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Accountant Gets Jail Time For Charging $3 Million on New Jersey Employer’s Credit Card
New Jersey Joins IRS Direct File For 2025 Filing Season
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Guide: How To Master Restaurant Bookkeeping in Five Steps
See how Restaurant365 partners with outside accounting firms to help automate your processes, reduce headcount, and grow your business from our 40,000 + current restaurant customers.
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IRS Direct File is Now Officially Open for Use in 12 States
The IRS moved the Direct File pilot out of the testing phase, allowing 19 million eligible taxpayers to use the free filing software.
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IRS Direct File Pilot Reaches Final Testing Phase
The program is moving forward despite pushback from makers of for-profit software such as TurboTax and H&R Block.
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H&R Block ‘Data Wiping’ and Upgrade Policies Harm Taxpayers, FTC Says
The FTC says H&R Block deceives customers into paying more and makes downgrading unnecessarily difficult.
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Cetrom Rated as a Top Managed Service Provider in North America
This annual list honors a select group of IT Providers in North America that are driving growth and innovation in the industry.
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NetSuite Named a Leader in Midmarket Finance and Accounting Applications
The IDC MarketScape report analyzed the functional capabilities and go-to-market strategies of finance and accounting application vendors.
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Gen Z Most Likely to Embrace AI-Powered Tax Filing, Survey Reveals
With TurboTax and H&R Block moving quickly to employ AI, a new Fast Company-Harris Poll finds taxpayers have mixed feelings.
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H&R Block’s New ‘Direct Import’ Feature is Another Swipe at Tax-Prep Rival TurboTax
Competition between the two software makers has intensified in the lead-up to the 2024 tax season, which started on Jan. 29.