4 Reasons Firms Should Offer HR Services

June 19, 2018 

4 Reasons Firms Should Offer HR Services

No competitive business can be successful without growth. In today’s rapidly changing economic landscape, companies are under pressure to expand market share, seek out new development opportunities, and most importantly, identify unique offerings that ...

Mike Grzegorek

 Disabled Americans Can Put More Money into ABLE Accounts

June 15, 2018 

Disabled Americans Can Put More Money into ABLE Accounts

The new law also enables eligible individuals with disabilities to put more money into their ABLE accounts, qualify for the Saver's Credit in many cases and roll money from their 529 plans -- also known as qualified tuition programs -- into their ABLE acc

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June 15, 2018 

Center for Audit Quality Funds Four Research Projects

The Center for Audit Quality (CAQ) has announced four grants to fund independent academic research on projects of interest to the auditing profession. Over the past 10 years, the CAQ has provided funding for 39 projects through its Research Advisory ...

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June 15, 2018 

Why and How: Big Data

If Cognitive Computing drives much of the emerging technology computer science research, most of the data science research is focused on Big Data. Big Data can be analyzed to produce actionable business information. This data analysis need may explain ...

Randy Johnston

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June 14, 2018 

CCH Adds Voice Enabled Search to Tax Research System

CCH AnswerConnect customers operating on Microsoft for Windows 10 can activate the Cortana voice assistant to verbally ask CCH AnswerConnect Tax Assistant a federal tax question and Cortana will either read the answer back or automatically search ...

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June 14, 2018 

AICPA Honors Young Personal Financial Planning Pros

The American Institute of CPAs (AICPA) has honored 17 CPAs under the age of 40 for their contributions to personal financial planning with the Personal Financial Planning (PFP) Standing Ovation. These CPA financial planners were honored at the AICPA’s ...

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June 13, 2018 

The Ideal Hire? Sometimes it’s Not an Accountant

As I’ve written about previously, many firms are expanding into technology consulting, either by buying an existing technology consulting firm or building it from scratch. So it’s no surprise that one of the major skillsets for non-accountant hires is ...

Jim Boomer