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.
January 26, 2015
Intuit Partners with Stripe to Simplify Taxes for Self-Employed Workers
Intuit has released a new integration with for marketplaces running on the Stripe online payment network. The features will allow “drivers”, "Rabbits" and "campaign creators" of sharing economy companies to automate tax reporting via the ...
January 24, 2015
Tallie Users Can Now Receive CPE Credits
Professional accountants using the cloud expense management system Tallie can now earn continuing professional education credits through Tallie training sessions.
January 24, 2015
Business Travelers Rank Favorite Restaurants, Airlines and Hotels
The quarterly report shows how and where business travelers spend the "company dime," from hotels and airlines, to favorite fast food restaurants, car rental companies and yes, even taxi-style car service providers.
January 24, 2015
How 401(k) Plans Save Money and Reduce Taxes
Are you participating in an employer-sponsored retirement plan? If your company has one, consider yourself fortunate. But if you’ve been ignoring whatever your company is offering, this year make a resolution to get the facts. A good retirement plan will allow you to defer taxes on whatever you contribute to your 401(k) account until you...…
January 24, 2015
R&D Tax Credit Survives Latest Round of Tax Legislation
The research credit is like the cat with nine lives…except it’s more. This credit, which technically expired after 2013, was just reinstated by the Tax Increase Prevention Act (TIPA) retroactive to January 1, 2014. By last count, it’s the 16th time ...
January 24, 2015
AICPA Urges Congress to Give IRS More Flexibility on Granting Tax Code Section 9100 Relief
The American Institute of CPAs is urging top tax lawmakers in the U.S. Congress and Senate to give the IRS the authority to grant relief in appropriate situations when taxpayers miss a statutory deadline or make an error in making an election.
January 24, 2015
Are You Ready for Microsoft Windows 10?
Microsoft has officially announced Windows 10, which purports to be the final version of its legacy operating system. What does this mean to accounting professionals? A lot, depending on the uptake rates of the new system and whether clients jump on the b
January 23, 2015
6 Tips on Gambling and Income Taxes: Don’t Play the IRS for a Sucker
Gambling losses aren’t completely tax-deductible on their own, but you can write off losses up to the amount of your winnings. Those winnings are taxed at ordinary income rates reaching as high as 39.6% on the federal level.
January 22, 2015
Sick Leave and PTO Laws Change in Many States – Are Your Clients Prepared?
Currently there is no federal regulation that mandates employers to pay their employees for sick time. Although many companies voluntarily offer their full-time employees some paid sick leave, numerous U.S. employers do not provide any paid sick leave ...
January 22, 2015
IRS Shares List of ‘Dirty Dozen’ Income Tax Scams for 2015
Aggressive and threatening phone calls by criminals impersonating IRS agents remain near the top of the annual "Dirty Dozen" list of tax scams for the 2015 filing season.
January 21, 2015
Printable IRS Form 2848 – Power of Attorney and Declaration of Representative
Printable IRS Form 2848 - Power of Attorney and Delcaration of Representative
January 21, 2015
Printable Income Tax Forms and Instructions – for Tax Year 2014
It's tax season and, of course, that means searching for numerous forms, schedules and instructions needed to file taxes by April 15 (or at least an extension). This list of common IRS tax forms below are here to make it easy.