Technology February 9, 2026
Botkeeper is Closing Its Doors
In a statement posted on the Botkeeper website over the weekend, Enrico Palmerino wrote that the automated bookkeeping platform he founded in 2015 is shutting down.
February 19, 2015
A Survival Guide to Flying the Not-So-Friendly Skies
The Internet is filled with stories of air rage, reclining seat standoffs, and articles with titles like “The Most Annoying Type of Airline Passenger Is…”
February 19, 2015
Venti Please – Concur Adds Starbucks e-Receipt System
Transaction data from over 27 million Concur users shows Starbucks is the most commonly expensed restaurant and the top location for out-of-office business meetings.
February 18, 2015
Self-Employed Need Permanent Fix for HRA Guidance
One of the nation's leading advocacy groups for self-employed and micro-businesses says that, while the delay in enforcement of the technical guidance issued by the Treasury Department on Health Reimbursement Arrangements (HRAs) is a good move, self-emplo
February 18, 2015
AICPA Wants Additional Guidance from IRS on Deferral of Stock Advance Payments
In a February 13 comment letter from the American Institute of CPAs (AICPA) to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), the organization addresses two interpretive issues related to the treatment of advance payments deferred under Rev. Proc. 2004-34 ...
February 18, 2015
AICPA & CIMA Launch New Website Designed for CGMAs
The American Institute of CPAs (AICPA) and the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA) have launched a new professional learning and development website for Chartered Global Management Accountants (CGMAs) designed to equip them with the ...
February 18, 2015
FASB Issues Standards Update for Consolidation Guidance
The Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) has issued an Accounting Standards Update (ASU) intended to improve targeted areas of consolidation guidance for legal entities such as limited partnerships, limited liability corporations, and ...
February 18, 2015
Report Examines President Obama’s $4,000,000,000,000 (Trillion) Budget
Thomson Reuters Checkpoint has released a special report, President’s Fiscal Year 2016 Budget. The President’s budget contains a host of individual and business tax proposals. This report examines some of the budget’s highlights, including the President’s
February 18, 2015
Special Report Examines President Obama’s $4,000,000,000,000 (Trillion) Budget
Thomson Reuters Checkpoint has released a special report, President’s Fiscal Year 2016 Budget. The President’s budget contains a host of individual and business tax proposals. This report examines some of the budget’s highlights, including the President’s
February 18, 2015
Illinois CPA Society Offers 30 Scholarships
The Illinois CPA Society has started accepting scholarship applications for the 2015-16 academic year, the organization announced on Tuesday. Approximately 30 individual tuition and textbook scholarships are available to students who demonstrate strong ac
February 18, 2015
The Best Tax Return is One Prepared by a Professional, Not a Seasonal Worker
It’s that time of year for part-time help at the local tax-preparation location, when drivers can see seasonal staff standing at busy intersections wearing costumes of the Statue of Liberty or Uncle Sam. But they’re not the only ones who are hired part ti
February 18, 2015
W-2 Due Dates for all States
It's that time of year again: when most payroll departments are hunkered down balancing and filing annual W-2s and state reconciliations. I thought this would be the perfect opportunity to provide some helpful charts with due dates for returns and ...
February 18, 2015
W-2 Due-Dates for all States
It's that time of year again: when most payroll departments are hunkered down balancing and filing annual W-2s and state reconciliations. I thought this would be the perfect opportunity to provide some helpful charts with due dates for returns and ...