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.
March 29, 2016
Aplos Releases New Nonprofit Fund Accounting System
Advanced Accounting includes features for nonprofits to manage budgets for each of their designated funds, enabling tight controls for managers. Organizations can also build custom reports by department, campaign, project or custom segment.
March 28, 2016
Entrepreneur Survey Shows Confidence in Business Outlook
Compared to last year's March 2015 GEI survey, EO's year-over-year global data reveals a sustained entrepreneurial optimism across the globe. In the U.S., more than half of the 2,954 businesses surveyed also reported an increase in full-time (60%) and ...
March 28, 2016
Debit Cards Gaining on Cash for Small Purchases
There's a clear generational divide: 41% of people under age 50 prefer cash for small transactions and 40% like debit. Among those 50 and older, cash is the runaway winner (74%). Millennials are the most likely to use debit (46%) and credit cards (18%).
March 28, 2016
Small Businesses Still Hesistant on Digital Marketing
Two reasons shape small businesses' decisions to hold back on digital marketing: (1) Perceived costs of digital marketing, and (2) inexperience with the required tools and strategies.
March 28, 2016
Millennials Saving More, But Admit To Frequent Impulse Spending
Over half (55 percent) of the young adults surveyed admitted that they were impulse shoppers, defined as making an unplanned purchase of $30 or more on a daily or weekly basis. Impulse buyers are more likely than those who never or rarely make an ...
March 25, 2016
It’s Easy To File An Income Tax Extension: All You Have To Do Is Ask
The red-letter due date for filing for individual tax returns – April 18 for most taxpayers around the country – is rapidly approaching. When it’s needed or preferred, you can obtain a six-month extension for filing Form 1040, merely by asking the IRS.
March 25, 2016
Congress Approves Taxpayer Bill of Rights
With considerably less fanfare than the Bill of Rights ratified as the first amendments to the U.S. Constitution, the 114th Congress quietly approved the “Taxpayer Bill of Rights” as part of the Protecting Americans from Tax Hikes (PATH) Act of 2015.
March 24, 2016
U.S. Mortgage Rates Drop Slightly; 30-Year At 3.9%
Mortgage rates declined modestly this week breaking a three-week string of increases, with the benchmark 30-year fixed mortgage rate slipping to 3.90 percent, according to Bankrate.com's weekly national survey. The 30-year fixed mortgage has an average of
March 24, 2016
Millennials Prefer Facebook, YouTube For Purchasing Decisions
Their preference for videos has most Millennials turning to YouTube and Facebook, which frequently embeds video content. The report was commissioned by Sacunas, an integrated business-to-business (B2B) marketing agency.
March 24, 2016
Exotic Dancer Found Guilty of “Tax Seduction”
This wasn’t just a case of dollar bills being tucked into a G-string. A jury determined that the dancer failed to report close to $1 million -- $850,000, to be exact -- in taxable income from performing private dances and sexual favors during the ...
March 23, 2016
Women Financial Leaders Say Self-Confidence is Critical to Success
Nearly 80 percent of female financial advisors attending the first-ever Edward Jones Women's Conference say confidence is among the biggest factors impacting leadership, success and fulfillment in a career.
March 23, 2016
RSM Launches Mid-Market Economic Business Index
The national accounting firm RSM US LLP (RSM) has released the first RSM Middle Market Business Index (MMBI). Developed in partnership with Moody’s Analytics, the index is designed to reflect business conditions in the U.S. middle market, while providing a statistically significant measure of the health and outlook for these businesses. RSM provides audit, tax...…