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.
October 14, 2014
5 Tips for Accounting Firms to Build Client Loyalty
Customers everywhere demand more personal attention in their shopping and service experiences, and accounting services are no exception. With so many ways to rate and rank the customer experience at their fingertips...
October 14, 2014
How to Avoid or Even Take Advantage of the Alternative Minimum Tax (AMT)
[This is part of a special series of articles designed to maximize tax benefits and minimize tax pitfalls at the end of the year.] The alternative minimum tax (AMT) is often referred to as a “stealth tax” because it sneaks up on unsuspecting taxpayers. But you’re not doing your job well if your clients are caught...…
October 14, 2014
8 Factors that Determine a Retired Partner’s Deferred Compensation
When partners retire, it goes without saying that they want to cash in their share of the firm’s value. But they want to do this in a way that enables the firm to continue as a successful, viable entity.
October 13, 2014
Cloudvara Cloud Hosting
Cloudvara revolutionizes the way businesses work by offering clients a fully secured, managed, and maintained cloud hosted infrastructure.
October 13, 2014
AICPA to Offer Free Year-End Financial Planning Webcast for Consumers
On October 20, the Personal Financial Planning Section of the American Institute of CPAs (AICPA) and 360 Degrees of Financial Literacy will host a free webcast on year-end planning.
October 13, 2014
CCH Adds Streamlined Internet Search Feature to IntelliConnect
Professional accounting technology developer Wolters Kluwer, CCH has launched the newest enhancement for users of the IntelliConnect research platform. The CCH IntelliConnect Browser Search feature streamlines popular Internet search engines...
October 13, 2014
AccountMate and Avalara Partner for Cloud-Based Sales Tax Compliance Automation
Avalara has partnered with AccountMate and their channel partners to provide customers with sales tax solutions designed to manage complicated and burdensome tax compliance obligations imposed by state, local, and other taxing authorities...
October 13, 2014
How Collaborative Accounting Can Help Grow Your Practice
Expectations from business owners and clients have changed. This is particularly true with accounting software and the impact on traditional write-up services.
October 12, 2014
Get Hacked, Get Sacked!
Risk mitigation when your practice is attacked is an economic consideration. What will breach reporting cost? What will recovery cost and time lost be? Although we are not likely to be terminated by our clients or our firm, even this type of loss ...
October 12, 2014
IRS to Shut Down Some Services before Oct. 15 Tax Extension Deadline
The Internal Revenue Service has announced that a planned power outage will cause some services to be unavailable this weekend (Oct. 11-14), which may affect some of the million-plus tax filers, and their tax professionals, who file extended personal inco
October 10, 2014
What’s New in Payroll Law?
Keeping up-to-date on changes and proposed changes can be overwhelming, especially if you have a business to run that doesn’t involve payroll. That’s why, as a payroll practitioner, it’s important that you help your clients understand any new changes and what they mean for their business. In 2015, there will be several changes that can...…
October 10, 2014
2014 Review of Professional Tax Planning Systems
By Bill Kennedy, CPA, CA The Affordable Care Act changes had the biggest impact on tax software across the country this year, as developers scrambled to incorporate the new Net Investment regulations into their packages, particularly for high net worth individuals. All of the packages reviewed have been updated for the impact of this legislation....…