Accounting February 28, 2026
Voting Opens for 2026 Readers’ Choice Awards!
Voting in the 2026 Readers’ Choice Awards is now open. Readers can vote for the programs, hardware, services, and other technologies they use and trust.
January 31, 2013
Home prices rising, signal of U.S. housing market growth
Home prices in 20 cities rose in the 12 months to November by the most in more than six years, showing the housing market will play a more central role in the U.S. economic expansion this year.
January 31, 2013
Americans willing to raise payroll taxes to save Social Security
Even though wage earning taxpayers are already paying an extra 2 percent this year after the expiration of the payroll tax cut, a new survey shows that Americans are willing to pay more to preseve Social Security.
January 31, 2013
Forensic accounting detects $100k embezzlement: Charges filed
The former manager of a Richland Township, Pennsylvania, business was ordered to stand trial on charges that he embezzled more than $100,000 during a five-year period.
January 31, 2013
Accounting Relief Receives Significant Enhancements
AccountantsWorld, provider of cloud-based solutions, training and information resources for accounting professionals, recently announced a major update to its cloud-based Accounting Relief solution.
January 31, 2013
H&R Block loses court case to get TurboTax ads blocked in Missouri
Earlier this week, the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Missouri denied an attempt by tax preparation chain H&R Block to stop Intuit from continuing to air two TV commercials for TurboTax.
January 30, 2013
Small Biz Administration details how it will use Sandy disaster aid funds
Since Hurricane Sandy struck the East Coast last October, the U.S. Small Business Administration has approved more than $1.1 billion in disaster loans. The funds were made available to nearly 17,000 residents and businesses in the states declared federal disaster areas.
January 30, 2013
Florida woman faces potential 351 years in prison for tax fraud
A Fort Lauderdale, Florida, woman was convicted of heading an identity theft tax fraud scheme that netted $11 million in federal tax refunds and involved the filing of approximately 2,000 fraudulent tax returns, federal prosecutors said.
January 30, 2013
Five W-2 tips for wage earners
Verify, check and review. With tax season getting underway, the American Payroll Association has offered a few tips to help wage earners "get the most from their Form W-2."
January 30, 2013
Utica College to offer MBA in Professional Accounting starting this fall
MBA program is intended to meet the growing demand for professional accountants.
January 30, 2013
Aplos Software Offers Free Accounting Software To New Nonprofits and Churches
Aplos Software, LLC has announced a program that offers nonprofits that were founded in the past 12 months a free six-month subscription to their simple nonprofit accounting software, Aplos Accounting. The free resource for new nonprofits is available at www.aplossoftware.com.
January 30, 2013
Thomson Reuters Hosts One Million Portals and Counting
The Tax & Accounting business of Thomson Reuters announced today that it has implemented more than one million portals for staff and clients of accounting firms.
January 30, 2013
Accounting firms Metis Group and Prager & Fenton combine
Prager and Fenton LLP and Metis Group LLC, have combined their expertise to form Prager Metis International LLC. This combination, effective from January 1, joins two firms who found their deep-rooted practices to be philosophically and culturally similar.