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Welcome to Tax Season 2026

Taxes January 26, 2026 

Welcome to Tax Season 2026

The IRS today opened the 2026 tax filing season and began accepting and processing federal individual income tax returns for tax year 2025.

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February 21, 2018 

Apps We Love – Time Management

If you’re interested in trying an app for time tracking, PCWorld recommends Harvest, an app that lets you record time for multiple clients and also log your expenses. Scan receipts and enter notes to accompany expenses. The app has been around for ...

Gail Perry

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February 20, 2018 

2018 Readers’ Choice Awards

The CPA Practice Advisor Readers' Choice Awards give accounting and tax pros the chance to share the technologies and vendors that help them be more productive and profitable in their own firms, as well as the tech tools and programs that help their ...

Isaac M. O'Bannon

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February 20, 2018 

Simplifying the Gig Economy with QuickBooks Online

The lines of work are blurring. Tasks previously carried out by in-house employees are quickly becoming outsourced to freelancers and independent contractors. These gig economy participants may live around the corner from you, or on the other side of ...

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February 20, 2018 

5 Gig Economy Marketing Tips

Focus on Pain Points for Gig Economy Client Success According to recent studies, an estimated 35 percent of the current workforce is made up of gig workers, which could increase to about 43 percent by 2020. With that diverse and geographically-dispersed group, you have to take a more out-of-the-box marketing approach. Here are five suggestions....…

Becky Livingston

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February 20, 2018 

7 Payroll & HR Documents to Review Now

It’s a best practice to review policies, posters, and forms periodically to ensure that they adhere to applicable laws and evolving company practices. Since the New Year typically brings a host of new laws, now is a good time to conduct this review.

 Being Present During Busy Season

February 20, 2018 

Being Present During Busy Season

It’s that time of year again: long nights at the office, a seemingly infinite inbox, lunch and sometimes dinner at your desk. It’s easy to have an out of body experience when you’re sitting at your desk for upwards of 10 hours every day.

Amy Vetter

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February 20, 2018 

Sage Sets Out to Transform the Accounting Practice Model

Sage has designed each of the pillars as a separate learning process, and Sage is offering training in each of these specific areas. While these pillars build logically on each other, practitioners can select the pillars that are the most relevant to ...

Gail Perry

 February 2018 Firm Management Channel

February 20, 2018 

February 2018 Firm Management Channel

Top Firm Management Blogs & Social Media 10 Busy Season Exercises CPAs Can Do at Their Desk. AICPA Insights blog. http://bit.ly/2shGFBR Are You a Firm of the Future? Ron Baker, CPA, from FirmoftheFuture.http://bit.ly/2GYN7kz Building a Learning Culture in Your Firm. Roman Kepczyk, CPA, from CPA Consultants’ blog.http://bit.ly/2nV5AWu 5 Items You Need In Your Firm’s Owners’...…

 February 2018 Small Business Channel

February 20, 2018 

February 2018 Small Business Channel

Top Small Business Blogs & Social Media 6 Business Lessons to Take Your Brand from Startup to Growth. Xero blog.http://bit.ly/2quuKjp Online Brand Guidelines for Small Businesses. Barbara Weltman, via the CorpNet blog.http://bit.ly/2GY6Ctk 12 Key Levers of SaaS Success. David Skok, via For Entrepreneurs blog.http://bit.ly/2k98DWU Top Tips for Negotiating with Restaurant Vendors. Annie Pilon, via Small...…

 February 2018 Accounting & Audit Channel

February 20, 2018 

February 2018 Accounting & Audit Channel

Top Accounting Blogs & Social Media Are You Too Busy to be a Proactive, Future-Focused Advisor? Tom Hood, CPA, via LinkedIn.http://bit.ly/2EvnBoE New AICPA Chair Shares Vision of the Future. AICPA Insights blog.http://bit.ly/2nSflo8 Re-Engineer Your Audit Process. Wendy Cable from the Wolters Kluwer blog.http://bit.ly/2ET1cPW U.S. Treasury Official Says FDII Rules are BEPS Compliance. Robert Sledz from...…