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.
June 16, 2015
Professionals on the Move – June 17, 2015
A weekly roundup of professionals in the tax and accounting field who have changed jobs and/or been promoted.
June 16, 2015
IRS Says Hurricane Season is a Good Reason to Create Backup Copies of Records
Taxpayers should keep a duplicate set of records including bank statements, tax returns, identifications and insurance policies in a safe place such as a waterproof container, and away from the original set.
June 16, 2015
New Information and Tools for SALT Accountants
There is never a dull moment in the area of state and local taxes. If you're a SALT accountant, you know what I'm talking about. Laws are constantly changing at the state and local level, Congress spends a lot of time talking about the Marketplace ...
June 16, 2015
The Future Is Here … Now
Time travel is an interesting concept and you’ll probably be hard-pressed to find someone that wouldn’t want to travel to the future. Or better yet, bring the future here. That’s the idea behind two recently announced initiatives at Intuit. The provider of financial services software wants to help bring the future to accountants and small...…
June 16, 2015
Accounting Firm Partner Compensation: The Importance of Ownership Percentage
Taken to extremes, ownership percentage can be used to drive all of the “big 4” partner issues: partner income allocation, partner buy-in, partner buyout and voting. At many firms, ownership percentage may not be the sole driver of these partner ...
June 16, 2015
National Society of Accountants Announces 2015 Scholarship Winners
A total of 39 students have earned scholarships from the National Society of Accountants (NSA) Scholarship Foundation. Together, they will receive $45,875 in scholarship awards.
June 16, 2015
XCM Unveils Latest Version of Cloud Workflow System for Accounting Firms
The redesigned XCM workflow and scheduling solutions feature a streamlined, easy-to-navigate look that puts important information at users’ fingertips. Features like Quick and Advanced Search capabilities, My Reports, and interactive Dashboards give ...
June 16, 2015
Avalara Acquires European VAT System, Expands Global Presence
Based in Belgium, iVAT is an important acquisition for Avalara as it expands its global reach and accelerates its ability to provide accurate VAT content to support merchants in Europe and worldwide.
June 16, 2015
IRS Extends All Tax Incentive Empowerment Zones
Congress created Empowerment Zones in 1993. Most zones had an expiration date of Dec. 31, 2009. This is the third extension of the expiration date.
June 16, 2015
Fewer Organizations Outsourcing Payroll Functions, Says Report
A key finding in a new report from global information company Bloomberg BNA is that, unlike other key operational areas such as information technology and human resources, businesses are less likely to outsource the payroll function.
June 16, 2015
How to Use Twitter for Recruitment
Employers, recruiters and staffing agencies can use Twitter by leveraging social listening tool.
June 16, 2015
Accounting Firm Launches Risk Management Solution for Financial Institutions
To help financial institutions more effectively manage model risk and respond to examiner expectations, Crowe Horwath LLP, one of the largest public accounting, consulting and technology firms in the U.S., has introduced the Crowe Model Risk Manager ...