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 7, 2014
IRS Accepting Applications for Electronic Tax Advisory Committee
The Internal Revenue Service is opening the nomination and application process for membership on the Electronic Tax Administration Advisory Committee (ETAAC). The deadline for submitting applications is April 21, 2014.
March 7, 2014
10 Major Tax Changes in President Obama’s Budget
President Obama has just released a new 2015 budget designed to raise more than $1 trillion in revenue over the next ten years by boosting income taxes for upper-income individuals, closing or tightening tax loopholes and scaling back estate tax benefits.
March 7, 2014
New Obamacare Rules Let Existing Health Insurance Plans Continue Until 2016
On March 5, the government released a second set of comprehensive regulations relating to the controversial health care legislation. Previously, regulations had extended the employer mandate for certain mid-sized firms by one year to January 1, 2016, while all responsible firms had benefited from a prior one-year delay. Now, following an earlier reprieve, the grace…
March 6, 2014
The Affordable Care Act: Still a Moving Target for Employers, Employees
On February 11, the Treasury Department rolled out a new round of changes to the Affordable Care Act (ACA). The changes will affect medium and large employers, as well as some teachers and volunteer workers. Here are the highlights:
March 5, 2014
Cashier Admits Embezzling $1 Million to Hide Online Affair
A tale of sexting, blackmail and embezzlement involving two couples in Ohio and West Virginia reached a head last week when one of the parties, a former Bethany College cashier, admitted to stealing $1 million from the school to keep an online affair secret from her husband.
March 5, 2014
Firm Skis for 24 Hours to Raise Funds for Youth Group
Could you ski for 24 hours straight, even for a great cause? An accounting firm in Maine has accepted the challenge.
March 4, 2014
How Accounting Firms Should Handle Client Complaints
Nine out of ten times, when a client complains about a price, the price is not the real problem, the problem is some aspect of the service, but the client may not know how to articulate their real complaint, so they focus on price. If you ask why, you can find out the real problem.
March 4, 2014
Training, IT and Disaster Recovery Top List of Firm Concerns
The accounting association, CPAmerica International, released the results of its second Information Technology (IT) Benchmarking Survey to all its participants. The online survey collected data from association members in order to provide benchmarking data on software, certifications, training and disaster recovery.
March 4, 2014
What Obamacare Means for Individual Taxes
It won’t affect your 2013 tax return, but the National Society of Accountants (NSA) points out that the ACA will soon increase the complexity of tax filing with new rates and regulations that you – and your tax preparer – must know.
March 3, 2014
Oregon Businesses Start Applying for Marijuana Licenses
A stampede of applications for medical pot dispensaries could end up on the desks of state officials starting today.
March 3, 2014
Psychic Swindler Sentenced to 10 Years – Did She See It Coming?
Convicted psychic swindler Rose Marks was sentenced to just over 10 years in federal prison Monday for defrauding clients of her family's fortune-telling businesses out of more than $17.8 million.
February 27, 2014
10 Key Points to Know About Tax Reform Proposal in Congress
Tax reform is back in on the table. On February 26, 2014, U.S. Representative Dave Camp (Rep.-Mich.), the chairman of the House Ways & Means Committee, released a much-anticipated draft of a major tax overhaul. Camp’s proposed reforms, which were three years in the making, reflect bipartisan efforts to simplify the tax code and provide…