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.
December 15, 2017
ALTER Your Path: 5 Steps to Becoming a Consultant
As we try to keep up in today’s fast-paced, disruptive world, we need to remember we are extremely valuable. We have a fundamental understanding of how business works. Yes, it ties back to debit and credits, but today we don’t need to worry so much ...
December 14, 2017
8 Mistakes to Avoid When Hiring Seasonal Employees
With winter approaching, employers in certain industries may need to hire temporary employees to help handle seasonal increases in demand. Even though seasonal employees are by definition short-term hires, cutting corners during the onboarding ...
December 13, 2017
The Tax Accountant’s Guide to Law – 2018
Specializing in tax, you realize quickly that most of your math knowledge won’t help you here. Instead, you’d be better off taking some law classes so that you can navigate the US Tax Code. All of the items discussed in this article are just things I ...
December 12, 2017
How Accounting Firms Can Leverage the Gig Economy
While freelancing is a part-time or side-gig for many people, a growing number of people make it a full-time living. Twenty-nine percent of survey respondents said their freelance business is their only source of income, up from 17% in 2014.
December 6, 2017
5 Year-End Payroll and Tax Issues
As Americans wrap up the holiday season, small business owners also need to keep a focus on several payroll and tax-related issues they will face by year-end.
December 5, 2017
Ensuring Success 2017 is a Wrap
The free all-day event, hosted by CPA Practice Advisor, offers CPAs and tax professionals the opportunity to attend up to 10 one-hour CPE classes in one day. That makes it a perfect way to get caught up on CPE requirements before the end of the year.
November 30, 2017
Things Your Tax Preparer Won’t Tell You
Although there are close to 1 million accountants nationwide, only about 40 percent of them have credentials and have to meet continuing education requirements, such as a CPA (Certified Public Accountant), EA (Enrolled Agent) or attorney.
November 28, 2017
Bitcoin and Cryptocurrency: Simple Agreement for Future Tokens (SAFT) and Initial Coin Offerings (ICO)
A SAFT is basically the commercial instrument used to convey an investor’s rights in the token before the token has its full functionality. For instance, let’s say that a company wants to bring a token to market. Before that token is fully functional, ...
November 28, 2017
Tax Identity Theft and Your Clients: 5 Steps to Finding Peace
With the Equifax data breach exposing the personal identifiable information (PII) of 143 million Americans this year, we will need to be prepared to receive and answer more concerns than ever from our clients about tax related identify theft this ...
November 24, 2017
Supervisor Support Critical To Employee Well-Being And Workforce Readiness
For employees whose supervisors do not support and encourage their career development, only 15 percent say their employer provides opportunities for them to develop the technical skills they will need in the future, only 20 percent say their employer ...
November 23, 2017
Are Your Small Business Clients Capturing Accurate Payroll Data?
Nearly 34% of America's employees are not required by their employers to track their hours worked. This is according to the 2017 "Getting Paid In America" survey conducted by the American Payroll Association (APA) during National Payroll Week in ...
November 23, 2017
The Top FLSA Mistakes made by Employers
A single dissatisfied employee who files a allegation of violation with the DOL can quickly turn this assumption into a costly error. In fact, even a competitor can file a complaint with the DOL if they believe an employer is violating employment law.