Accounting October 6, 2026
The 2026 AI Finance Stack
73 tools worth knowing, how I would put them together, and the trends behind why finance teams are picking them.
January 20, 2014
Tax Preparers Unprepared for Data Loss, ID Theft Incidents
I visited Arizona last summer, where the temperatures hit 119 degrees in the afternoon and didn’t much cool at night. They call it “dry heat.” I called it Apache Territory.
January 20, 2014
Does Mentoring Really Work for Accounting Firms?
As an avid reader and educator on talent development within our profession, I have long been an advocate of mentoring in order to develop future talent in our firms. The ideal is for firms to develop a program that pairs current leaders with future leaders to transfer knowledge and wisdom from one person to another.
January 19, 2014
IRS Releases Documents on How it Treats Tax Exempt Political Groups
Responding to a Freedom of Information Act request, the IRS has released a series of documents, including training materials used by agents relating to how it recognizes and treats exempt organizations like nonprofits.
January 18, 2014
The Income Tax Return Race Begins for Free Filers
The IRS recently said that the 2014 tax filing season for individual returns won’t kick off until January 31, a delay of ten days due to the government shutdown last October. But taxpayers using the IRS’ Free File program can still get a head start.
January 18, 2014
Founder and CEO of The Rainmaker Companies Steps Down
The Rainmaker Companies recently announced that founder and CEO Troy Waugh, CPA, MBA will transition leadership to newly appointed CEO Dan Brooks, CPA, President Angie Grissom. Scott Bradbary, Patrick Pruett and Adelaide Ness.
January 18, 2014
Three Florida Men Plead Guilty to $7 Million Tax Refund Fraud, ID Theft
Three more suspects pleaded guilty in federal court in Miami Friday for their roles in a $7 million scheme that used the identities of dead people to file fraudulent income tax refund claims, U.S. Attorney Wifredo A. Ferrer said.
January 17, 2014
CPE Link
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January 17, 2014
Saving for Retirement: What You Should Be Doing Now
You’ve heard the mantra a thousand times: It’s never too early to start saving and planning for retirement. Whether you’ve heeded that advice closely or have let time slip by, it’s also not usually too late to have a positive effect on your retirement finances.
January 17, 2014
National Taxpayer Advocate Delivers 2014 “State of the IRS” Report
It isn’t quite as significant as the president’s State of the Union address, but National Taxpayer Advocate (NTA) Nina Olson released a new report to Congress on January 9 (IR-20140-3).
January 17, 2014
Why Business Credit Cards Can Turn Company Accounting Into a Nightmare
With one-man firms comprising roughly 40% of the accounting services industry, according to IBISWorld, and around one-third of all CPAs admitting to a bit of moonlighting in a 2008 Bay Street Group survey, it’s clear that a large segment of the industry has more than just its clients’ small business needs to deal with.
January 16, 2014
AICPA Supports Tax Administration Reform and Simplification
The American Institute of CPAs (AICPA) said in a letter today to Senate Finance Committee Chairman Baucus and Ranking Member Hatch that it “strongly supports the efforts by the Senate Committee on Finance on tax administration reform and simplification.”
January 16, 2014