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IRS Increases Health Savings Account Limits for 2027
The IRS on Friday released its annual inflation-adjusted amounts for health savings accounts for calendar-year 2027, with across-the-board increases.
February 16, 2021
Stimulating The Economy Impacts Stocks, But Watch Your Portfolio Carefully In 2021
It’s important that investors across the markets take a long-term perspective and quit focusing on the short term. Stay disciplined and diversified and start looking more at the value side of things. There are a lot of great companies out there that ...
February 15, 2021
Home Prices Rose in All U.S. Metros in Q4 2020
Eighty-eight percent of the metros followed (161 areas) saw double-digit price increases. For comparison, only 115 metro areas saw such growth in the third quarter.
February 15, 2021
Retail Imports Forecast to Hit Record Monthly Highs in 2021
Following a record year during 2020, imports at the nation’s largest retail container ports are expected to set new monthly records from now into the summer as the nation’s economy continues to recover from the pandemic, according to the monthly ...
February 14, 2021
Labor Dept. Confirms Exemption for Investment Advice Fiduciaries
The U.S. Department of Labor’s Employee Benefits Security Administration has confirmed that “Improving Investment Advice for Worker & Retirees,” an exemption for investment advice fiduciaries, will go into effect as scheduled on Feb. 16, 2021.
February 12, 2021
Avalara Announces 10 Newly Certified Integrations into Business Applications and 22 New Marketplace Customers
Avalara has been a partner-centric company since its founding in 2004, with a concerted focus on integrating with technology solutions already in use by existing and future customers. Avalara Certified integration partners have met criteria developed ...
February 12, 2021
AICPA Proposes New Quality Management Standards for CPA Firm Audit Quality
The ED aligns with the International Auditing and Assurance Standards Board’s (IAASB) quality management standards. The proposed standards include changes such as using the terms quality management and engagement quality review instead of quality ...
February 12, 2021
Thomson Reuters Launches New Paid Leave Tax Credit Eligibility Tool
Thomson Reuters has launched a new tool that may be used to determine if an employer is eligible to take a tax credit for providing qualified leave wages for coronavirus (COVID-19) related reasons.
February 12, 2021
2020 Operating Expenses – An Unconventional Convention
Commercial real estate overhead has never faced more scrutiny. While today’s highly agile workforce brings with it a newfound level of productivity, there are various impacts and considerations felt across a business.
February 12, 2021
Replace Tax Planning with “Golden Egg” Allocation Strategies
2020 was a challenging year for many businesses, and it clearly demonstrated the need to be prepared for the future. It’s quite possible that the coming years will be equally tumultuous, and now is a great time for you to work with your business owner ...
February 12, 2021
NATP Offers Worksheets and Charts for Tax Pros
Individuals preparing tax returns for 2021 are encouraged to take advantage of the abundance of resources NATP offers, including worksheets, charts and more.
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February 12, 2021
Marks Paneth Launches Leadership Academy Program Designed to Help Develop Future Leaders
The accounting, tax and advisory firm Marks Paneth LLP has launched the firm’s first annual Leadership Academy, a year-long comprehensive leadership program offered to supervisory-level staff and managers.
February 12, 2021
Apps We Love: Home Automation
With so many people working from home, and so many intelligent solutions from apps to gadgets to Internet of Things (IoT) to help us do our jobs and run our lives more easily, we decided it was time to check in with our CPA Practice Advisor community ...