Advisory

January 5, 2018 

Drawing on insights from the Center’s work and interactions with corporate directors and business leaders throughout the year, the BLC’s On the 2018 board agenda highlights six items for directors to keep front and center in the months ahead.

January 3, 2018 

Citrin Cooperman announced today that Sandra Schneider and her staff of Schneider & Associates, LLC has joined the Bethesda, MD office of the firm as of January 1. Schneider, along with Director Julie Schoen, will continue to focus on sophisticated tax and estate planning for high net worth individuals and their families. “Our Bethesda office...…

January 2, 2018 

Most of the key provisions likely to affect individual taxpayers take effect in 2018 (for taxes that will be reported by April 2019), but are scheduled to sunset after 2026. Keeping that in mind, here are the essentials you should know about.

Ken Berry, JD

January 1, 2018 

The TCJA doubles increases the child tax credit (CTC) from $1,000 to $2,000 and raises the refundable portion of the CTC to $1,400. In addition, it authorizes a $500 nonrefundable credit for non-child dependents for taxpayers who don’t claim a CTC.

December 18, 2017 

The NAC serves as a standing resource for the FASB. Its role is to obtain input from the not-for-profit sector on existing financial reporting guidance, current and proposed technical agenda projects, and longer term or pervasive financial reporting ...

December 18, 2017 

Investing in a franchise is a major decision. While on the one hand you’re buying into a proven model, you have no evidence it will work in your town or in the location you choose. We spoke with Joel Libava, The Franchise King, who wrote ...

December 14, 2017 

In light of today’s evolved finance function, and extremely competitive market, businesses are hard pressed to find, engage, and retain accounting and finance talent with the requisite mix of capabilities and experience required to drive financial ...

December 12, 2017 

While freelancing is a part-time or side-gig for many people, a growing number of people make it a full-time living. Twenty-nine percent of survey respondents said their freelance business is their only source of income, up from 17% in 2014.

Jim Boomer

December 12, 2017 

As one of the nation’s leading professional services firms, CLA has retained the agility to serve clients of all sizes and locations, while at the same time bringing an unparalleled depth of capabilities, all in one place.

December 12, 2017 

Top 50 accounting and advisory firm Friedman LLP has added Jeffrey Resnick, CPA and Steven Bokiess, CPA to the firm’s New York office as partners in the Fashion and Real Estate Practices, respectively.

December 9, 2017 

In her new role, Kelly will lead the EY US firm and the EY Americas geographic area, which represents more than US$14.5b in combined revenues and more than 71,500 people in member firms in 31 countries. She will also join the EY Global Executive ...

December 6, 2017 

Xero has launched Xero +C for self-employed clients. Xero is a maker of cloud accounting and management solutions for small businesses. Designed for the freelance workforce, Xero +C eliminates the need to manually sift through a year’s worth of expenses by providing an easy, automated way to create Schedule C reports with a customized chart...…