations including the Florida International University Accounting Advisory Board, The Downtown Chapter of the Florida Institute of CPAs, My Man Is Not My Plan (MMINMP), The Women’s Fund Young Professional group, and she is the treasurer for the South...…
September 21, 2016
FreshBooks Gets Redesigned To Focus On Needs Of Self-Employed Entrepreneurs
In the next five years, it is projected that 40 percent of the U.S. workforce will be self-employed, and this rapidly growing segment of the workforce needs tools that make it easy to start, run and grow a business. Unlike competing products, the new ...
September 21, 2016
Wolters Kluwer Launches CCH ProSystem fx for Small Accounting Firms
New bundle for smaller public accounting firms that want to address the unique needs of their clients via an award-winning tax planning, preparation, compliance and workflow solution.
September 21, 2016
Shift From DIY (Do-It-Yourself) to DDIY (Don’t-Do-It-Yourself) Puts Accountants Back In Control Of Client Accounting
The truth is most small business owners would rather spend their time focused on their businesses, and not accounting work. What’s more, every good accountant knows that the more their clients are involved in bookkeeping (without any accounting ...
September 21, 2016
Taxpayer Salvages Theft Loss Deduction from Investment Scam
Internet investment scams continue to abound. If a client is victimized by such a scam, at least there’s a silver tax lining: The client may be able to claim a theft loss on his or her tax return. A new case decided by the Tax Court illustrates this point (Leslie, TC Memo 2016-171, 9/14/16). For...…