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.
June 18, 2021
Third Anniversary of Wayfair Marked by Pandemic
It’s been three years since the Supreme Court of the United States issued the game-changing decision on South Dakota v. Wayfair, Inc. Businesses are still learning how to manage the aftereffects of this groundbreaking event, even as they navigate the ...
June 18, 2021
Maine Eliminates Transaction Thresholds for Remote Sellers and Marketplaces
This change stems from the enactment of House Paper 891, An Act To Amend the State Tax Laws, which Governor Janet Mills signed into law on June 11, 2021. The measure doesn’t mention the transaction threshold — it simply removed it from the section ...
June 15, 2021
IRS Launches Online Tool to Register for Monthly Child Tax Credit Payments
The Treasury Department and the Internal Revenue Service have unveiled an online Non-filer Sign-up tool designed to help eligible families who don’t normally file tax returns register for the monthly Advance Child Tax Credit payments, scheduled to ...
June 11, 2021
Post Pandemic Effects: A Preview of the Mid-Year Sales Tax Rates and Rules Changes
A clearer picture of the post-pandemic U.S. sales tax environment is emerging, and things are looking (surprisingly) brighter, yet (predictably) more complex.
June 9, 2021
Client Experience for Today – Personal Tax Advisory
The technology tools available to assist in this area led me to prepare my first estate plan. When I ran my first personal financial planning models and estate plans in the Kettley Publishing and Back Room Technician, now Advisys solutions with over ...
June 8, 2021
Estimated Income Tax Payments Due by June 15
The Internal Revenue Service reminds taxpayers who pay estimated taxes that they have until June 15 to pay their estimated tax payment for the second quarter of tax year 2021 without penalty.
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
Vertex Strengthens Partnership with Alfa for Indirect Tax Compliance
Vertex, Inc., a provider of tax technology solutions, announced a new integration of its Vertex Lease Tax O Series with Alfa Start. Alfa Start, built exclusively for auto leasing operations of all sizes, is the preconfigured edition of the cloud-based Alfa Systems, the market leader in asset finance software worldwide. This extends Vertex’s partnership with Alfa,...…
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 27, 2021
IRS Interest Rates Unchanged for Q3 2021
Under the Internal Revenue Code, the rate of interest is determined on a quarterly basis. For taxpayers other than corporations, the overpayment and underpayment rate is the federal short-term rate plus 3 percentage points.
May 27, 2021
Avalara Announces New Sales Tax Compliance Solutions Built for Accounting Firms
The new product and service offerings give accountants access to the same Avalara cloud technology used to process millions of sales tax returns and remit billions of dollars each year. This focus underscores Avalara’s commitment to providing ...
May 17, 2021
A COVID Tax Season Post-Mortem for 2021
Running an accounting practice has always come with unique challenges, but the COVID-19 pandemic brought unprecedented challenges, as well as some less-obvious opportunities.