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January 24, 2014
Los Angeles Accounting & Business Management Firms Merge
Business management firm Kaufman + Bernstein, Inc. has merged with RBZ, LLP, one of the largest Los Angeles-based accounting and business management firms, adding 19 new members to RBZ’s business management practice.
January 24, 2014
IRS Modifies Automatic Consent Rule for Method of Accounting
The Internal Revenue Service has announced the release of Revenue Procedure 2014-16, which modifies the procedures for obtaining the automatic consent of the Commissioner for certain changes in methods of accounting for amounts paid to acquire, produce, or improve tangible property.
January 24, 2014
Georgia Woman Guilty of Tax ID Theft at Nursing Home
A 32-year-old Macon woman faces 27 years in prison after stealing the identities of nursing home patients and filing a half-million dollars worth of fraudulent tax returns.
January 23, 2014
IRS and Tax Professionals Warn of Tax Scams & ID Theft
Tax season has always been a tempting time for many unsavory people to try to scam others. The addition of online self-preparation and identity theft has only made the problem worse.
January 23, 2014
Indiana and Illinois See Jobs Growth
Small businesses are hiring, and employment at smaller firms grew in Illinois and Indiana last month.
January 23, 2014
Some Restaurants Dropping Automatic Tips For Large Groups
Like most other restaurants in Maine, DiMillo's On the Water in Portland says it will no longer charge automatic gratuities for most large groups now that a change in the federal income tax code has closed a long-standing loophole.
January 22, 2014
Which States Have the Most Millionaires?
Of the more than 119 million households in the U.S., about 6 million, or five percent, of them include a millionaire, according to a new report. But where do they live?
January 22, 2014
Report: December Was Strongest Jobs Growth Month in 2013
U.S. private-sector franchise jobs increased by 30,250 during the month of December 2013, according to the ADP National Franchise Report. BThe report measures monthly changes in franchise employment derived from ADP’s actual transactional payroll data.
January 22, 2014
Experts Warn of Scam Emails About Data Breach at Target
In the aftermath of the data breach that potentially exposed the credit and debit card information for 80 million shoppers, Target sent out an official email stating that the company would offer one free year of credit monitoring through Experian.
January 22, 2014
Regulators Increasing Scrutiny of Conduct Risk, But Most Companies Unprepared
A new survey shows that even though regulators are increasingly looking at conduct risk by companies, there is still great disparity in how firms are defining conduct risk and similarly how regulators are referring to the concept.
January 22, 2014
Tips for Tackling Small Business Finances in 2014
Online accounting software maker Xero has released a new collection of critical tips and advice from accountants that is designed to help small businesses improve operations in 2014.
January 22, 2014
FASB Issues New Accounting Guidelines for Goodwill and Interest Rate Swaps
The Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) today issued two updates to U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) that provide alternatives for private companies on the subsequent accounting for goodwill and for interest rate swaps—specifically a simplified hedge accounting approach for certain types of swaps.