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October 8, 2020 

Report Shows 840,000 New Unemployment Claims

The number of Americans seeking unemployment benefits fell for a second week while remaining elevated, as the labor market makes scant progress amid risks of further weakness without additional federal stimulus.

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October 8, 2020 

Oct. 15 is Tax Deadline for Americans with Extensions

The IRS has electronic filing options, including Free File. Taxpayers and tax professionals should continue to use electronic options to support social distancing and speed the processing of tax returns, refunds and payments.

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October 7, 2020 

More Diversity Needed in Accounting Education

The AICPA’s most recent Supply and Demand Report shows an interesting trend, one that the industry needs to find a strategy to address. When students first start down the path of becoming an accounting professional, there’s pretty ...

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October 5, 2020 

Biden Proposes 401(k) Change to Equalize Benefits

Policy analysts have stated that taxpayers would save roughly the same 20.5% in tax on their contributions to their 401(k)s. This works out to close to $4,000 for a 45-year-old making the maximum annual contribution. It’s not yet clear if the credit ...

 IRS Targets Microcaptive Insurance Schemes

October 2, 2020 

IRS Targets Microcaptive Insurance Schemes

Also, as part of IRS’s continued focus in this area, the IRS has become aware of variations of the abusive micro-captive insurance transactions. Examples of these variations include certain Puerto Rico and offshore captive insurance arrangements that ...

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October 2, 2020 

BlackLine Acquires Rimilia

Rimilia is a provider of accounts receivable automation solutions that enable organizations to control cash flow and cash collection in real time. Using artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning, the SaaS (Software-as-a-Service) platform ...

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September 30, 2020 

Biden 2019 Tax Returns Show High Income and High Tax Rate

On the joint 2019 return filed by Biden and his wife, Dr. Jill Biden, the couple paid almost $300,000 in federal taxes on approximately $985,000 of adjusted gross income (AGI), resulting in a relatively high effective tax rate of 29.5%.

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September 24, 2020 

Should U.S. Broaden Mandate on Auditor Rotation?

Drawing on publicly available data, the AJPT study employs a novel method to focus on the years immediately preceding and following mandated partner rotations. Joining Prof. Whited as co-authors in the AJPT’s current issue are Huan Kuang and Matthew G.