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.
August 21, 2014
Businesses Paid $671 Billion in State and Local Taxes in 2013, Up 4.3%
Business taxes account for 44.9% of all state and local taxes.
August 21, 2014
New GASB Pension Rules are Challenging Many Cities
New standards issued by the Government Accounting Standards Board mean that next summer local governments could see some impact in credit ratings or some influence on pension payments.
August 21, 2014
5 Ways to Get Tax Deductions for Local Transportation Uses
Frequently, the IRS challenges deductions for business-related driving expenses, especially when they involve local travel. Start with this basic premise: To qualify for transportation deductions, you must be traveling away from your tax home to a business location. For this purpose, your tax home is generally your principal place of business, not the place where…
August 21, 2014
Tax Series: Protecting Travel & Entertainment Deductions
The more things change, the more they stay the same. Despite the thousands of revisions to the tax code that are made each year, the IRS continues to focus on travel and entertainment (T&E) deductions in audits of business taxpayers.
August 20, 2014
Review Assesses Implementation of GASB Capital Asset Impairment Standard
An accounting standard for state and local governments that addresses the impairment of capital assets and insurance recoveries provides important information to users of financial statements and resolves some but not all of the issues underlying its purpose.
August 20, 2014
Proposal Would Simplify Accounting for Cloud Computing Fees Paid by Customers
As part of its simplification initiative, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) today issued a proposed Accounting Standards Update intended to simplify the accounting for a customer’s fees paid in a cloud computing arrangement.
August 20, 2014
This Way to CPA: Accounting Competition Challenges Undergrads
The American Institute of CPAs has opened the enrollment period for the 2014 Accounting Competition, with a total of $40,000 in awards at stake. The fifth annual competition challenges teams of undergraduates to play the role of management accountants and combine their accounting and financial expertise with strategic insight to help guide business decisions.
August 20, 2014
Freshbooks Debuts New Accountant Center for Cloud Accounting
FreshBooks has introduced its new Freshbooks Accountant Center, which is free for accountants with clients using Freshbooks.
August 20, 2014
The Top 5 Small Business Issues of the 2014 Elections
As campaign season officially swings into high gear, here are the top five issues of importance to the country’s small business owners this election year.
August 19, 2014
New System Focused on Accounting and Taxes for Bitcoin
LibraTax is designed to help balance the Bitcoin books by optimizing capital gains/loss reporting on virtual currency transactions.
August 19, 2014
Deloitte: Economic Stability Raises Confidence in Retirement Savings
The economic uptick over the past year has led to renewed interest in retirement savings, according to Deloitte's 13th Annual Defined Contribution Benchmarking Survey.
August 18, 2014
Ranking the Best & Worst Cities for First-Time Homebuyers
Looking to buy your first home? A new study shows that the Midwest, and specifically Texas and Oklahoma, have the highest ranked cities for first-time home buyers.