Taxes November 5, 2026
IRS Adjusts Tax Brackets, Standard Deduction for Tax Year 2027
The IRS has released the tax year 2027 annual inflation adjustments for nearly 70 tax provisions.
October 16, 2014
Starbucks, Marriott, Delta and National Top the Lists of Spending by Business Travelers
Whether they make a dozen trips a year or more than 50, business travelers have their preferences from hotels to airlines and even fast food joints. Since these are generally allowable business expenses, they also keep pretty good records that can be anal
October 15, 2014
‘Tis the Season… For Income Tax Planning
While most Americans are thinking about football season, the MLB baseball playoffs, the coming NBA season, hockey or the upcoming holidays, savvy financial professionals are advising taxpayers to think about their taxes.
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