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.
February 4, 2015
New Search Features Added to Bloomberg BNA Tax & Accounting Center
Bloomberg BNA has released new search enhancements to the Bloomberg BNA Tax & Accounting Center. The new features, called Links and Pages, are designed to help tax practitioners directly access key tax topics, tax summaries of key ...
February 4, 2015
Women Face Unique Retirement Challenges
Although it is improving, there is an economic cost to being a woman that reverberates into retirement. It results from multiple long-term socioeconomic conditions.
February 4, 2015
KPMG Tax Partner Authors New Book: “Tax Compliance and Reporting for Hedge Funds and Their Investors”
KPMG Tax partner Joseph Pacello has authored a new book, titled "Tax Compliance and Reporting for Hedge Funds and Their Investors," that provides a detailed look at tax compliance and reporting issues for professionals responsible for tax compliance ...
February 4, 2015
Business Owners Optimistic on Economy Despite Hiring Challenges
Three-fifths of private companies plan to add full-time equivalent employees in the coming year, but net hiring continues to shrink, reports PwC US's latest Private Company Trendsetter Barometer. Despite the most optimistic outlook for the US economy ...
February 3, 2015
Misplaced SSA-1099 Forms Can Be Replaced Online
The U.S. Social Security Administration has announced that new online services include the ability to quickly and easily get a replacement form SSA-1099 within minutes.
February 3, 2015
AICPA Offers More Than $380,000 in Scholarships to Accounting Students
The American Institute of CPAs has announced that applications for its AICPA Legacy Scholarship are now being accepted for the 2015-2016 academic year via its website, ThisWayToCPA.com. The organization has a new application process it says is more ...
February 3, 2015
IRS Targets Tax Shelter Abuses, Misuse of Trusts
The Internal Revenue Service is targeting abusive tax shelters and structures it says some Americans use to avoid paying taxes. The agency says the problem has been a lingering issue, and so it has been added to the annual list of tax scams known as the “
February 3, 2015
Roth & Company Becomes First Iowa Accounting Firm to Join Global Network TIAG
The Iowa-based accounting firm of Roth & Company, P.C. has joined TIAG (The International Accounting Group), a worldwide alliance of more than 115 independent accounting firms. Roth & Company, P.C. will be the exclusive member of TIAG for Iowa.
February 2, 2015
Illinois CPA Society Hosts Minority Internship Prep Program
The program is tailored to students from institutions of higher learning where accounting firms may not typically recruit. Each MTWW scholar was awarded a scholarship and interviewed for an internship with at least three of the seven participating ...
February 2, 2015
IRS Watching for Fake Documents During Income Tax Season
Hiding taxable income by filing false Form 1099s or other fake documents is a scam that taxpayers should always avoid and guard against, according to the Internal Revenue Service. This scheme is one of those on the annual “Dirty Dozen” list of tax scams f
January 30, 2015
January 2015 – A Year in the Life of a Payroll Accountant
Now that the New Year has started, it’s a great time to perform an audit of your clients’ payroll system to ensure everything is in order.
January 29, 2015
Super Bowl Stats: How Much Money, How Many Chicken Wings, How Many People Will Watch?
Whether you're rooting for the New England Patriots, the Seattle Seahawks or just watching for the most anticipated commercials of the year, the Super Bowl is definitely a game of numbers. From the Roman numerals that denote this as Super Bowl XLIX ...