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Deloitte Predicts Record-High Black Friday and Cyber Monday Spending
Filing the Final Income Tax Return for a Decedent
The Holidays Are Full of Potentially Awkward Money Talks
Survey: 72% Worried They Won’t See Social Security Benefits Upon Retirement Age
New Calculator Helps People Plan Financial Goals
The mobile-friendly calculator was developed to address the top four financial concerns of consumers found in MassMutual’s State of the Hispanic American Family study: income, savings, retirement and debt. The calculator addresses each financial ...
5 Common Errors Found In Valuation Reports
One way to minimize error is to know the common pitfalls of valuations. Sageworks and Chartwell collaborated to produce a practice aid listing 15 common errors found in valuation reports. The complete list is available for download here, but here are ...
IRS Is Looking For A Few Good Volunteers
The TAP provides a forum for taxpayers to raise concerns about IRS service and offer suggestions for improvement. The TAP reports annually to the Secretary of the Treasury, the IRS Commissioner and the National Taxpayer Advocate.
4 Ways Accounting Firms Can Win In The “Age Of The Customer”
Focusing your organization around better client service requires you not only to work faster, but also smarter. You need to be agile to compete, drive transparency into your processes and be able to effortlessly mobilize organizational knowledge and ...
The Advisory Board Names Tim Christen Winner of Hall of Fame Award
Timothy Christen is Chairman and CEO of Baker Tilly Virchow Krouse, LLP (Baker Tilly). With more than 2,500 employees, Baker Tilly is the 13th largest accounting firm in the nation. In addition to serving Baker Tilly, Tim currently serves as the ...
CFOs Becoming More Strategic
As further evidence that the role of CFO is becoming less tactical and more strategic, the survey found that only 8% of CFOs, or teams reporting directly to the CFO, are spending the bulk of their time closing the books each month. By contrast, the ...
New Guidance Looks At Financial Management and Controllership
Thomson Reuters Checkpoint Financial Management and Controllership combines expert analysis and practical, day-to-day guidance for financial managers and controllers, incorporating sample statements, budgets, disclosures, customizable checklists, ...
30% of Americans Clueless On Their Debt
Forty-seven percent of respondents frequently live paycheck to paycheck. Two-thirds2 of Americans don't have six months of savings in their emergency fund. Thirty percent don't have an emergency fund at all. More than half of respondents don't ...