Accounting August 4, 2026
Nominations Open for Innovation Awards and 40 Under 40 Awards
Nominations are currently being accepted for CPA Practice Advisor's 40 Under 40, 20 Under 40, and Tax & Accounting Tech Innovation Awards.
August 1, 2014
August SALT Checklist: 5 Hotspots
What should you be doing in your state and local tax practice this month? Here's your SALT checklist for August.
August 1, 2014
Charitable Giving Increases by 1.6%
The latest Blackbaud Index shows that overall charitable giving to nonprofits increased 1.6% and online giving increased 8.0% for the first half of 2014 as compared to the first half of 2013. In addition, overall charitable giving grew 1.5% and online giving grew 8.7% for the three months ending June 2014 as compared to the…
August 1, 2014
Professionals on the Move – August 1, 2014
A weekly roundup of professionals in the tax and accounting profession that have changed jobs and/or been promoted.
August 1, 2014
Latest Income Tax, IRS Scam Targets Retirees
An Austin, Texas, man may have been the target of scammers pretending to be IRS agents that have bilked at least one elderly woman of $2,500.
July 31, 2014
Millennials are Super Savers, New Study Shows
Whatever you may think of Millennials, they are natural born savers. A new report from the Transamerica Center for Retirement Studies shows that since many of these workers entered the workforce at about the same time as the Great Recession, they've been more proactive in saving for perilous employment times.
July 31, 2014
How to Keep Your Nanny Tax Clients Happy
If you have household employment (a.k.a. “nanny tax”) clients, you know how much extra work goes into making sure their taxes are in order. For those unfamiliar with this part of the tax code, household employers have a “Casual Babysitting Exemption” when they pay an individual less than $1,900 in a calendar year. However, once…
July 31, 2014
IRS to Hold Next Tax Forum in Maryland
The next 2014 IRS Nationwide Tax Forum will be held at National Harbor in Maryland near Washington, D.C., and the IRS invites enrolled agents, certified public accountants, certified financial planners and other tax professionals to attend. Those who sign up by the pre-registration date of Aug. 5 will save $130 off the on-site price.
July 31, 2014
Avalara Launches New Marketing Center
Sales tax automation provider Avalara, Inc., has introduced the Avalara Marketing Center (AMC), a fully automated, co-marketing platform providing Avalara partners with free access to extensive sales and use tax compliance content, educational resources, and tools designed to quickly expand their marketing efforts.
July 31, 2014
Which Sales Tax Exemption Forms Should Businesses Accept?
Exemption certificates are your protection in a tax audit. But the wrong forms won’t protect you.
July 31, 2014
WeiserMazars Acquires Health Care Consulting Firm
The accounting and tax advisory firm WeiserMazars LLP, has acquired pmpm Consulting Group Inc., a national health care consulting firm specializing in providing managed care services including network development, contracting, credentialing, regulatory monitoring, oversight and compliance audits to payers and providers.
July 31, 2014
Why Office 365 Is Good for Accounting Firms
Many accounting practices enter that time of year where new solutions to old challenges are sought. Top on their lists are the new challenges of cloud computing and mobile technology to mention a few.
July 31, 2014
How to Master Small Talk and Help Your Accounting Practice
Everyone is pressed for time, and accountants are especially so, particularly at certain times of the year. But every time you contact or meet someone, you have an opportunity to cultivate new business, whether it’s with the person with whom you’re speaking or with someone they know.