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.
August 15, 2017
Four Tips for Maximizing Your Clients’ Education Benefits
If you have clients with college age children, now may be a good time to refresh your knowledge about the various tax education benefits that are available and the strategies for making the most of them. Here are four tips that can help you determine ...
August 15, 2017
Exploring the Best Ways to Save for College
We all know a college education is very expensive, and costs are continuing to escalate. According to College Board’s Trends in College Pricing, the average full-time student at a four-year, non-profit private university will pay $32,410 a year in ...
August 11, 2017
4 Marketing Tips to Keep Your Accounting Firm Top of Mind with Contractors
Contractors are unique when it comes to location. Their office often changes based on the project location. Knowing that, what can you do to maximize your efforts to reach these nomadic business pros?
August 11, 2017
4 Tips to Boost Efficiency in Finance Teams
For business leaders, increasing profits holds a permanent spot at the top of the priority list. And with a constant focus on the bottom line, there’s no room for flawed revenue and expense tracking. Sure, you may have accurate records and a finance ...
August 8, 2017
There’s Always a Diamond
You can tell from the air if a diamond is well cared for. The infield and outfield grass is green, the baselines are clearly laid out with straight edges and filled with that red/brown sand/clay mix, the pitcher’s mound and the batter’s box are ...
August 8, 2017
The Whistleblower Award – IRS Dysfunction at its Best
On paper, it sounds good. As a concerned citizen, you see something that isn’t right and you do your American duty and blow the whistle. All government agencies have a Whistleblower Program, but none quite as dysfunctional as the IRS’.
August 7, 2017
Nonprofit Financial Fraud – Internal Vulnerabilities and Steps to Address Them
For internal fraud there are three areas that must be managed, including Cash Receipts, Accounts Payable and Payroll. Each provides an opportunity for individuals to divert funds illegally and in all cases separation of duties and multiple eyes on activ
August 3, 2017
Record Retention ‘in the Cloud’ Doesn’t Have to Be Risky
CPA firms have been slow to move some core business functions to the cloud for a variety of reasons. Besides the cost of storage, new applications and training time, concern over client data security and document retention are top of mind.
July 24, 2017
Survey Shows Nonprofits Most Concerned with Staffing and Funding Cutbacks
Staff retention and recruitment ranks as the number one challenge for nonprofits, according to the first annual BDO Nonprofit Standards, a benchmarking survey designed in partnership with The NonProfit Times. More than 70 percent of respondents cited ...
July 24, 2017
The Power of Female Networks
When looking at your priorities, both at home and at work, networking likely falls somewhere near the bottom of the list. Time spent on career development is also time that could be spent with loved ones. But if you can spend just 10% of your week ...
July 21, 2017
Best Practices for Managing Nonprofit Finances
To avoid financial problems or the failure of a nonprofit, it is imperative to monitor the organization’s financial health - by employing good corporate governance. Governance is defined as the process of providing strategic leadership and exercising ...
July 21, 2017
Financial Basics for Nonprofit Boards
Many people consider a position on a nonprofit board a recognition of their financial contributions and other efforts to support the organization. But it goes well beyond that. One of the main fiduciary responsibilities of a board member is helping ...