August 18, 2015
A new law includes a streamlined automatic 60-day extension request process for federal tax filings of Form 990. The New York State Society of CPAs’ Exempt Organizations Committee had made the recommendation to the Internal Revenue Service ...
August 13, 2015
To paraphrase the fictional newscaster Howard Beale (played by the late Peter Finch) in the classic movie Network, tax professionals are mad as hell and they’re not going to take it anymore.
August 11, 2015
We are covering career-related apps this month. Whether you're planning on furthering your own career, working with others as a mentor, or in a position to do some hiring, our CPA Practice Advisor community has some recommendations that will surely help y
August 10, 2015
Financial software provider, Intuit, wants to be a good partner to the thousands of ProAdvisors worldwide.
August 7, 2015
The National Society of Accountants (NSA) has sent a letter to all Members of Congress urging them to enact legislation to support the “Tax Practitioners Bill of Rights,” which NSA issued on June 16, 2015.
August 4, 2015
Private foundations use Form 990-PF to report on their activities and charitable distribution as well as figure taxes based on investment income. Debuting in 1974, the outdated Form 990-PF is difficult to follow and has caused confusion to those in ...
July 22, 2015
Specifically, the API is designed to connect with software providers that offer donor management software, church management software, online donation platforms, or payroll software.
July 8, 2015
Accounting software choices have never been more numerous, full-featured and capable than the products offered today. Some of you are brand new to the accounting space and some of you grew up purchasing mini-computers to run software you had to write ...
June 29, 2015
Three specialized groups were established with members from the IRS, states and private industry co-chairing and serving on each team. During the past 12 weeks, the three teams focused on developing ways to validate the authenticity of taxpayers ...
June 24, 2015
It is useful to separate scanning in accounting firms into two categories. One type of scanning includes individual documents or a small number of miscellaneous documents. The other type of scanning is higher volume, and depending upon firm size, more ...
June 19, 2015
Accounting firms are always looking for ways to help their small business clients, and many accounting firms are small businesses themselves. There are plenty of cool apps available to help the small business run more smoothly and effectively.
June 16, 2015
Time travel is an interesting concept and you’ll probably be hard-pressed to find someone that wouldn’t want to travel to the future. Or better yet, bring the future here. That’s the idea behind two recently announced initiatives at Intuit. The provider of financial services software wants to help bring the future to accountants and small...…