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.
January 20, 2014
Growing Your Firm: The Value of Building a Connected Brand
A decade ago, having a strong brand was all about unity. As long as your firm’s visual identity and communications were cohesive your brand was considered effective.
January 20, 2014
What Small Businesses Need to Know About Health Care Tax Credit
Starting this year, the credit goes up to 50 percent for for-profit entities, and 35 percent for tax-exempt ones.
January 20, 2014
MAG-FILER
MAG-FILER is your year-end solution to E-file your 1099s and W2s. Data can be entered or imported, printed to blank forms for your recipients, and e-filed according to the IRS or SSA specifications. A TCC #(Transmitter Control Code) is required for...
January 20, 2014
Does Your Firm Have a Data Breach Response Plan?
Accounting firms are repositories of personal information and have become targets for criminal hackers. They are like an auto accident waiting to happen.
January 20, 2014
One Accounting Firm’s Journey to a Hybrid Cloud
Our accounting firm, like many others is fully networked. All of our desktop PCs, printers and desktop scanners as well as two full size printers/scanners/copiers are connected. We have a dedicated fax line, a fax to email account, several automated email servers that are automated to send and receive emails from clients.
January 20, 2014
Five Tech Battles for Businesses to Watch in 2014
One of the more interesting aspects of blogging, as opposed to filing hard news stories each day, is that I have a little more time to watch battle lines being drawn. And if the lines being drawn now are any indication, 2014 should be a fun year to watch as companies and politicians enter the…
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.