Income Tax October 24, 2026
A Corrected Tax Document Arrived After Review. What Needs to Reopen?
The operational question is not whether the upload succeeded. It is whether the change reached the person responsible for deciding what happens next.
May 19, 2015
CPAs Tell IRS to Improve Service, Provide Permanent Disaster Tax Relief and Preserve Cash Accounting Method
Concerned about the impact of IRS service reductions on taxpayers and tax practitioners, the AICPA Council on May 17 adopted a resolution urging policy makers to create a bi-partisan forum to “make recommendations that enable the IRS to achieve its ...
May 19, 2015
How to Figure the Tax on Early IRA Withdrawals
Some of your clients may have built up a sizeable account over the years but haven’t kept detailed records or don’t know how to compute the tax liability. Here’s some key information you can pass along.
May 19, 2015
CCH IntelliConnect Browser Search Feature Named a Finalist for 2015 American Business Awards
CCH IntelliConnect Browser Search is the latest addition to the award-winning CCH IntelliConnect research platform.
May 18, 2015
High Demand for Financial Executives Drives Salary Increases
As the U.S. economy improves, higher demand for financial executives is driving a steady rise in salary and benefits, according to the findings of an annual survey issued by Grant Thornton LLP and Financial Executives Research Foundation (FERF).
May 15, 2015
3 Tips to a Better SALT Engagement Letter
The engagement letter not only sets out what services you will provide, it lays the groundwork for the client's role in making those services achievable. You can describe your plan to prepare tax returns, but that plan is contingent on the client ...
May 15, 2015
New Online Tax Research Service Offered to Tax Professionals and Accountants
TaxResearchPro provides accountants and advisers with a trusted tax research support service to better manage their time and client engagements.
May 15, 2015
Negotiating SALT Credits and Incentives with Multiple States and Localities
With the economy finally showing some signs of life, businesses are looking to invest and grow. When you have discussions with your clients, do not forget to ask them about their planned capital expenditures, hiring plans, and training needs.
May 13, 2015
Avalara Launches SALT-in-a-Box to Help SMBs and Accounting Pros Stay Compliant with Local Taxes
Compliance with state and local taxes (SALT), especially sales and use taxes, could be getting much easier for U.S. small businesses and the accountants who serve them.
May 13, 2015
CCH® Sales Tax Office
CCH Sales Tax Office is a comprehensive tax calculation system that combines industry-leading tax rate and taxability content with highly accurate jurisdiction boundary information and sophisticated logic. As a premier sales and use tax solution from Wolters Kluwer Tax & Accounting US Sales Tax Office provides: Effortless Setup and Maintenance — Configure the system to...…
May 12, 2015
Is Your Firm Using Electronic Signatures?
So you think you’re a progressive firm, right? You’re committed to going digital and eliminating, or at least minimizing, paper. Your engagement letters are all electronic and are emailed to clients and prospects for signature.
May 12, 2015
How Firms Can Better Prepare for Next Tax Season
Imagine you are sitting in your office one day and a business client came in and dropped a six inch thick stack of paperwork and receipts on your desk and asked you to help make enough sense of it to submit a tax filing to the IRS. Your first reaction ...
May 12, 2015
“Where Do I Start?”
I recently attended the New York Accounting Show put on by Flagg Management, generally acknowledged as the annual kickoff event for nationally recognized accounting conferences that provide continuing professional education and networking opportunities fo