Technology

July 19, 2017 

AICPA Applauds Passage of Mobile Workforce State Income Tax Act The American Institute of CPAs (AICPA) applauded the U.S. House of Representatives for passing the Mobile Workforce State Income Tax Simplification Act of 2017, H.R. 1393.  The bill would simplify state income tax reporting and withholding rules for employees who sometimes work outside their home...…

July 19, 2017 

I just recently finished up a busy baseball weekend with my son. What does busy look like? We had one tournament with a travelling all-star team while still wrapping up the playoffs in his local little league. After two games in the heat at the ...

Dustin Hostetler

July 19, 2017 

As accountants, when we think of government apps, our minds frequently point to the IRS and state revenue agency apps. But there is so much more. I had fun this month exploring apps our government has to offer and was surprised at how much our ...

Gail Perry

July 19, 2017 

A roundup of professionals in the tax and accounting profession that have changed jobs and/or been promoted.

July 18, 2017 

Just think about what consumers want today: online ordering and delivery right to their door, instant access to people at all levels using social media, constant updates on news through alerts on their smartphones and even their watches ...

Gail Perry

July 18, 2017 

FinTech is seriously booming. PwC research recently found 82% of financial services companies expect to increase FinTech partnerships in the next five years. The same report also identified consumer banking and fund transfers/payments as the two areas ...

July 17, 2017 

Top 20 nationally ranked CPA and advisory firm Carr, Riggs & Ingram, LLC (CRI) has added to its growing Atlanta team by merging local firm AGH, LLC. The merger marks the city’s largest CPA firm merger this year and places CRI among Atlanta’s 10 ...

July 16, 2017 

With consumer confidence rising and more young people in school, back-to-college spending is expected to hit an all-time high this year while back-to-school spending is expected to see its second-highest spending level on record, according to the ...

July 16, 2017 

Financial and payment professionals do not anticipate any respite from cyber fraud and cyber attacks in the near future, according to a recent survey conducted by TD Bank, America's Most Convenient Bank. An overwhelming 91 percent of respondents ...

July 16, 2017 

Autonomous vehicle technology could shrink the auto insurance sector by 71 percent or $137 billion by 2050, according to new research by KPMG, titled The Chaotic Middle: The Autonomous Vehicle and Disruption in Automobile Insurance. KPMG has extended ...

July 12, 2017 

Tax professionals most likely have many clients and prospects who have college-bound students in their families. A good way to extend the services you provide in your practice is to offer advice around the funding of a college education, including the ...

July 11, 2017 

Twenty-one percent of CIOs surveyed expect to add members to their teams in the second half of the year; another 64 percent foresee maintaining staff levels by only filling vacant roles. An active hiring environment has intensified ...