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January 8, 2015 

Taxpayers Barely Avoid a Tax Hike On Commuter Benefits

The new tax extenders law enacted in 2014 – the Tax Increase Prevention Act (TIPA) – preserved a key tax break for commuters. Under TIPA, a higher tax-free monthly allowance for mass transit passes and vanpooling was approved for 2014, retroactive to ...

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January 8, 2015 

Accounting Firms Decosimo and Elliott Davis Complete Merger

The accounting firms of Elliott Davis and Decosimo are pleased to announce that the merger between the two firms is complete, effective January 1, 2015. The combined firm, Elliott Davis Decosimo, is one of the top accounting, tax and consulting ...

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January 7, 2015 

Fixed Assets CS

Fixed Assets CS gives you flexibility in managing assets and is quick and simple to use. In just an instant, you can customize the way asset data is organized to meet all your asset management needs. It also shares data with Accounting CS, UltraTax CS...

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January 7, 2015 

U.S. Economy Ranks 6th in Optimism for Continued Growth

While the United States ranked as the sixth most optimistic economy in fourth quarter 2014, a recent spate of global uncertainty is weighing on growth prospects for the year ahead. This is according to the latest data from the Grant Thornton International

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January 7, 2015 

7 Tips to Keep Medical Bills in Check

Debt collection is the top complaint the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has received since September 2013. Out of all debt types, medical collections make up 52 percent of collection accounts on credit reports, far outpacing all other types of debt.

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January 7, 2015 

Merger Season Continues as Wipfli Adds Two Accounting Firms

Wipfli LLP, one of the top 25 accounting and consulting firms in the United States, has announced the acquisition of two firms, Helena, Montana-based Galusha, Higgins & Galusha, PC (GHG)and Philadelphia-based Elko & Associates, Ltd. (Elko).

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January 7, 2015 

Baker Newman Noyes Merges with William Steele & Associates

The Northeast U.S. accounting firms of Baker Newman Noyes (BNN) based in Manchester, N.H. and William Steele & Associates, P.C., based in Boston, is complete. The combined team will operate from BNN’s existing downtown Manchester, N.H. office, serving cli

 5 Financial Resolutions for 2015

January 7, 2015 

5 Financial Resolutions for 2015

The New Year isn’t just a time for revelry, it’s also a landmark for new beginnings. Folks around the world make promises to themselves and loved ones about how they plan to change their lives for the better. That’s why the gym always seems so crowded in January, while the job market gets flooded with...…

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January 7, 2015 

List Ranks Top 10 and Worst 10 Cities to Find a Job

With “getting a better job” being one of the most popular New Year’s resolutions in the U.S., non-farm employment expected to grow by nearly 220,000 jobs per month and unemployment to fall to 5.4 percent by the fourth quarter in 2015, the personal ...