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October 27, 2016 

5 Steps To Prepare for New Overtime Pay Rules

The new overtime regulations will have a significant impact on some businesses. In the meantime, businesses can use the next several months to analyze their labor and productivity, and get a better understanding of what they will need to change to ...

Isaac M. O'Bannon

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October 27, 2016 

The Pros and Cons of Payroll Taxes

First of all, the payroll tax base is very broad. Payroll taxes apply to all wages and salaries up to a cap of $118,500, which nearly 83% of wages and salaries fall under. Furthermore, unlike the personal income tax, payroll taxes do not include ...

John Olson

 New Filing Deadline for Forms W-2 and 1099-MISC

October 27, 2016 

New Filing Deadline for Forms W-2 and 1099-MISC

The new deadlines are being imposed by the IRS in an effort to make tax documents more readily available to taxpayers prior to April 15, reducing the need for taxpayers to request automatic extensions while they wait for some of their tax documents.

Isaac M. O'Bannon

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October 26, 2016 

The Importance of Women Supporting Women

While any and all support is important, there is a special understanding that women share - making it vital for us to advocate for each other. I love this quote from our first female Secretary of State, Madeleine Albright, who iterates, “There’s a ...

Amy Vetter

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October 24, 2016 

2016 Most Powerful Women in Accounting

Women are increasingly attaining the reins of power in accounting firms, accounting for about 20 percent of firm partners. This is still not enough, according to thought leaders like Amy Vetter, CPA, who notes that women make up more than half of the ...

Isaac M. O'Bannon

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October 24, 2016 

The Many Lessons That Mentoring Can Teach

Mentors can fill a variety of roles, all of them beneficial to the organization and the mentees with whom they work. According to the AICPA Women’s Initiatives Executive Committee’s Mentoring Guidelines, a mentoring relationship can ...

Yasmine El-Ramly

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October 23, 2016 

2016 Review of Professional Payroll Systems

Whether you’re looking to bring payroll back in-house for your own firm, or are looking to add payroll services to your firm’s menu offerings, spend some time looking at the products included in this review, download a software trial or view a demo, an

Mary Girsch-Bock

 2016 Reviews of W-2 and 1099 Preparation Systems

October 23, 2016 

2016 Reviews of W-2 and 1099 Preparation Systems

For businesses of any type that may hire a contractor, it’s imperative that a system be in place to ensure that 1099’s are processed on a timely basis. Late or missing filings run the risk of both IRS and other state or local taxing organizations for ...

Mary Girsch-Bock