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.
December 18, 2014
Report Offers Complete Analysis of the Tax Increase Prevention Act of 2014
Thomson Reuters Checkpoint has released RIA’s Complete Analysis of the Tax and ERISA Provisions of the Tax Increase Prevention Act of 2014, the Achieving a Better Life Experience Act of 2014, the 2015 Continuing Appropriations Act, and Other Acts of the 1
December 18, 2014
Avalara Acquires VATLive.com
The global sales tax solution provider Avalara, Inc. has acquired VATLive.com, a leading global online resource for timely tax news, insight, and rate changes.
December 18, 2014
The Weirdest Sales Tax Laws of 2014
A rose may be a rose by any other name, but is a candy bar sales taxable or exempt as a food item? There are more than 8,000 sales taxing jurisdictions in the United States (states, counties, cities and special districts), and many of them find ...
December 18, 2014
Ring In Tax Tidings for Stock Sales on New Year’s Eve
Suppose you need to sell stock to realize a capital gain or loss at the end of the year. As the time for the stock exchange to close business on December 31 nears, you pull the trigger on the transaction, just getting it in under the wire. Will the result
December 17, 2014
Congress Creates New Tax-Favored Savings Accounts for Disabled
As part of its last moves before the holidays, the lame duck Congress and Senate passed the Tax Increase Prevention Act of 2014, which primarily focused on many tax deductions and credits that had technically expired at the end of last year.
December 17, 2014
Congress Renews Most Expired Tax Breaks
At long last, Congress granted a reprieve for most of the expired tax provisions that had remained in limbo this year, but the late-breaking tax relief is only temporary.
December 15, 2014
National Accounting Society Warns Taxpayers of Scams
The National Society of Accountants (NSA) is warning that many taxpayers have been victims of an aggressive and sophisticated phone scam where callers claim to be employees of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), but are not.
December 15, 2014
10 Credit Predictions for 2015
A crystal ball is a valuable thing. After all, if any of us truly had one, we could make a killing in the stock market. But while 20-20 vision is ultimately reserved for hindsight and no one can actually predict the future, we can indeed make some educate
December 15, 2014
Is it Better to Donate Money or Volunteer to a Charitable Organization?
The holidays are also the "giving season" for many Americans, so much so that December accounts for about 18 percent of the year’s annual charitable giving.
December 14, 2014
2015 Brings New Payroll Tax Rates, ACA Requirements for Employers
2015 not only brings new rates, it also brings new Affordable Care Act (ACA) reporting requirements. Effective January 2015, large employers - defined as having 50 or more Full-Time Equivalents, or FTEs - will need to start accumulating health ...
December 14, 2014
Greatland Takes W-2 and 1099 Reporting Programs to the Cloud
Professional tax and accounting software and resource provider Greatland has announced the launch of the web-based features of its new Yearli product, a comprehensive W-2 and 1099 reporting software and online filing platform for businesses...
December 12, 2014
2015 IRS Mileage Rates: Business Deduction Increases
The IRS has issued the 2015 optional standard mileage rates used to calculate the deductible costs of operating an automobile for business, charitable, medical or moving purposes.