Accounting

May 22, 2018 

5 Ways Small Business Owners Can Prepare for Retirement By Isaac M. O’Bannon, Managing Editor Preparing financially for retirement can be complicated for anyone, but for small business owners the process often poses even more challenges. Teachers, police officers, firefighters and other government employees generally receive a pension. The corporate world can offer benefit plans...…

May 22, 2018 

5 Blockchain Tips for Accounting Firms By Isaac M. O’Bannon, Managing Editor There has been a lot of talk about how blockchain technology will disrupt the role of accounting as we know it today. In truth, disruption has already been happening through automated accounting software and other applications that help accounting firms process data faster,...…

May 21, 2018 

Sage Fixed Assets Sage.com/us/sage-fixed-assets 866-520-2519 From the May 2018 review of Fixed Asset systems. Sage Fixed Assets is a good fit for businesses of all sizes, including nonprofit organizations and government entities. Sage Fixed Assets can also be used by accounting professionals that manage a large number of assets for their clients. Designed as a...…

Mary Girsch-Bock

May 21, 2018 

If the Court Overturns Quill, Will it Apply Retroactively? Were the Wayfair Court to apply the decision to overturn Quill retroactively, remote sellers, including Wayfair, could argue that this amounts to a discriminatory tax on interstate commerce ...

Michael T. Dillon

May 21, 2018 

Employers serve an important role in preparing themselves and employees for retirement and the accompanying tax deferrals. After all, offering retirement benefits is a great way to attract and retain good talent. Here is some information you can pass ...

Mike D'Avolio

May 21, 2018 

A scholarly paper in the June issue of Accounting Horizons, a journal of the American Accounting Association, notes that opposition to term limits for external auditors has been “the subject of active lobbying by the ... Big 4 accounting firms."

May 21, 2018 

Once upon a time, banks made money by offering savers less interest than they charged borrowers. It was a solid plan that recognized risk, and bankers were often the wealthiest individuals in town. That model no longer exists.

May 21, 2018 

LeaseCrunch is essentially an ‘audit in a box’ for lease accounting, reducing the time it takes clients to prepare for an audit and reduces the time it takes CPA firms to perform the audit.

May 20, 2018 

The average person buying graduation gifts will spend $102.51, on par with last year’s $104.92. Total spending is expected to reach $5.2 billion, the third-highest number in the survey’s 12-year history following the record $5.6 billion set last year ...

May 20, 2018 

Although 86 percent of residential consumers believe the government should be active in setting a vision and path for energy strategy, it is the private sector that is advancing the cause to manage resources for cleaner, more resilient, secure and ...

May 20, 2018 

Despite concerns over maintaining an income and being able to make long term plans for growing a business, nearly a third (29%) of SMBs are putting their future at risk by having no forms of insurance whatsoever, nor do they have a solid contingency ...

May 20, 2018 

Almost half of U.S. consumers use one to five passwords to access all of their online applications, a survey by The Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Company (HSB), part of Munich Re, has found, indicating many use the same password for ...