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March 16, 2020 

More and more, we're moving money around with our phones and computers. Remember checks? I opened a new bank account recently and didn't get any checks at all – not even a starter pad. When it comes to transferring money between individuals and ...

Gail Perry

March 16, 2020 

In this issue we are featuring employee benefits. I'd like to point out that some of the benefits we have are taken for granted to the point where they are not even listed as a benefit.

Gail Perry

March 16, 2020 

Approximately half of firms surveyed reported that flexible schedules (56%), reduced hours (50%), compressed work schedules (49%) or telecommuting options (56%) helped attract employees, while about 80 percent of firms said those arrangements helped ...

Isaac M. O'Bannon

March 16, 2020 

Tax practitioners can consider sharing this information with their clients and meeting with them to take advantage of the retirement planning opportunities – never a bad thing! Here is a summary of the higher-impact provisions of the SECURE Act.

Mike D'Avolio

March 16, 2020 

The research report reveals tenured workers and retirees are capitalizing on the tight U.S. labor market and the need for skilled workers, by turning to gig work.

Isaac M. O'Bannon

March 16, 2020 

Whether you run a small accountancy firm or serve as a manager for an international CPA firm, being in charge is no easy task. So how you can you make sure “that” manager isn’t you?

Paul McDonald

March 16, 2020 

No matter what role you play in the accounting industry, you probably have thought to yourself more than once, what am I missing?  Is it a transaction for the month, a reconciling item, a payable? Or is it something bigger that has slipped past—like a key performance indicator?  Or something worse, like fraud? Since the...…

Garrett Wagner

March 16, 2020  Sponsored

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March 12, 2020 

There is little question that a paid leave program enabling new parents to balance the competing demands of work and family is an attractive benefit. In fact, a recent poll found that 54% of Americans think that the government should require employers to

Richard D. Alaniz, JD

March 12, 2020 

Natural disasters and cybersecurity concerns have pushed most firms to develop a disaster response plan in the event of a catastrophic office or systems loss, but few have considered the potential impact of a massive influenza (flu) outbreak, such as ...

Roman Kepczyk

March 11, 2020 

The IRS is permitted to request that the U.S. State Department deny new passport applications and renewals, or revoke the currently active passports of taxpayers who have been certified by the IRS to have seriously delinquent tax debt.

Dave DuVal

March 10, 2020 

When we look at the services offered by firms of differing sizes, smaller firms tend to produce about 80% of their revenue from tax and about 20% from Advisory and Consulting services. Larger firms tend to split their revenue as 40% from tax, 40% from ...

Randy Johnston