Accounting April 17, 2026
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November 21, 2017
Growing Your Accounting Practice, Part 1
Most firms recognize the importance of developing innovative new service offerings. Indeed, almost 50 percent of firms surveyed are looking for change and growth in the near term.
November 21, 2017
A Step Into the Future of Cloud Accounting
As a cloud-based accounting firm, we are major proponents of using modern technology to better serve our clients and build a stronger business. Peering into the future of the accounting industry and anticipating its potential impacts is an important ...
November 21, 2017
Will New Use Tax Laws Kill Tax Free Shopping?
Recently, Scott Peterson, Vice President of U.S. Tax Policy and Government Relations for Avalara, conducted a Facebook Live Chat to discuss use tax laws and shipping. This is a topic CPAs and accountants should know more about - not only to educate ...
November 21, 2017
New Sales Tax Reporting Requirements for Remote Sellers
As state and local tax authorities continue to pursue lost sales tax revenue from out-of-state business e-commerce, a new enforcement approach has emerged. Referred to as “reporting laws,” these statutes require out-of-state sellers with no sales tax ...
November 21, 2017
Building Client Relationships in a Distributed World
While there are clear benefits, cloud-enabled accounting solutions have greatly reduced or eliminated the need to interact directly with clients. Gone are the days of visiting client sites to help them process paper checks, or receive their paper records.
November 20, 2017
What is Nexus for Sales Taxes?
Each state, and sometimes each jurisdiction within a state, has different standards for when a company is required to collect and remit sales tax. The legal term for this requirement is called nexus. Learn the basic concepts behind nexus and your company’s relationship with taxing jurisdictions.
November 20, 2017
How Automated Sales Tax Compliance Works
Skip the line. In three, easy steps we will get you started with Avalara’s premier sales tax automation and compliance software. Find out how, today.
November 16, 2017
House Passes Tax Reform Plan – Senate Prepares for Fight
House Republicans approved their sweeping tax-cut package Thursday, setting up a showdown with the Senate, where Republicans are struggling to take a different approach.
November 15, 2017
A Letter from the Editor
With over 10,000 taxing jurisdictions in this country alone, each with constantly changing laws, and the taxing jurisdictions of over 100 countries worldwide, it’s difficult to imagine one person or even one firm trying to keep abreast of all that ...
November 13, 2017
Price Optimization in the Age of Amazon
The topic of costs is pretty simple — it’s easy to manually add up all the “known” costs associated with a product or service, and determine a price based on that number. What leads to complications are the “unknown” costs that don’t get accounted for.
November 7, 2017
Workers Who Quit Their Jobs Earn More?
Job holders' wages grew by 4.4 percent and job switchers' wages grew slightly less by 3.3 percent year over year in the third quarter. On average, job holders' hourly wage levels were $10 more than that of job switchers. Tracking full-time workers ...
November 7, 2017
How to Get Ready for 2018 Income Tax Season and Get a Fast Refund
The IRS urges all taxpayers to file a complete and accurate tax return by making sure they have all the documents before they file their return, including their 2016 tax return. This includes Forms W-2 from employers, Forms 1099 from banks and other ...