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.
August 19, 2015
Tax Alert: New Deadline for FBAR Filing
Due to a little-noticed provision in the new highway appropriations bill signed into law on July 31 – the Surface Transportation and Veterans Health Care Choice Improvement Act of 2015 – the deadline for filing an FBAR (Report of Financial Bank and Financial Accounts) has been moved up from June 30 to April 15. But...…
August 19, 2015
Back to College? Don’t Forget the Tax Credits and Deductions
The credits apply to eligible students enrolled in an eligible college, university or vocational school, including both nonprofit and for-profit institutions. The credits are subject to income limits that could reduce the amount claimed on their tax ...
August 19, 2015
IRS Data Breach Was Much Worse Than Initially Thought
The IRS has a confession: The data breach involving its “Get Transcript” app was larger than it initially reported. How much larger? About three times as much.
August 19, 2015
Highway Use Tax Returns Due Aug. 31
The deadline generally applies to Form 2290 and the accompanying tax payment for the tax year that begins July 1, 2015, and ends June 30, 2016. Returns must be filed and tax payments made by Aug. 31 for vehicles used on the road during July.
August 18, 2015
New Version of Bloomberg BNA Tax Managment Portfolio Analyzes Trends in Unclaimed Property Laws
Bloomberg BNA has released a new edition of Unclaimed Property, its Tax Management Portfolio providing in-depth analysis and practical insights from prominent practitioners on escheatment and unclaimed property laws.
August 14, 2015
3 Ways to Win New State and Local Tax Clients
Large corporations with armies of attorneys and accountants excel at taking advantage of tax credits and finding cost saving elements within a specific industry. Yet smaller companies tend to self-censor, assuming they don’t qualify.
August 14, 2015
7 Tips for Promoting Your Sales Tax Practice
By their nature, accountants often eschew promoting themselves and their services. For years we were told it was ethically improper to promote ourselves, but in the present day, it's very common for accountants to take the lead in self-promotion.
August 13, 2015
Tax Practitioners Call on Congress for Reforms – Want Their Rights Protected
To paraphrase the fictional newscaster Howard Beale (played by the late Peter Finch) in the classic movie Network, tax professionals are mad as hell and they’re not going to take it anymore.
August 13, 2015
IRS Warns of Latest Income Tax Scams and ID Theft Schemes
More than 4,000 victims who have collectively reported over $20 million in financial losses as a result of tax scams since October 2013.
August 13, 2015
College Accounting Degree Enrollments Hit All-Time High
The Trends report found optimism from both universities and firms that the growth of the accounting profession will continue. Ninety-seven percent of bachelor’s programs and seventy percent of master’s programs report that they expect their ...
August 13, 2015
Guide to Wealth Transfer Planning Highlights Estate Planning
Thomson Reuters has released of a special report, Estate Planning Portability is a Game-Change for Married Couples, to guide estate planners on the application of the portability provision, which allows a surviving spouse to inherit the deceased ...
August 13, 2015
Most CPAs Surveyed Had Tax Clients Affected by ID Theft
Resolving issue for clients with IRS often proved difficult, according to AICPA.