Accounting October 6, 2026
The 2026 AI Finance Stack
73 tools worth knowing, how I would put them together, and the trends behind why finance teams are picking them.
October 12, 2015
BigTime IQ – Time & Billing Software
BigTime IQ is the preferred best-in-breed Time and Billing system for accountants. BigTime IQ gives you time & expense tracking, WIP management, billing, workflow & engagement management, budgeting and more. All in a single integrated system designed to increase your gross margins. Utilize the industry’s most powerful integration with Quickbooks Desktop or Online as well...…
October 11, 2015
Don’t Miss the Tax Deadline on Required Minimum Distributions
The IRS demands that most retirees in their seventies take annual required minimum distributions (RMDs) from their qualified plans and IRAs. And the nation’s tax collection agency means business: Failing to do so can result in one of the most onerous tax
October 9, 2015
New Laws and IRS Rules Make Year-End W-2 and 1099 Reporting More Challenging
With more businesses utilizing contractors to perform services traditionally relegated to employees, the need for sound 1099 processing and reporting is more important than ever before. There are numerous types of 1099 forms processed and filed ...
October 9, 2015
IRS Failing to Revoke PTINs of Felons, Other Non-Compliant Tax Return Preparers
The review identified 3,001 preparers with a felony conviction on their application; 87 reported a crime related to Federal tax matters. Processes do not ensure that PTINs assigned to prisoners or individuals barred from preparing tax returns are ...
October 9, 2015
Balancing Your Life On The Cloud – Put That Silly Thing Down!
Get a Life! This was a popular saying when I was younger. I have a concern about people who can’t disconnect from technology. Unfortunately, being a technology innovator or being a Luddite has very little to do with physical age, but with attitude.
October 9, 2015
More Corporations and Partnerships Filing Taxes Electronically
As of Sept. 20, almost 8 million corporations and partnerships e-filed their income tax returns. The IRS estimates that e-file accounts for 77 percent of all corporate and partnership returns filed during 2015. Many corporations and partnerships ...
October 8, 2015
Why Florida Leads Nation in ID Theft Income Tax Refund Fraud: IRS Cracking Down
Florida has been in the news a lot recently, and probably not for reasons that promoters of the Sunshine State would prefer. The spotlight is because hundreds of people have been arrested over the past year for identity theft crimes that involved filing bogus income tax returns for thousands of taxpayers, and then having the…
October 8, 2015
IRA Tax Strategies for Dealing with an Unpredictable Market
The stock market's drop in recent months has no immediate tax effect on the moneys of pre-retirement-age taxpayers whose traditional or Roth IRAs are invested in stocks and mutual funds. That's because neither losses nor gains are recognized within ...
October 8, 2015
Portfolio Shows How States Are Applying Sales Tax to Cloud Computing Transactions
New guidance is available for state and local tax professionals that examines how cloud computing is increasingly affected by state sales taxes.
October 8, 2015
New Content Helps Accounting Pros with Changes to Financial Reporting Requirements
The FASB has a project underway to improve accounting rules for financial instruments and is expected to issue a final standard in late 2015 to make targeted improvements to existing Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP).
October 8, 2015
Financial Audit Fees Rose 3.4 Percent In Last Year
Fees paid by public and private companies to outside financial auditing firms increased from 3 to 3.4 percent over the last year, according to a report from the Financial Executives Research Foundation.