Accounting August 4, 2026
Nominations Open for Innovation Awards and 40 Under 40 Awards
Nominations are currently being accepted for CPA Practice Advisor's 40 Under 40, 20 Under 40, and Tax & Accounting Tech Innovation Awards.
Payroll June 24, 2026
U.S. Workers Lose Buying Power After War Drives Up Prices
With wage growth already slowing, that means many households will likely continue to tap into savings and take on debt to support spending, even after inflation peaks.
Benefits June 24, 2026
COUNTERPOINT: Social Security Should Not Be Privatized
"Social Security privatization is a false solution that would make retirement less secure for seniors while saddling workers with higher taxes and debt."
Benefits June 24, 2026
POINT: Recipe to Convert to a Private Social Security System
"The best way to fix Social Security is to privatize it. The difficulty of getting from where we are today to a private system lies in the cost of conversion."
Economy June 24, 2026
Scarcities to Last Long Past Iran-U.S. Deal, KPMG Economist Swonk Says
Gas prices might improve immediately following the deal between the U.S. and Iran to open the Strait of Hormuz, but it'll be months before scarcities and other supply disruptions ease, Diana Swonk said.
Taxes June 23, 2026
Supreme Court Rules Against Michigan Family That Lost Home in Tax Sale
The justices said the Pung family is only owed the surplus proceeds of the tax sale of their former home in Isabella County after failure to pay taxes.
Small Business June 23, 2026
Future Tax Rewards for Sales of Qualified Small Business Stock
This tax benefit was recently preserved and enhanced by the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA). Now business owners have even more flexibility than before.
Technology June 23, 2026
Maxima Debuts AI Agent ‘Max’ for Enterprise Accounting Teams
Maxima, an agentic artificial intelligence platform for enterprise accounting, has launched "Max," an AI agent that takes on the manual and recurring preparation work consuming enterprise accounting teams.
Technology June 23, 2026
Kinter Releases Autonomous Workforce for Accounting Teams
Kinter, an AI workforce platform for accounting teams, announced the public launch of its AI accountants, which the company describes as AI agents that can perform complex financial workflows safely and autonomously.
Firm Management June 23, 2026
Eide Bailly Scores Private Equity Investment From Reverence Capital
Nearly two weeks after top 20 accounting firm Crowe said it was selling a stake to global investment firm KKR, another firm in the top 20, Eide Bailly, announced Tuesday that it too will be getting an infusion of outside capital.
Technology June 23, 2026
Pilot Says New AI Accounting Platform Meridian Runs Monthly Close From Start to Finish
According to the San Francisco-based company, Meridian fully closes the books end-to-end according to each firm’s accounting policies and each client’s specific processes.
Small Business June 23, 2026
Rippling Launches Business Banking
Workforce management system Rippling has launched Business Banking, a business checking account directly in Rippling that the company says pays an annual percentage yield of 2.25% (32 times more than average).
Technology June 23, 2026
Taxfyle Launches Plan, an AI-Native Tax Strategy Platform Built to Streamline RIA Tax Planning Workflow
Plan transforms tax planning from a manual, time-intensive process into an AI-driven workflow.