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July 15, 2014 

America's largest professional organization of tax and accounting professionals has had enough with the IRS.

Isaac M. O'Bannon

July 15, 2014 

Employee turnover is a fact of life. And when an employee leaves, it's important to keep in mind that different types of employee termination have different payment requirements.

James Paille

July 15, 2014 

The national public accounting and consulting firm Crowe Horwath LLP has announced that, effective April 1, 2015, James Powers will assume the role of CEO.

Isaac M. O'Bannon

July 15, 2014 

A new report shows that even though IPOs have increased this year, too few are on track for the rest of 2014.

Isaac M. O'Bannon

July 15, 2014 

When Roderick J. McDavis became Ohio University's president a decade ago, he moved into 29 Park Place, a 7,000-square-foot, 2 1/2-story home at the heart of OU's campus in Athens.

July 15, 2014 

As part of an initiative towards simplifying accounting standards, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) has issued two proposed updates that are meant to ease the measurement of inventory and eliminate the requirements for extraordinary items

Isaac M. O'Bannon

July 15, 2014 

Do you remember those traditional pension plans from days of yore? Although such plans are nowhere near as prevalent as they were back in your grandfather’s day – especially for employers that must cover dozens of employees or more -- there’s still a time and place for the “defined benefit plan.” In fact, this option…

Ken Berry, JD

July 14, 2014 

While summer has traditionally brought with it anticipation of warm weather, beach vacations, and Bar-B-Ques, a new survey shows that it also brings one more thing: financial anxiety. Fifty-nine percent of Americans said their financial tension during the summer matches or exceeds their stress during the year-end holiday season, according to a new telephone survey...…

Taija Sparkman

July 14, 2014 

Sixty-four percent of respondents have some type of emergency savings – even if it’s less than three months’ expenses, found the latest results of Bankrate's Financial Security Index. The monthly survey also found measures how secure Americans feel about their personal finances compared with 12 months ago and is conducted via telephone interviews conducted by…

Taija Sparkman

July 14, 2014 

Military service brought soldiers, sailors and Marines to duty bases in Virginia, but the availability of defense-related jobs--along with everything else the Old Dominion has to offer--may have kept them here.

July 14, 2014 

Learn effective data management strategies for optimizing client performance.

Isaac M. O'Bannon

July 12, 2014 

Earlier this year, the Texas state legislature voted to create a sales tax holiday that will coincide with the back-to-school time frame. The state has had a back-to-school sales tax holiday each year since 1999.

Isaac M. O'Bannon