Accounting

January 21, 2014 

The Financial Accounting Foundation (FAF) today released an updated print edition of the Financial Accounting Standards Board’s FASB Accounting Standards Codification, the single, authoritative source of U.S. Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (U.S. GAAP) for public and private companies and not-for-profit organizations.

January 21, 2014 

Amazon.com will begin collecting sales tax in North Carolina beginning Feb. 1, a company official confirmed Monday.

January 21, 2014 

You probably know that non-exempt employees are covered under FLSA, which imposes requirements for overtime and other aspects of employment. Exempt employees, on the other hand, are not subject to FLSA.

James Paille

January 21, 2014 

Unless you’ve been living under a rock the last few years, you’re well-aware that the massive health care legislation known informally as “Obamacare” by both its detractors and proponents remains the law of the land.

January 21, 2014 

W. Michael Hsu of DeepSky talks about the old way entrepreneurs typically dealt with the issue of building an accounting department and then offers the new (and better) way of choosing to outsource it in Part 2 - Entrepreneur & (the Outsourced) Accounting Department

January 21, 2014 

The second annual Newton D. Becker Scholarship Program is now accepting applications. The scholarship benefits college students who are pursuing the Certified Public Accountant (CPA) credential, and will award more than $200,000 in financial assistance including 20 full CPA Exam Review scholarships (all four parts of the exam), each valued at $3,360, and additional scholarships…

January 21, 2014 

Ronald Storch of Berdon LLP in New York joins respected accountants from around the world on TIAG’s Advisory Board.

January 21, 2014 

The owner of an accounting practice in Dowagiac, Michigan, who misrepresented himself as a licensed Certified Public Accountant (CPA) was ordered to pay a hefty amount of restitution and serve the next year on probation.

January 20, 2014 

Starting this year, the credit goes up to 50 percent for for-profit entities, and 35 percent for tax-exempt ones.

January 20, 2014 

Our accounting firm, like many others is fully networked. All of our desktop PCs, printers and desktop scanners as well as two full size printers/scanners/copiers are connected. We have a dedicated fax line, a fax to email account, several automated email servers that are automated to send and receive emails from clients.

January 20, 2014 

One of the more interesting aspects of blogging, as opposed to filing hard news stories each day, is that I have a little more time to watch battle lines being drawn. And if the lines being drawn now are any indication, 2014 should be a fun year to watch as companies and politicians enter the…

Dave McClure

January 17, 2014 

With one-man firms comprising roughly 40% of the accounting services industry, according to IBISWorld, and around one-third of all CPAs admitting to a bit of moonlighting in a 2008 Bay Street Group survey, it’s clear that a large segment of the industry has more than just its clients’ small business needs to deal with.

Odysseas Papadimitriou