Taxes

healthcare

September 10, 2013 

The Key Healthcare Reform Provisions Employers Should Know

To help business owners stay on top of health care reform, Paychex, Inc., a leading provider of payroll, human resource, insurance, and benefits outsourcing solutions for small- to medium-sized businesses, has outlined below, provisions of interest to business owners and their employees that are expected to take effect in 2014 or sooner, and those delayed…

 State Likely to Raise Tax on Beer

September 9, 2013 

State Likely to Raise Tax on Beer

Buying a light beer could soon make your wallet lighter, as Wyoming lawmakers are considering a proposal to raise the state's lowest-in-the-nation tax on beer.

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September 8, 2013 

Income Tax Planning Takes More than a Magic 8-Ball

On the conference room shelf of a CPA’s office I visited recently, I noticed a Magic 8-Ball with the label “free tax answers.” When turned, the die floating in colored liquid inside the ball presses against the window to reveal an affirmative, negative, or non-committal answer such as “cannot predict now.”

Dustin Wheeler

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August 29, 2013 

IRS to Recognize Same-Sex Marriages

The Internal Revenue Service and the U.S. Department of the Treasury today ruled that same-sex couples will be treated as married for federal tax purposes, as long as they were legally married in jurisdictions that recognize their marriages.

 2013 Review of Thomson Reuters Planner CS

August 29, 2013 

2013 Review of Thomson Reuters Planner CS

Best Fit: Firms using the Thomson Reuters CS Professional Suite that can benefit from the integration between Planner CS and the suite’s tax preparation and document management products. Strengths Capable to producing projections for an unlimited number of years Integration with several components of the CS Professional Suite Many options for customizing reports and graphs...…

 2013 Review of BNA Income Tax Planner

August 29, 2013 

2013 Review of BNA Income Tax Planner

Best Fit: Firms with clients requiring complicated tax planning across multiple states and firms that take advantage of its web-based capabilities (such as accessing the program from multiple computers and/or locations). Strengths Only planning product among those reviewed with mobile apps and web-based administrative tools. Imports tax data from several popular tax preparation programs Many...…

 2013 Review of CCH ProSystem fx Planning

August 29, 2013 

2013 Review of CCH ProSystem fx Planning

Best Fit: Firms using other components of the ProSystem fx Suite or CCH Axcess Tax that take advantage of the direct integration. Strengths Imports tax data from ProSystem fx Tax and CCH Axcess Tax The license allows for an unlimited number of users at a firm location Interactive tutorial and ample help resources Potential Limitations...…