Accounting February 28, 2026
Voting Opens for 2026 Readers’ Choice Awards!
Voting in the 2026 Readers’ Choice Awards is now open. Readers can vote for the programs, hardware, services, and other technologies they use and trust.
October 15, 2018
October 2018 Small Business Channel
Small Business Optimism Hits New Highs By Isaac M. O’Bannon, Managing Editor Small business optimism is at an all-time high in a new study. The latest quarterly Wells Fargo/Gallup Small Business Index, which measures small business optimism, had an overall Index score of 118, 12 percentage points higher than last quarter and the highest level...…
October 15, 2018
6 Types of Services Subject to Sales Tax
Historically, most states exempted services from sales tax – for a good reason: When states first began to levy these taxes around 1930, people spent more of their money on tangible goods. However, according to the Bureau of Economic Analysis, those ...
October 15, 2018
The Supremes, Wayfair, and Taxes: What Startups Need to Know
Many states are likely to move quickly to impose taxes (some already have). But it could take time for things to play out. For the moment, the Supreme Court’s decision applies only to South Dakota’s tax on internet retailers.
October 15, 2018
The Why and How of Bots for Accounting Firms
Engagement with clients and leveraging your brand is done easier and made stronger with Bots. This emerging technology has promise today and in the future. While applying some Bot technology may be more technically difficult for you to apply without ...
October 15, 2018
The Cloud: Streamlining Workflow and Automation
As an example of how accountants might leverage the cloud’s capabilities, clients can just scan or take a snapshot of invoices to be paid using an app. Those images go into a document storage system, where an optical character recognition (OCR) system ...
October 15, 2018
Streamlined Workflow and Automation: Two Important Benefits of the New Cloud
The cloud is poised to revolutionize Client Accounting Services (CAS). With a desktop system, bill payment and bookkeeping for a substantial number of clients is a daunting task. Getting invoices and source material, entering data, and printing and ...
October 14, 2018
Accounting for Political Contributions
We scoured the Federal Election Commission website to find relevant information for accountants who are working with political candidates and campaigns. The following material is excerpted from published reports of the Federal Election Commission.
October 14, 2018
You, Your Clients, And the Cloud
Anyone still skeptical about the importance and viability of cloud software in business probably should consider a line of work that doesn’t involve business. The promise of the cloud (and all its various nomenclatures: “SaaS,” “web,” etc.) is here ...
October 11, 2018
Illinois CPA Society Seeks Minority Candidates for Internship Preparation Program
The Illinois CPA Society is seeking minority college students who are sophomores, juniors, or seniors interested in accounting to apply for the Mary T. Washington Wylie Internship Preparation Program.
October 11, 2018
AICPA Honors Two CPAs for Innovation
Two pioneering CPA firm leaders – one an early champion of blockchain services, another an advocate of artificial intelligence in the audit process – have been named recipients of CPA.com’s 2018 Innovative Practitioner Award, which recognizes ...
October 9, 2018
AICPA Testifies at IRS Hearing on Proposed Regulations To Implement Centralized Partnership Audit Regime And Issues Related Comment Letter
A representative of the American Institute of CPAs (AICPA) testified today regarding proposed rules related to implementation of the centralized partnership audit regime. Michael Greenwald’s comments, during a hearing by the U.S. Department of the ...
October 9, 2018
BlackLine Starts Subsidiary in Japan
The new subsidiary, BlackLine K.K., is a joint venture between BlackLine, Inc. and Japan Cloud, a Tokyo-based professional services firm that helps leading U.S. businesses succeed in the Japan market. To date, Japan Cloud principals have launched the ...