June 25, 2014
Taxes Remain Biggest Issue Impacting Small Businesses
If there was a Letterman Top 10 list for the things that make small business owners have a migraine, the number one spot would be the U.S. tax structure.
June 25, 2014
Founders of JDJ Resources Start New Firm
Boston-based JDJ Family Office Services, which provides administrative multi-family office and personal CFO services to high net worth individuals and families, will retain its entire 21-person staff and continue to deliver the same suite of customized services to its existing and expanding client base.
June 25, 2014
Tax Experts Explain New E-Signature Rules in Free CPE Webcast
On Tuesday, July 15, CPA Practice Advisor is hosting a free webcast titled, "Electronic Signatures and the IRS ... Everything You Need to Know." Sponsored by Wolters Kluwer CCH, the CPE-eligible webcast will cover the latest changes to electronic filing, including topics that are especially important for tax professionals and their clients.
June 24, 2014
Tallie Offers Expense Management Integration with QuickBooks Online
The cloud-based small business expense management system Tallie now offers full integration with Intuit QuickBooks Online, the company recently announced. Tallie demonstrated the new integration features during the Scaling New Heights conference in San Antonio.
June 24, 2014
AICPA Says Proposed IRS Tax Preparer Program is Unlawful, Improper
The Internal Revenue Service’s proposed voluntary certification program for tax return preparers “would cause significant legal problems that may ultimately frustrate the IRS’s goals, confuse the public, and lead to litigation,” according to the American Institute of CPAs (AICPA).
June 24, 2014
Congress and Senate Consider Section 179 Extension – Keep Your Fingers Crossed
Are those generous Section 179 deductions for business clients a thing of the past? Under current law, the maximum deduction is just a fraction of the high-water mark that was allowed prior to its expiration after 2013.
June 22, 2014
74 Percent of Small Business Owners Optimistic on Economy
Almost three-fourths of small business owners in the U.S. are confident that their revenues will grow through 2014, according to a new study by cloud HR services provider TriNet.
June 22, 2014
Tom Hood, Jan Hargrave to Keynote 2014 BTC Summit
Tom Hood, CEO, Maryland Association of CPAs & Business Learning Institute, and Jan Hargrave, CEO of Jan Hargrave & Associates, will be the keynote speakers at the 2014 Boomer Technology Circles Summit August 18-19, 2014 at the Westin Crown Center in Kansas City, MO. Due to the growing importance of firm’s developing emerging leaders, the…
June 18, 2014
CFO Optimism Highest Since 2006
For the first time since 2006, more CFOs believe the state of the U.S. economy will improve (51 percent) rather than remain the same or worsen (49 percent) during the next six months, according to the Grant Thornton LLP 2014 Spring CFO Survey. This also marks the highest percentage in the survey’s history, which reflects…
June 17, 2014
Ohio Accountancy Board Approves 10-Minute CPE Program
The Accountancy Board of Ohio and the Ohio Society of CPAs has approved a new CPE program that offers certified professional education in 10-minute increments. Ohio joins the Maryland Association of CPAs in the new 10-minute CPE program, which it announced on May 30 of this year, following approval by the Maryland State Board of…
June 17, 2014
QuickBooks Connect to Bring Together SMB Owners, Accountants and Developers
Intuit, the company behind QuickBooks, TurboTax and many other financial and business technologies, has announced that it will hold its first-ever multi-community user conference. The event, called QuickBooks Connect, will offer entrepreneurs, small business owners, accountants and developers a unique experience "to come together, be inspired and get growing."
June 17, 2014
New QuickBooks App Offered for Mac Devices
Intuit, the maker of QuickBooks, TurboTax and many other business and financial technologies, has announced the availability of a new QuickBooks app for Mac OS devices.