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June 2, 2021  Sponsored

How well did your firm's technology support team members during the COVID-19 pandemic?

June 2, 2021 

Modern firms know that optimized workflows make for a more efficient and productive workforce, supporting firm growth and profitability goals. Creating efficiencies and promoting productivity doesn’t happen by accident, requiring strategy and ...

June 2, 2021 

The Emerging Trends in Health Care Survey found that employer interest in offering voluntary benefits has been burgeoning, with 94% of employers finding voluntary benefits to be important to their employee value proposition and Total Rewards strategy ...

June 2, 2021 

Consumers’ appraisal of current conditions improved in May. The percentage of consumers claiming business conditions are “good” fell from 19.4 percent to 18.7 percent, but the proportion claiming business conditions are “bad” also declined, from 24.5 ...

June 2, 2021 

The results of the survey suggest human resources departments will face four main challenges in the months ahead: recruiting qualified workers and retaining existing ones; adjusting to a world where a large share of employees work primarily remotely...

Isaac M. O'Bannon

June 2, 2021 

The Illinois CPA Society (ICPAS) has awarded $104,500 in scholarships through the CPA Endowment Fund of Illinois to 55 accounting students as part of its annual Accounting Scholarship Program, which supports accounting students at ...

June 2, 2021 

Currently, the process for receiving tax filing relief from the IRS follows a presidential disaster declaration, which can come days or weeks after a state disaster declaration. This gap places impacted businesses and individual taxpayers in ...

June 1, 2021 

Bill.com, a provider of cloud-based software that simplifies, digitizes, and automates complex back-office financial operations for small and midsize businesses (SMBs), announced today it has completed its acquisition of Divvy, a leader in spend ...

June 1, 2021 

Find out why the recent guidance from the SEC on how SPAC warrants are classified requires careful consideration of the specific facts and circumstances for each entity and each contract.

June 1, 2021 

AICPA News is a round-up of recent announcements from the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants. A Quarter of American Taxpayers Don’t Have a Financial Plan For some people, submitting their tax return to the IRS is a relief as they put the paperwork out of sight, and out of mind, until next year. Others...…

Mary Girsch-Bock

June 1, 2021 

Marriage, divorce, remarriage, having children, or planning for retirement. All of these events can directly impact your client’s tax returns, so why not take tax preparation a step further by offering your clients a way to better plan for these events? It’s likely that you’re already doing some of the work of a personal financial...…

Mary Girsch-Bock

June 1, 2021 

An advocate for growing the CPA pipeline, Wills plans to focus his presidency on initiatives to assist accounting students, young professionals looking to become CPAs and accountants advancing towards leadership positions.