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December 2, 2018 

Ready or not, the holidays are here. This is the busiest time of year for most retailers — and typically involves an enormous amount of shipping. A review of state sales tax rules for shipping and delivery charges therefore seems in order.

Gail Cole

December 2, 2018 

Ignite Spot started 10 years ago with the idea to completely change the CEO-accountant relationship. They knew that in order to make companies profitable, bookkeeping, tax and coaching must all work together toward a common goal.

November 21, 2018  Sponsored

On Nov. 5-7, San Jose, California, was energized with another terrific QuickBooks Connect event, where some 5,000 accounting and tax professionals, app developers, owners and staff of small businesses, freelancers and exhibitors came together to ...

Scott Cytron

November 20, 2018 

According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, more than 70% of employees have access to paid days off from work for sick or vacation time. Although these are common paid time off programs, sick and vacation days aren’t the only time off work you can offer.

Rachel Blakely-Gray

November 19, 2018 

With passage of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) in early 2018, veterinary practice owners are hopeful of reduced tax burden, enhanced by the prospect of a 20% deduction on “Qualified Business Income” (QBI) flowing through from Sub S Corporations, LLCs, Partnerships and Sole Proprietorships. And everyone is cautious, because there are complications to...…

November 19, 2018 

To determine how much business a remote seller is doing in a state, economic nexus laws rely on the volume of sales, the number of transactions, or both. For example, the South Dakota law that led to the demise of the physical presence rule uses the ...

Gail Cole

November 19, 2018 

Value pricing is a way of billing a client for services provided based on the value of the service (or advice) instead of the number of hours spent. Consider one of your clients calls for tax advice on how to structure a real estate transaction.

Jim Boomer

November 16, 2018 

The challenge in finding the right time and billing application for your business or firm is that multiple applications offer a variety of features and functionality. Here are just a few things you may want to look for when assessing time and billing ...

Mary Girsch-Bock

November 16, 2018 

For business owners and accounting firms that are looking for a simpler way to track time and expenses without investing a lot of money, there are a variety of apps available that may fit the bill. As an added bonus, along with tracking time, many of ...

Mary Girsch-Bock

November 15, 2018 

Many of us spend many hours on the highway, so this month we thought we would explore apps that can improve the driving experience. We scoured the internet and also queried our CPA Practice Advisor community, and here’s what we found.

Gail Perry

November 15, 2018 

4 Strategies for Lease Accounting Transition By Imran Mia New rules more than a decade in the making will “bring leases to the balance sheet,” marking a major change in how companies have historically accounted for leases. While leases have remained off-balance sheet in the footnotes of financial statements, the new rules will require companies...…

November 15, 2018 

Politics Can Create Turmoil in the Workplace By Isaac M. O’Bannon, Managing Editor A new survey shows that while almost half (49%) of respondents enjoy talking politics with peers at work, 53 percent limit social interactions with co-workers who have differing political beliefs.  “Our study shows the topic of politics itself is extremely divisive in...…