Retirement September 30, 2026
History of Social Security COLAs
The predicted 2027 cost-of-living adjustment of 3.5% would rank 19th among the increases implemented since 1977, the first year Social Security began calculating the annual boost.
June 8, 2021
IRS Sending Letters to 36 Million Families About New Child Tax Credit Payments
The Internal Revenue Service has started sending letters to more than 36 million American families who, based on tax returns filed with the agency, may be eligible to receive monthly Child Tax Credit payments starting in July.
June 7, 2021
2021 State of Accounting Staffing: Digital Transformation and Diversity
Along with COVID-19, fast-tracking digital transformation may have been the theme of 2020, impacting all industries — and that doesn't look like it's going to change any time soon. In fact, global investment in digital transformation projects, which ...
June 4, 2021
IRS Starts Sending Unemployment Income Tax Refunds
Taxpayers will receive letters from the IRS, generally within 30 days of the adjustment, informing them of what kind of adjustment was made (such as refund, payment of IRS debt payment or payment offset for other authorized debts) and the amount of ...
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June 3, 2021
NYSSCPA Announces Society Award Winners Who Contributed to the CPA Profession
As part of the New York State Society of CPAs (NYSSCPA) annual awards program, aimed at honoring CPA members who have impacted the profession and industry through their expertise or volunteerism in their careers and/or community, seven members have ...
June 3, 2021
Expat Americans Have June 15 Tax Deadline
Taxpayers living and working outside of the United States must file their 2020 federal income tax return by Tuesday, June 15. This deadline applies to both U.S. citizens and resident aliens abroad, including those with dual citizenship.
June 3, 2021
How to Use Polls to Measure Your Clients’ Needs
If I were to ask you, “What do you prefer, working or vacationing?” Which would you choose? That simple question is a poll, providing answers that inform content development to get my target market’s attention. Okay. That sounds fun for consumer brands, but are polls something B2B companies could use? Yes! Here’s why. 7 Benefits...…
June 2, 2021
Employers Adding Voluntary Worker Benefit Options
The Emerging Trends in Health Care Survey found that employer interest in offering voluntary benefits has been burgeoning, with 94% of employers finding voluntary benefits to be important to their employee value proposition and Total Rewards strategy ...
May 27, 2021
AICPAs Seeks Feedback on Insurance Entities Working Drafts
The FASB accounting standard on Long-Duration Contracts makes targeted improvements to the existing recognition, measurement, presentation, and disclosure requirements for long-duration contracts issued by an insurance company. FinREC and the AICPA ...
May 27, 2021
IRS Sends Out 1.8 Million More Covid Stimulus Payments
The announcement covers the most recent two weeks of the effort brings the total disbursed so far to nearly 167 million payments. They represent a total value of approximately $391 billion since these payments began rolling out to Americans in batches ...
May 26, 2021
Balance Sheet Liabilities Climb for Private Companies Amid Lease Accounting Transition
The report cautions private companies—many of whom are behind schedule in their transition to the new standard, despite warnings from public companies and other early adopters—that they may be surprised by how much they’ll have to overhaul their ...
May 21, 2021
Diverse Faculty Attracts Diverse Students
The first Black CPA Ph.D.s and the professors who were mentored or inspired by them have played an important role in attracting generations of ambitious Black students to the profession.
May 20, 2021
New Unemployment Claims Drop to Lowest of Pandemic
Applications for U.S. state unemployment insurance fell last week to a fresh pandemic low, signaling steady improvement in the job market as remaining business restrictions are lifted.