Accounting

October 3, 2014 

Normally, a taxpayer may deduct travel expenses, including the cost of lodging, only when he or she is “away from home” on business. For this purpose, home means your tax home, usually the area surrounding your principal place of business ...

Ken Berry, JD

October 2, 2014 

Cabinet Document Management Solutions has launched Cabinet AP, a new module for its Cabinet SAFE product that is designed to automate manual processes in document-intensive tasks like accounts payable processing. Cabinet is a maker of electronic document

October 2, 2014 

The global Big 4 accounting and consulting firm KPMG LLP has acquired “certain” assets of the cyber-security firm Qubera Solutions. The companies say that the transaction will strengthen the KPMG network’s security transformation capabilities in several service areas, including Cloud Identity Federation, Identity as a Service (IDaaS), Identity Governance, and IAM solution implementation. “As threats...…

October 2, 2014 

Optimism among small and mid-sized business leaders is at a reported two year high, according to the Vistage CEO Confidence Index, the largest survey of chief executives from small and medium-sized businesses in the United States. And this vote of confide

October 1, 2014 

FreshBooks, which makes cloud accounting solutions for service-based small business owners, has added its own online payments to the FreshBooks platform. The new offering allows business users in the United States and Canada to quickly set up ...

October 1, 2014 

The total number of jobs in the U.S. private sector increased by 213,000 from August to September, according to the latest ADP National Employment Report.

October 1, 2014 

A new analysis of how Americans and Canadians donate to nonprofit organizations shows the greatest overall increase since 2008.

October 1, 2014 

[This is the last in a series of articles on maximizingdeductions for travel and entertainment (T&E) expenses.] In the not-so-distant past, the IRS often suspected that deductions for travel and entertainment (T&E) were being inflated or, even worse, being claimed when no legitimate expenses existed. Eventually, it carved out a strict set of recordkeeping requirements for...…

Ken Berry, JD

September 30, 2014 

SMBs who use an accounting professional with online accounting software experienced a 16 percent increase in revenue over businesses that do not.

September 30, 2014 

Corporate boards are giving more attention to their risk oversight responsibilities, but as the risk landscape becomes increasingly complex, directors say they are less comfortable with their understanding of their company’s risk appetite, according to PwC’s 2014 Annual Corporate Directors Survey. The evolution of strategy oversight also continues, the report shows, as directors assess whether...…

September 30, 2014 

Conference to focus on helping next generation of accounting professionals achieve a competitive edge that will help them differentiate their firm and adapt new clients to an ever changing marketplace.

September 30, 2014 

Topping the list: "Dynamic," "deep dive" and "leverage" were the most overused and annoying business buzzwords cited by those polled.