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April 28, 2016 

Independent Contractor vs. Employee Status

If the IRS determines employees were erroneously classified as independent contractors, the IRS may notify the workers that they are not entitled to deduct their business expenses from gross income on Schedule C and/or that they were not entitled to ...

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April 28, 2016 

Free CPE Webcast: Do I Have To Pay My Employees For That?

The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) is moving closer to finalizing the biggest change to overtime rules since they were established in 1938. That means potentially big challenges for companies as the proposed changes to the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA).

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April 28, 2016 

3 Trends That Are Affecting The Accounting Profession

Fiscal management, and through that, accounting, has been at the center of human survival since mankind figured out how to trade and barter. We now have an established way to measure the value of any trade: money. And since, it has been a central ...

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April 25, 2016 

Nonprofits Seeing Growth While Private Sector Remains Stagnant

The ninth annual Nonprofit Employment Practices Survey shows that 57 percent of nonprofits anticipate hiring at least one new employee in 2016 (a 7 percent increase over 2015), compared to only 36 percent of for-profit companies who plan to hire, the ...

 How to Increase Profitability through Efficiency

April 25, 2016 

How to Increase Profitability through Efficiency

The first thing most people think about when getting through difficult times or attempting to increase the company’s profitability is “how can I sell more or gain new clients?” In a down market increasing revenue faster than costs can be a challenge ...

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April 23, 2016 

UltraTax Offers Total Command & Control

When Peter Gurian thinks there’s got to be a better way to do things, he’s usually right. After spending several years with a Big Four firm and with a private company, the CPA decided he’d had enough of the bureaucratic headaches and started his own ...

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April 20, 2016 

Most Finance Professionals Lack Big Data Analysis Skills

Chief financial officers may not be able to maximize the potential value of Big Data for their organizations due to difficulties attracting and retaining the professionals with the requisite expertise, research suggests.