Technology February 9, 2026
Botkeeper is Closing Its Doors
In a statement posted on the Botkeeper website over the weekend, Enrico Palmerino wrote that the automated bookkeeping platform he founded in 2015 is shutting down.
May 23, 2013
New Decision Support Network Launched to Help Payroll Departments
Bloomberg BNA has launched the International Payroll Decision Support Network. This new membership-based service combines Bloomberg BNA's custom research offerings with a collection of new global payroll products and resources accessible to subscribers online.
May 23, 2013
Maine governor proposes getting rid of state income tax
Gov. Paul LePage said Monday that his long-term goal is to eliminate Maine's income tax, but he reiterated his opposition to a plan before the Legislature that would cut the income tax rate in half while raising and lowering other taxes.
May 22, 2013
New Small Business Administration program focuses on business lending for veterans
The U.S. Small Business Administration has started a new program aimed at helping returning veterans start new businesses.
May 22, 2013
Apple CEO defends tech giant’s tax practices
Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz, charged at the hearing that Apple's tax practices violated the spirit of the law and, in a statement Monday, called them "highly questionable."
May 22, 2013
Tea Party conservative groups protest IRS
BOSTON – Nearly two dozen Tea Party activists rallied outside the John F. Kennedy Federal Building in downtown Boston on Tuesday as part of a nationwide protest against the Internal Revenue Service over the targeting of conservative groups. “The IRS is only one part of it. The present administration we have is reeking with corruption,”...…
May 22, 2013
The High Price of “Free”
In the very early days of the PC revolution, untold thousands of hobbyists and programmers spread their fledgling programs across the seven major online services (The Source, The Well, CompuServe, AOL, ZDNet, Prodigy and MSN) and thousands of Bulletin Board Systems.
May 22, 2013
Oklahoma tornado victims receiving help from across the U.S. and globe
It may be tax-deductible, but that's not why Americans give to charities that help other Americans hit by tragedies.
May 22, 2013
Creating a Practice-Wide Culture of Safe Collaboration
For many CPA firms, data leakage is becoming an increasing problem, with the potential to pose truly disastrous results for a company and its clients. For instance, in 2012, a public accounting firm was contracted to perform financial statement auditing services for a client.
May 22, 2013
Top Business Execs Worried About Growing Regulations, Geopolitical Unrest, Global Economy
According to a new KPMG International survey report, regulatory pressure is consistently one of the biggest threats facing companies across industries, and the number one challenge facing financial services and energy and natural resources companies. Regulatory, namely government pressure to contain spending, was the top risk in health care.
May 22, 2013
WeiserMazars Names Abdallah as Senior Advisor
New York-based accounting firm WeiserMazars LLP recently announced that Mahmoud Abdallah, former Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of MISR Insurance Holding Company and Executive Vice President of American Re Group, has been appointed as a Senior Advisor in the WeiserMazars Consulting Practice, effective immediately.
May 22, 2013
Large Utah Accounting Firm Names Director of Strategic Planning
Utah accounting firm Tanner LLC has appointed Dan Griffiths as Director of Strategic Planning for the firm’s Leadership Solutions Practice.
May 22, 2013
For air travel, is low airfare or shorter travel time more important?
70 Percent of Consumers Would Not Give Up a Direct Flight to Save on Airfare