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 13, 2013
Largest charter school company in Ohio ordered to open books
An Ohio county appeals court has upheld an order requiring the state's largest for-profit manager of charter schools to share detailed financial records.
March 13, 2013
H&R Block software glitch could delay 600,000 income tax refunds
A glitch in the software that H&R Block and some other preparation services use could cause those with education tax credits to have a longer wait on their refunds.
March 13, 2013
Top Ten Reasons to Hire a Professional Tax Preparer
Asking the right questions can help ensure you get a good one
March 13, 2013
A new twist on sales taxes: Are in-game purchases like “powerups” a transaction? Yes. Will they be taxed is a different question
Are in-game sales taxable transactions? In essence, the user/gamer is trading real money for a digital product. While that product may not exist outside of the game, it is a transaction that has value. In fact, it's a billion dollar industry, and one that has gone untaxed even by states and other jurisdictions that likely…
March 12, 2013
New online directory connects users with listings of accounting and tax professionals around the world
Looking for a tax professional who knows the tax law in your area?
March 12, 2013
Hospital workers stole patient IDs for income tax fraud
A couple in Chester County, Pennsylvania, secretly paid hospital workers to steal patients' personal information then used it to file false tax returns and claim $1.7 million worth of refunds, prosecutors said today.
March 12, 2013
Tips on deducting medical and dental expenses, Retirement savings tax credits
Taxpayers who want to deduct their medical or dental expenses on their income taxes need to understand some of the basic requirements for the deductions. The same goes with those who may be saving for retirement via specific plans and IRAs.
March 12, 2013
Marriage, Divorce and Taxes: Those with a name change in 2012 face extra challenges with IRS
Whether for marriage or another reason, it may be an issue mostly faced by women, but some men do it too: Changing their last name.
March 11, 2013
New ADP system helps businesses with compliance and business intelligence
A new study by ADP and CFO Research shows that 89 percent of senior finance executives rank compliance as a priority. However, managing compliance is becoming increasingly difficult – 73 percent expect the complexity of new regulations to make the task more resource-intensive over the next two years. ADP is a provider of human capital...…
March 11, 2013
What small business owners want: Simpler taxes, decreased federal spending and no national sales tax
Small businesses want a simpler income tax code with decreased federal spending, and oppose a national sales tax.
March 10, 2013
IRS says woman bragged about tax fraud on Facebook
The affidavits show Wilson even had a picture of herself with a cool smile on her face, wearing an oversized jewel-encrusted pendant spelling out her first name as she held bundles of cash.
March 9, 2013
Police officers arrested for ID theft, income tax refund fraud
Malinsky Bazile, a young Miami police officer, pocketed about $140,000 over the past two years -- but not in salary for his patrol duties, authorities say.