October 12, 2015
Intuit Helps Accountants Grow with QuickBooks 2016
The 2016 version of QuickBooks Desktop strives to help accounting professionals achieve three main goals: be more efficient; gain better insights; and let their expertise shine.
October 9, 2015
IRS Failing to Revoke PTINs of Felons, Other Non-Compliant Tax Return Preparers
The review identified 3,001 preparers with a felony conviction on their application; 87 reported a crime related to Federal tax matters. Processes do not ensure that PTINs assigned to prisoners or individuals barred from preparing tax returns are ...
September 30, 2015
Intuit Turns to Wind Power for its Offices
The maker of small business accounting and tax tools will be switching its Plano, Texas (Dallas) technology campus to wind power as part of a commitment to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and improve energy efficiency.
September 29, 2015
It’s Time for a 4th Quarter Income Tax Tuneup
With summer vacation over and school back in session, it’s time to help those extreme tax procrastinators get their returns filed. But what about the rest of your clients − the “good” ones whose taxes you completed way back in April?
September 24, 2015
Program Helps Tax Professionals Educate Clients On Latest Tax Changes
Thomson Reuters has released its Checkpoint Learning 2015 Tax Update program, which helps tax professionals and accounting firms educate their clients, prospects and client service teams on the latest developments in the field.
September 18, 2015
Thomson Reuters Launches New Tax Fundamentals Certificate Program
The Tax Fundamentals Certificate Program provides practitioners with the basic knowledge and tools they need to understand and confidently expand their practices to tax planning, compliance with tax return preparation, and reporting requirements for ...
September 16, 2015
Projected 2016 Tax Rates and Brackets – Tax Penalties To Rise
People whose income is the same compared to last year may enjoy a lower effective tax rate while taxpayers that fail to comply with return filing and tax payment requirements will face larger penalties in 2016 because of a combination of legislative ...
September 15, 2015
Avalara Gives Exclusive Benefits Program to QuickBooks ProAdvisors
The Avalara Sales Tax Compliance App provides an automated sales tax calculation and return filings compliance solution within the familiar QBO interface. It’s cloud-based and always up to date, ensuring that sales tax rate, rule and boundary ...
September 11, 2015
Connection is Key for Accountants
Intuit looks to empower connect large accountant firms with its QuickBooks Connect Accountant Track.
September 10, 2015
2015 Review of Thomson Reuters Tax Planner CS
Planner CS is part of the CS Professional Suite of tax products from Thomson Reuters. Part of the CS Professional Suite of tax, accounting and practice management applications. Planner CS offers full integration with other Thomson Reuters while also ...
September 10, 2015
2015 Review of CCH ProSystem fx Planning
ProSystem fx Planning is part of the ProSystem fx Suite of products from CCH. ProSystem fx Planning integrates with other CCH tax products. ProSystem fx Planning can also be used as a stand-alone product. While not currently available as an online ...
September 10, 2015
2015 Review of BNA Income Tax Planner
BNA’s Tax Planner is available as either a desktop product or as web-based software, which is hosted by Bloomberg BNA. BNA’s user interface has a menu bar at the top of the screen that offers access to various program functions.