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.
September 9, 2013
State Likely to Raise Tax on Beer
Buying a light beer could soon make your wallet lighter, as Wyoming lawmakers are considering a proposal to raise the state's lowest-in-the-nation tax on beer.
September 9, 2013
Some Online Retailers Support End to Online Sales Tax Exemption
Seattle-based Amazon late last year hired Patton Boggs, a marquee Washington, D.C., lobbying group, to join two other firms on retainer as well as Amazon's in-house lobbyists in hopes of getting the Marketplace Fairness Act passed.
September 9, 2013
Detroit pension fund pays out nearly $1B in bonuses
One of Detroit's two pension funds handed out nearly $1 billion in bonus cash payments over two decades to retirees and active employees' retirement accounts instead of reinvesting the extra earnings for the future, according to a Free Press review of city records.
September 9, 2013
N.H. sues Shell Oil over $2.4 million used for cleanup costs at gas stations
The state of New Hampshire is suing Shell Oil Co. for allegedly taking money that it wasn't entitled to for oil spill cleanups and then suing its own insurance company for costs the state already had paid.
September 9, 2013
CPA Firm KatzAbosch Launches External Newsletter
KatzAbosch, a Maryland-based CPA, tax and consulting firm, recently announced the successful launch of its external newsletter.
September 9, 2013
The Benefits and Challenges of Cloud Accounting
Accounting firms across the country are looking to the cloud to transform their client accounting services. They are looking to move from simply transactional bookkeeping services to higher value advisory services more in line with the CFO function.
September 8, 2013
Income Tax Planning Takes More than a Magic 8-Ball
On the conference room shelf of a CPA’s office I visited recently, I noticed a Magic 8-Ball with the label “free tax answers.” When turned, the die floating in colored liquid inside the ball presses against the window to reveal an affirmative, negative, or non-committal answer such as “cannot predict now.”
September 6, 2013
Professionals on the Move – September 6, 2013
A weekly roundup of professionals in the tax and accounting profession that have changed jobs and/or been promoted.
September 6, 2013
Study shows employee stock ownership plans boost productivity
Broad-based employee stock ownership plans, if properly designed, are the best way to ramp up productivity, new research finds.
September 6, 2013
Horse breeding a $3B industry in Kentucky – Creates 41,000 jobs
Horses drive $3 billion in annual economic impact in Kentucky and create almost 41,000 jobs, according to the first in-depth study in decades of one of the state's signature industries.
September 6, 2013
New CCH Tax Briefing Addresses IRS’ Recognition of All Same-Sex Marriages Nationwide
CCH, a part of Wolters Kluwer has released a new Tax Briefing: IRS Guidance on Same-Sex Marriage, offering guidance and analysis of the Internal Revenue Service’s announcement that all same-sex marriages nationwide will be recognized for federal tax purposes.
September 6, 2013
AICPA to Congress: Provide IRS with Sufficient Funds to Perform Its Duties
The American Institute of CPAs is urging Congress to provide the Internal Revenue Service with “sufficient” funds to perform its duties.