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.
November 13, 2014
Does an Open Workforce Challenge Control of Cost and Performance?
Organizations around the world are rapidly reshaping their workforces with a complex mix of internal teams and external talent, outpacing their ability in many cases to effectively manage costs, performance and ...
November 13, 2014
GASB Proposal Would Require State and Local Govts to Disclose Tax Abatement Info
The Governmental Accounting Standards Board (GASB) is seek comments on a proposed Statement, Tax Abatement Disclosures, which would require state and local governments for the first time to disclose information about property and ...
November 13, 2014
Advice Helps Women Feel More Secure of Retirement Savings
Professional financial advice can help eliminate the gender gap in retirement confidence, according to a TIAA-CREF survey released today.
November 12, 2014
IRS Grants Taxpayers More Leeway on IRA Rollovers
Once the Tax Court ruled against a taxpayer in a controversial interpretation of the “once-a-year” rollover rule for IRAs, the IRS was only too willing and eager to jump on the bandwagon. But at least it delayed enforcement of the ruling until January 1, 2015. Now, under new guidance just issued by the IRS, procrastinators...…
November 12, 2014
Consumers Worried about Data Breaches, but Don’t Change Shopping Habits
In a world where the growing use of connected devices such as smart watches and connected cars is occurring at the same time that massive data breaches are making headlines, a new global study by ISACA shows consumers have conflicted attitudes ...
November 12, 2014
AICPA Presents Highest Award for Taxation Professionals
The American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA) has named Patricia A. Thompson as the recipient of the 2014 Arthur J. Dixon Memorial Award, the highest honor bestowed by the accounting profession in the area of taxation.
November 12, 2014
Accounting Foundation Supports Doctors Without Borders for Ebola Efforts
The trustees of the TAG Foundation trustees have approved the disbursement of $10,000 USD from the foundation’s funds to assist Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) in their Ebola relief efforts in West Africa.
November 12, 2014
Avalara Raises $100 Million in Financing
Avalara, a provider of cloud-based software for sales tax and other transactional tax compliance, has raised $100 million in a financing round from an affiliate of Warburg Pincus, a global private equity firm focused on growth investing.
November 12, 2014
IRS Clarifies IRA Rollover Limit
The Internal Revenue Service has issued new guidance to clarify the impact a 2014 individual retirement arrangement (IRA) rollover has on the one-per-year limit imposed by the Internal Revenue Code on tax-free rollovers between IRAs.
November 12, 2014
Legal Marijuana, Taxes and Accounting
It seems too early to make any sweeping financial generalizations based on such a short history. Nor am I interested in gauging the social impacts of marijuana legalization, which is both emotionally charged and unlikely to be resolved soon.
November 11, 2014
November SALT Checklist
What should you be doing in your state and local tax practice this month? Here's your SALT checklist for November.
November 11, 2014
AICPA Foundation Names Minority Doctoral Fellowship Winners
To help increase the number of CPAs from diverse backgrounds teaching at the college and university level, the American Institute of CPAs has awarded twenty-two scholars the Minority Doctoral Fellowship. The Fellowship, funded by the AICPA Foundation...