Accounting

August 18, 2015 

A new law includes a streamlined automatic 60-day extension request process for federal tax filings of Form 990. The New York State Society of CPAs’ Exempt Organizations Committee had made the recommendation to the Internal Revenue Service ...

August 18, 2015 

The two leading consumer confidence indices reported a decline in financial confidence in July of this year. However, the decline in financial confidence consumers reported to confidence surveys is the complete opposite to their financial behavior ...

August 18, 2015 

Bloomberg BNA has released a new edition of Unclaimed Property, its Tax Management Portfolio providing in-depth analysis and practical insights from prominent practitioners on escheatment and unclaimed property laws.

August 18, 2015 

In states with the least schooled workforces, the median wage is $15 an hour compared with $19 to $20 an hour in states where 40 percent or more of the working population holds at least a bachelor’s degree.

August 18, 2015 

Ultimately, each person must be his or her own best financial advocate. It may take a team of professionals in various fields to provide retirees with the good life, but individuals need to be their own most valuable player for their well-being.

August 17, 2015 

Owners and officers of smaller companies are more likely to be held personally responsible in patent and copyright cases.

August 17, 2015 

In the second quarter of 2015, overall small business optimism dipped for the first time since 2015. Lower revenues and tighter credit in 2015 are discouraging business owners.

August 17, 2015 

Barlow joins Sage after leading the Accountant & Advisor Group at Intuit. During his time with Intuit, he built and led a team of Strategic Account Managers, Product Specialists, and Inside Account Managers to provide accountants with the products...

August 17, 2015 

The term “social enterprise” is everywhere these days. And it’s no surprise. While there’s been a long tradition of social impact work in the nonprofit sector, there’s a growing wave who want to see the social impact stretch beyond the traditional ...

August 17, 2015 

The award, presented by the American Institute of CPAs annually since 1985, recognizes full-time accounting professors who are outstanding educators and have achieved national recognition in the accounting profession.

August 17, 2015 

Comedian and CPA Greg Kyte is taking Comedy CPE to Seattle. The two-hour fraud class, titled “Holy Mother of Fraud” will be held downtown at Comedy Underground, Seattle’s oldest comedy club.

August 13, 2015 

Employees who are expected to be full-time workers (30 hours or more per week) must be offered insurance within 90 days of hire.