December 13, 2012
An owner of a Lakewood, New Jersey, landscaping business has been sentenced to 18 months in prison for concealing assets in connection with his November 2008 bankruptcy petition, authorities said.
December 13, 2012
A police board found officer Elaine Thomas, a 15-year veteran of the force, guilty Wednesday of an alleged tax scam and recommended that she be suspended for 30 days without pay.
December 12, 2012
The premier of the Cayman Islands, McKeeva Bush, 57, was arrested early Tuesday morning and detained in police custody in connection with a number of ongoing police investigations.
December 12, 2012
The "fiscal cliff" looms over the minds of business investors as Bush era tax cuts are scheduled to expire soon. Among other things, this could mean an increase of $2000 in income taxes for middle class families.
December 5, 2012
Avoid penalties, improve compliance and know the important changes for the 2012 year-end
December 5, 2012
The most recent Blackbaud Index of Charitable Giving shows that charitable giving decreased 3.8% for the three months ending October 2012 as compared to the same period in 2011.
December 3, 2012
In more than 35 years as a certified public accountant, Greg Sevier said this year has probably been the most challenging one in which to do tax planning for clients.
December 2, 2012
A certified public accountant and purported outside auditor for Provident Capital Indemnity Ltd. was sentenced in Richmond, Va., to 54 months in prison for his role in an approximately half-billion-dollar fraud scheme that affected more than 3,500 victims throughout the United States and abroad
November 13, 2012
The new software module is designed to provide U.S. businesses with the tools they need to pay 1099 contractors and non-employees, to prepare vendor accounting reports, and comply with IRS rules and regulations relating to vendors and independent 1099 contractors.
November 12, 2012
The Illinois CPA Society has made finding a trusted tax professional easy. Their new free and easy-to-use "Find a CPA" directory allows individuals, businesses and not-for-profit organizations to do a simple search through a database of member CPAs.
November 9, 2012
Marijuana is now legal in several states, and legal for purely recreational purposes in at least three. This will bring new tax revenues into state coffers... But, will the Feds allow it, and does it matter socially?
November 5, 2012
Ron Eagle Joins Avalara as Strategic Advisor, as Accounting & Advisory Services Program Continues to Expand. Next phase of development for Avalara’s fast-growing accountants program includes international outreach.