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.
June 2, 2014
IRS Gives an Inch on Once-A-Year IRA Rollover Rule
The IRS isn’t backing off on its tough stance involving the “once-a-year-IRA rollover” rule. In the aftermath of a new case tightening the restriction for IRA owners (Bobrow, TC Memo 2014-21), it recently announced it intends the follow the Tax Court’s lead on this issue. However, showing some leniency, the IRS now says it won’t…
June 2, 2014
Thomson Reuters and Bisk to Offer Full-Day of CPE Webinars
Thomson Reuters will be offering two new, full-day tax and accounting and auditing webinars presented by Bisk CPEasy in June, July, and August.
June 2, 2014
Checkpoint Pocket Assistant
Perform routine tasks from anywhere with this new free iPhone app! Checkpoint Pocket Assistant includes the 2013 Tax Rate Guide (with Federal income, gift and estate tax rates) plus the COLA Profit-Sharing Plans. Like Kind Exchange Calculator — Quickly determines the realized gain, recognized gain and basis of the like-kind property received for most like-kind...…
June 2, 2014
Florida Governor Starts Small Business Tour
Fresh off signing a $77 billion budget into law, Gov. Rick Scott made a pit stop in Panama City Monday as part of his Let's Keep Small Business Working Tour and campaign for re-election.
May 30, 2014
Unlicensed Florida Tax Preparer Pleads Guilty in $22 Million Tax Fraud
An income tax preparer in the Miami, Florida suburb of Plantation has pleaded guilty to filing $22 million in false refund claims with the federal government.
May 30, 2014
Open Systems Announces Fully-Integrated Credit Card Processing
Business accounting technology provider Open Systems, Inc. has added fully-integrated credit card processing to its flagship TRAVERSE accounting and business software suite.
May 30, 2014
Oregon Woman Charged with 173 Counts of Filing Bogus Tax Returns, $1 Million in Refunds
Internal Revenue Service investigators have charged a Northeast Portland woman of filing as many as 173 fraudulent tax returns claiming more than a $1 million in refunds.
May 30, 2014
Summertime Tax Tip #7: Salvage Tax Deductions by Donating Household Items
It’s a common practice during the summer: After a spring cleaning, people try to sell the household items they no longer need or want in a “garage sale” (known as a “lawn sale, “tag sale” or some other name in parts of the country). But what do they do with those items that are left…
May 30, 2014
Five Ways the Cloud Can Help with Scalability Year-Round
Many executives are either hesitant to make the transition to the cloud or they have it buried under a twenty-page to-do list. Ironically, moving to a cloud-based phone system has the potential to shorten that list immensely. Switching to the cloud provides a secure and effective means of scaling for seasonal spikes. Cloud-based communication systems…
May 30, 2014
KPMG Acquires Rothstein Kass
Big 4 accounting and consulting firm KPMG LLP has acquired the hedge fund group Rothstein Kass, the companies have announced. Most partners and employees of Rothstein Kass will join KPMG.
May 29, 2014
Sage Summit 2014 to Bring Sense of Community to Conference
Sage North America is gearing up for its annual learning event, the Sage Summit. Whether you've attended the Summit in the past or are new to the event, you're likely to experience a new way of learning, growing, and improving your business.
May 29, 2014
Take It or Leave It? Several Factors Impact Retirement Plan Rollovers
When a worker changes jobs, what do they do with their 401(k) or other employer-based retirement savings? That's a question of increasing interest and concern to policymakers and employers alike.