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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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November 15, 2017 

The Diffusion of Value Pricing in the Profession

There are two theories that are killing our profession: Pricing by the hour and maintaining timesheets. They are stifling growth, wealth creation and innovation, inhibiting customer service, destroying morale and the quality of life, not to mention ...

Ronald J. Baker

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November 15, 2017 

2017 Most Powerful Women in Accounting

Who are the most influential leaders in the professional accounting space? Increasingly, they are female professionals who are CPAs, consultants or are the developers behind the technologies that help all accounting and tax pros be more efficient and prod

Isaac M. O'Bannon

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November 7, 2017 

5 Topics Every Accountant Should Address with Clients

The start of a new year is the perfect time to touch base with your clients or reach out to new ones. Don’t limit your discussion to traditional tax issues. Take the time to ask existing and prospective clients about their business plans overall.

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October 25, 2017 

5 Retirement Tips For Landscapers

Entrepreneurs go in business for a number of reasons, and you would be hard pressed to find retirement benefits to be one of them. Yet ask employees about why they chose or stick with a job, and benefits, including retirement, are often listed.

Harold Fox

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October 23, 2017 

Repealing Obamacare: / ACA: What’s Next?

The latest Senate legislation to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act (ACA), known as Graham-Cassidy, was not put to a vote before the September 30th budget reconciliation deadline. While Republican leaders have signaled that they are not ...

Vic Saliterman

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October 20, 2017 

Apps We Love: Password Managers

There was a time when I wanted all my passwords to be the same, but that was way way back when we weren’t so worried about identity theft and hackers. So it’s time to move into the 21st century and learn about options for password management.

Gail Perry

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October 20, 2017 

The Most Overlooked Tax Deduction by Real Estate Owners

The IRS has provided real estate owners with a juicy tax deduction. The de minimis safe harbor election is an annual tax return election that permits a taxpayer to deduct, as ordinary and necessary business expenses, purchases of items that would normally have to be capitalized. Yet this advantageous election is often overlooked by taxpayers....…

Joseph Mecagni

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October 20, 2017 

2017 Review of Accounting Firm Portals

Wouldn’t it be great to simply retrieve client documents in the portal, process their tax returns, upload the return to the portal for the client to access and sign, and simply efile the signed return? Wouldn’t it be great to have a repository of ...

Mary Girsch-Bock

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October 20, 2017 

2017 Reviews of Hosting Providers

Today, business owners and employees alike use a variety of methods to access software, including iOS and Android smartphones. IT staff has been pared down or eliminated as the need to install and maintain multiple software products on a local ...

Mary Girsch-Bock

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October 19, 2017 

October 2017 Small Business Channel

More than 25 states allow the sale of marijuana for medicinal use; eight states permit the sale for recreational use. This activity has created new business opportunities for many public accounting firms, but there are unique challenges and risks in ...

Isaac M. O'Bannon

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October 19, 2017 

October 2017 Accounting & Audit Channel

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