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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.
December 3, 2012
Olivia Kirtley Elected Deputy President of the International Federation of Accountants
Olivia Kirtley, CPA, CGMA, has been elected to a two-year term as deputy president of the International Federation of Accountants (IFAC). She succeeds Warren Allen, the newly appointed president of IFAC. Kirtley is the first female Deputy President in IFAC history, as well as the first representative from the business community to serve in that…
December 3, 2012
Paychex Acquires ExpenseWire
Cloud-based expense management solution now a part of Paychex One-Source Solutions product offering.
December 3, 2012
AvaTax
Sales tax may be inevitable, but the hassle is not. With AvaTax, never again research taxing jurisdictions that apply to a location, and never again manually assign nexus, taxability or sourcing rules to ensure a correct calculation – all of that is done behind the scenes within your accounting application, automatically.
December 3, 2012
SmartVault Releases Integrated Document Management Solution for QuickBooks Online
SmartVault's Toolbar technology for QuickBooks is now available for QuickBooks Online.
December 3, 2012
35 Days of Tech Gift Ideas Countdown… Day 22: Make your mobile phone even more at home
Day 22 (counting down): Isaac continues his series of gadget gift ideas that will last through the 2012 holidays.
December 3, 2012
Fiscal cliff makes 2012 a challenge for tax planning
In more than 35 years as a certified public accountant, Greg Sevier said this year has probably been the most challenging one in which to do tax planning for clients.
December 3, 2012
Sandy brings a flood of cleanup headaches to signature Shore businesses
More than a month after Hurricane Sandy, people are still coming by the White House Sub Shop in Atlantic City, New Jersey. After stepping over the lumber and ignoring the closed signs, many are still hoping for one of the shop's famous cheesesteaks.
December 3, 2012
Tips on saving for college
If you’re a parent staring down the barrel of annual college tuition increases and contemplating the prospect of sending your child into the job market burdened with as much debt as your first mortgage, what can you do? Here are five ways to manage costs: Seems obvious, but start saving now. Don’t just salt money...…
December 3, 2012
Businesses tap into education programs outside classrooms
Andrea Fisher had 10 years of business experience with two partners in New York, but before opening her own retail store in La Crosse, Wisconsin, she wanted to know “the score.” So Fisher linked up with Mississippi River Valley SCORE (Service Corps of Retired Executives), which lined her up with professionals to advise her on...…
December 3, 2012
Ohio use tax amnesty program increasing revenues
Ohio has had a "use tax" that mostly has been ignored since it was created in 1936. Given a nudge by the state in the form of an amnesty program, small businesses are starting to pay up.
December 3, 2012
American Airlines Updates Policy For New York-Area Customers Forced To Change Winter Vacation Plans Due To Hurricane Sandy
Due to the rescheduling of midwinter breaks for many New York-area schools, American Airlines announces that more travel options will be available to those forced to change their midwinter travel plans due to Hurricane Sandy. American customers will be given the option to make voluntary itinerary changes in the event they must reschedule midwinter school...…
December 2, 2012
CPA gets 4.5 year prison sentence in fraud case
A certified public accountant and purported outside auditor for Provident Capital Indemnity Ltd. was sentenced in Richmond, Va., to 54 months in prison for his role in an approximately half-billion-dollar fraud scheme that affected more than 3,500 victims throughout the United States and abroad