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.
March 22, 2017
Tax Tips for the Sharing Economy
Freelancers and contract workers have been around pretty much forever, but the collaborative workspace is suddenly finding itself front and center. Whether you call it the sharing economy, the peer economy, the gig economy, or just “This is how I ...
March 22, 2017
Recouping Sales Tax on Bad Debts: Help Your Retail Clients Reduce the Pain of Bad Debts
For accrual method clients chalking up bad debts, a claim for refund of transactional taxes previously remitted can be a worthwhile engagement. Sales taxes are the most common form of transactional taxes for retailing vendors, and since the majority of retailers remit sales taxes on a monthly basis, sales taxes are often remitted in full...…
March 20, 2017
Should Sales Tax Be Included in Price?
Simplicity is key. If sales tax is charged separately, the amount designated as sales tax is given to the state tax authority. If a statement that sales tax is included appears on the invoice, the seller calculates the amount of sales tax due and ...
March 16, 2017
Marijuana in the Workplace: What Employers Need to Know
With the proliferation of legalized marijuana among the states, the wide-spread use among employees that these state laws encourage, and changing positions from enforcement agencies, now is a good time for employers to review their drug testing ...
March 15, 2017
Trump 2005 Tax Return Shows $150 Million Income, $38 Million Federal Taxes
On Tuesday night, the 2005 personal 1040 income tax return for president Donald Trump was revealed on MSNBC. The network says the return was provided to an independent author and Pulitzer Prize winning journalist, David Johnston, by an anonymous source.
March 14, 2017
6 Tax Tips for Self-Employed Workers
On-demand work is a rapidly growing alternative to the 9 to 5 job, and companies such as Lyft, HomeAway and TaskRabbit are effectively reshaping the economy. Workers can set their own schedule, work a variety of jobs at the same time and find specific ...
March 9, 2017
Taxes and the Sharing Economy – Airbnb
Are you going away on an extended vacation or business trip this summer? While you’re gone, your house, apartment or vacation home will likely remain dormant. But there’s a way for property owners to make some money while they are away from home.
March 2, 2017
$1 Billion in Tax Refunds to Expire if Not Claimed
The IRS says that more than $1 billion in federal income tax refunds from 2013 has gone unclaimed so far, and will be lost to the nearly 1 million taxpayers who failed to claim them. Taxpayers have three years to file for an income tax refund, after which
March 2, 2017
CRUSH Sales Tax Conference Heading to Austin May 2-3
The event brings together leaders in finance and technology who are enabling the strategic evolution of accounting, CRUSH offers attendees opportunities to learn, educate and network with hundreds of peers and experts.
February 25, 2017
Income Tax Questions: What If You Don’t Get Your W-2 Form? What if You Lose Your W-2 Form?
It’s tax time and many Americans are waiting on their income tax refunds. But some taxpayers are still waiting to file because of lost or missing W-2 forms. If you are asking either of these questions, the IRS has answers: What if I lost my W-2 form? What if my work never sent me a...…
February 24, 2017
March 1 is Tax Deadline for Farmers and Fishermen
Wednesday, March 1 is the 2017 deadline for taxpayers with income from farming and fishing to file their 2016 Form 1040 and pay the tax due to avoid making estimated tax payments.
February 24, 2017
Major Income Tax Reform Coming this Summer, Says Treasury Secretary
On the income tax reform agenda: Tax rate cuts, fewer brackets, repeal of AMT, cap on itemized deductions, elimination of personal exemptions, Sec 179 changes, 15% corporate income tax rate, repatriation tax, repeal of estate tax.