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Tax Pros Now Required to Use Multi-Factor Authentication to Protect Client Data
Taxpayers Claimed $8 Billion in Inflation Reduction Act Tax Credits for Clean Energy and Efficient Home Improvements
Mortgage Rates Drop to 6.55 Percent; Biggest Drop in 2 Years
AICPA Awards 15 Scholarships to Students Transferring from Community Colleges to 4-Year Schools
The AICPA has announced this year's recipients of its AICPA Foundation Two Year Transfer Scholarship award. Part of the AICPA’s Legacy Scholars program, the award is bestowed upon students attending two-year colleges with a declared intent to major in ...
New York CPA Society Proposes Limits to Nano-Learning CPE Credits
CPAs have an expanding universe of CPE options and the Society, like other providers, is seeking the best new ideas on how to deliver those,” said Joanne S. Barry, executive director of the NYSSCPA which offers more than 80 online and in-person CPE ...
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.
New Laws and IRS Rules Make Year-End W-2 and 1099 Reporting More Challenging
With more businesses utilizing contractors to perform services traditionally relegated to employees, the need for sound 1099 processing and reporting is more important than ever before. There are numerous types of 1099 forms processed and filed ...
New Content Helps Accounting Pros with Changes to Financial Reporting Requirements
The FASB has a project underway to improve accounting rules for financial instruments and is expected to issue a final standard in late 2015 to make targeted improvements to existing Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP).
Financial Audit Fees Rose 3.4 Percent In Last Year
Fees paid by public and private companies to outside financial auditing firms increased from 3 to 3.4 percent over the last year, according to a report from the Financial Executives Research Foundation.
New Mobile App Helps SMBs with CRM and Client Engagement
vCita Mobile is an integrated, customizable client engagement and CRM app that enables small business to access information, perform critical client facing tasks, and quickly serve customers 24x7, while saving resources on routine tasks such as ...
CFPB Examines Loan Servicing Failures as Student Loan Debt Hits $1.2 Trillion
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) has released a report outlining widespread servicing failures reported by both federal and private student loan borrowers. Consumers describe companies using a wide range of sloppy, patchwork practices that can create obstacles to repayment, raise costs, cause distress, and contribute to driving struggling borrowers to default. The Bureau has […]