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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.
February 10, 2015
IRS Says 2015 Tax Season Off to Record Start – Average Refund $3,539
The 2015 tax filing season is off to a strong start with most taxpayers filing their returns electronically and choosing direct deposit for their refunds, according to the Internal Revenue Service.
February 10, 2015
IRS Says 2015 Tax Season Off to Record Start – Average Refund $3,539
The 2015 tax filing season is off to a strong start with most taxpayers filing their returns electronically and choosing direct deposit for their refunds, according to the Internal Revenue Service. As of Jan. 31, the IRS received more than 14 million tax returns this year. More than 13 million of those returns have been...…
February 10, 2015
Before Hiring a Tax Preparer, Check Their Credentials
The IRS and other groups warn that people shouldn’t trust their private financial documents to just anyone. It’s good to know exactly what their tax preparer’s credentials mean, and whether they really qualify as credentials at all.
February 10, 2015
Alabama Accounting Firm Merges into Carr Riggs & Ingram
Carr, Riggs & Ingram, LLC (CRI), one of the top 25 accounting firms in the country, has acquired the Oneonta, Alabama-based accountancy Self, Maples & Copeland. The staff and management team will remain in Oneonta and will start operating using ...
February 10, 2015
CFOs Worry that Disclosure of Tax Planning Damages Reputation
More than three-fourths of public company CFOs say that exposure to the public of corporate tax planning has a detrimental impact on their reputation, according to the latest annual global survey of multinational CFOs conducted by Taxand, a global organiz
February 9, 2015
February SALT Checklist
What should you be doing in your state and local tax practice this month? Here's your SALT checklist for February.
February 9, 2015
How and When to Make Sales Tax Payments
If you or your clients are new to collecting and paying sales tax, the process might seem overwhelming. Once you have determined that taxable sales are occurring, the next step is to prepare yourself for being a sales tax collector and remitter.
February 9, 2015
Is Your Mobile Phone Trying to Kill You?
It is not safe to assume that cell phones and other electro-magnetic products do not represent threats to your health. Though cell phones currently in use in the United States are generally safe, newer and more powerful models are being introduced on a r
February 9, 2015
New Features Added to IRS2Go Income Tax App
The Internal Revenue Service has released IRS2Go 5.0, an update to the only official IRS smartphone application, compatible with both Apple and Android devices.
February 9, 2015
Paychex Offers Tax Season Resource Center for Tax Pros
Paychex, Inc., is providing a variety of resources for accounting professionals to help them stay on top of critical payroll, tax, and HR issues that could impact their small business clients.
February 9, 2015
AICPA Urges Senate to Act on International Income Tax Treaties
The nation's largest organization of accounting and tax professionals is urging the Senate to approve income tax treaties between the U.S. and various countries.
February 8, 2015
TurboTax Back Online After Questions About Fake State Tax Returns
TurboTax was forced to suspend electronic filing of all state income tax returns on February 5 after more than a dozen states sounded alarms about criminal hacks. However, it turns out that the program was not hacked.