Technology

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April 8, 2019 

Odds of Facing an IRS Audit? More Likely to Get Jury Duty

Thanks to a confluence of factors including budget cuts for the IRS the odds of being audited by the IRS had dropped from 1 in 90 at the peak in 2010 and 2011 to around 1 in 160 last year. The actual number varies from year to year but the official ...

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April 3, 2019 

Thomson Reuters and Alteryx Announce Strategic Partnership

By automating workflows, creating repeatable processes and eliminating the need to manually import and export data, tax teams will have more time to focus on value-added tasks, strategic advisory and advanced analytics, which can ultimately lead to ...

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April 1, 2019 

BenefitMall Introduces Agency Workspace

Agency Workspace is instrumental in streamlining the management of a broker’s BenefitMall book of business. Whether it’s managing their clients, starting or reviewing quotes, setting up enrollments, viewing their commissions or more, brokers instantly ...

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April 1, 2019 

The Effect of Rev. Rul. 2019-9, 2019-14 IRB

The immediate effect of Rev. Rul. 2019-9, would allow for a tax-free distribution of stock and securities to its shareholders, provided the controlling corporation and the active corporation are engaged in an active conduct of trade or business ...

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April 1, 2019 

Giving Workers a ‘Voice’ Improves Retention

Giving low-wage workers a “voice” on the job — the ability to communicate concerns to management — is believed to improve employee satisfaction and retention. Now a new paper supports this theory using a field-based, randomized, controlled ...

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April 1, 2019 

How Accounting Firms Can Get Their Cloud Right the First Time

For accounting practices and their clients, the need to get the cloud right has never been greater. While the cloud may be here to stay, there’s nothing fixed or “commodity” about it. Designing it, deploying it and operating within it ...

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April 1, 2019 

BDO Acquires CMC Provider BioProcess Technology Consultants

The accounting and business advisory firm BDO USA, LLP has acquired BioProcess Technology Consultants, Inc. (BPTC), a provider of chemistry, manufacturing and controls (CMC) consulting services to the global biopharmaceutical indus