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.
February 18, 2022
AICPA Urges Senate Finance Committee to Initiate IRS Relief Measures
During a hearing held by the Senate Finance Committee on Spotlighting IRS Customer Service Challenges, Tax Executive Committee (TEC) Chair for the American Institute of CPAs (AICPA) and practicing CPA, Jan Lewis, opened her testimony by letting the Senators know, “…I’m here today because there’s still time to salvage this filing season, or at least...…
February 17, 2022
BKD, DHG Accounting Firms Merge to Create Top-10 National Professional Services Firm
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. and CHARLOTTE, N.C., Feb. 17, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — The leading accounting firms of BKD and DHG today jointly announced they will merge to create a new, Top-10, national professional services firm with $1.4 billion in revenue, setting the stage for a national growth strategy. With complementary operations, geographies and nearly two centuries of legacy service between them, the two firms together will operate under...…
February 15, 2022
Just Over 50 Percent of Americans Have Emergency Savings
This figure is down from 54% last year but notably improved from 44% in 2019 and 49% in 2020. The percentage of households with more credit card debt than emergency savings, 22%, was down from 27% last year and is the lowest since 2018 (21%).
February 14, 2022
Growth of Imported Retail Products Remains High
Imports saw year-over-year growth as high as 65 percent in some months during 2021. That was the result of increased consumer demand, retailers’ efforts to stock up to mitigate supply chain challenges, and comparisons against periods early in 2020 when...
February 10, 2022
Is AI Still Too Expensive for Most Firms?
If you Google the meaning of AI, I strongly recommend you don’t click on some of the videos that appear if you’re on a company laptop, it’s really not something you’d want in your history. So, let’s park one definition here; if you wish for further ...
February 10, 2022
Use of Checks Drops by Businesses
Treasury and other financial professionals can now compare their costs of making and receiving seven types of payments--check, ACH credits and debits; wires; credit and debit cards; real time payments, and virtual cards--against benchmarks for ...
February 10, 2022
National Association of Tax Professionals Partners with Practice Ignition
NATP’s partnership with Practice Ignition allows for NATP members to continue to provide outstanding service to their clients and support they need through tax season and beyond. This partnership will allow NATP members to gain access to ...
February 10, 2022
FICPA MEGA Conference Offers Innovative Learning for Today’s Accounting and Finance Professional
The Florida Institute of Certified Public Accountants (FICPA) MEGA Conference will be held online and on site at the Disney Contemporary Resort in Lake Buena Vista Florida, June 7-11, 2022.
February 10, 2022
IRS to Stop Requiring Facial Recognition Technology for Online Accounts
This action by the IRS to move away from facial recognition comes after some discomfort by taxpayers at having a third-party technology provider managing the service.
February 10, 2022
IRS Suspends Sending Most Notices Due to Backlog and Errors
These automatic notices have been temporarily stopped until the backlog is worked through. The IRS will continue to assess the inventory of prior year returns to determine the appropriate time to resume the notices.
February 9, 2022
Keeping Firm and Client Data Safe
There are a variety of tools on the market such as antivirus software and malware that can help protect your system from intrusion. But there are many other things you can do to ensure that your system remains secure and out of the hands of criminals.
February 9, 2022
How Firms Can Survive the Great Resignation
This has been a trying time for firms and in the workforce as a whole for a number of reasons, but the “Great Resignation” has forced every industry, including tax and accounting professionals and business owners, to