Accounting December 10, 2025
The event is ongoing on Dec. 10-11, 2025, with 7 hours of NASBA-certified CPE credit on each day (14 hours total). A total of five sessions also qualify for IRS-certified CE credit.
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August 20, 2018
Bill Would Allow IRS to License and Regulate Tax Preparers By Isaac M. O’Bannon, Managing Editor Senator Rob Portman (R-Ohio) has introduced a new bill in the Senate that would give the Internal Revenue Service the authority to regulate income tax return preparers. The bill is cosponsored by Senator Ben Cardin (D-Missouri). The IRS attempted...…
August 20, 2018
In case you haven’t noticed, getting fed by phone is very commonplace these days. Whether you’re calling in for lunch at the office, getting home at the end of the day and feeling too exhausted to cook, requesting food for a party, making sure your ...
August 19, 2018
I recently spoke at a BDO Alliance conference where the theme was identifying traits of high performing firms and their leaders. One speaker used a bell curve to describe ‘best in class’ firms, with the majority of firms falling in the middle or ...
August 19, 2018
Change vs. Old School is something the accounting profession has had to deal with in recent years too, and while that theme isn’t new to these pages, I’d like to give it a bit of a different twist.
August 18, 2018
How to Smoke the Competition When Marketing to Cannabis Clients By Becky Livingston, Penheel Marketing (https://penheel.com) As of August 2018, 31 states and D.C. have laws that broadly legalize the use of marijuana. What does that mean for accounting firm’s looking to increase clients in this area? Opportunity! As with any new industry, accountants have...…
August 17, 2018
Big Changes for the New W-4 Form By James Paille, Thomson Reuters The pre-draft 2019 W-4 has been released, and it’s a major change from previous versions of the W-4. The new W-4 doesn’t have a way to number allowances — instead, four new boxes that instruct the taxpayer to predict income and deductions replace...…
Firm Management August 17, 2018
As with any new industry upstart, accountants have an opportunity to increase revenue within this niche by providing tax, accounting, audit, and business services, like bookkeeping, internal controls, workflow, payroll, and cloud-based solutions.
August 16, 2018
Entrepreneurs Optimistic About Business Outlook By Isaac M. O’Bannon, Managing Editor Business owners have a generally positive business outlook, feel good about their ability to find new customers, and are relatively optimistic about the state of the U.S. economy. That’s according to data from the first Paychex Business Sentiment Report, which polled 500 randomly...…
August 15, 2018
It is time for you and your firm to start understanding the millennial mindset, address these issues, and engage top talent of your choice. In order to do so, step one, is to understand the mindset of these millennials, which is different than your own.
August 15, 2018
When any article on sales tax is above the fold on the first page of any printed or online publication, it’s either a very slow news day or a very big deal. In late June, the business and tax community witnessed a case that made headlines coast to coast.
August 14, 2018
These days, clients will turn off the second they feel you’re trying to sell them something and you are not being authentic. The growth of native advertising and influencer marketing attest to the fact that people don’t respond favorably to a more ...
August 13, 2018
Here is news from several states. I don't think most states will strive to collect below the thresholds of the South Dakota law, but you never know. I think we'll hear from more states soon and perhaps even from a few in Congress.