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Understanding Employees’ Preferences: The Key to CPA Firms Attracting Top Talent in 2025
2025 Tax Refund Date Estimator – And Last Minute Tax Tips for 2024
IRS Will Phase in $600 1099-K Reporting Threshold in 2026
Review of HubSync – The Accounting Technology Lab Podcast – Nov. 2024
Last Minute Tax Filing Tips
Although taxpayers have a few extra days to file their returns this year, by midnight on April 18th instead of the usual April 15th deadline, the clock is ticking for those waiting till the last minute.
Tax Pros Focus on BBQ During Tax Season
Though finance industry professionals tend to order salads and lighter Mediterranean food throughout the year, all that goes out the window during busy season. Barbecue, which makes up only 3% of total orders throughout the year, is ordered twice as ...
How Employee Dishonesty Bonds Can Save A Small Business
Also known as commercial crime bonds, it can be difficult to grasp their importance for the smooth operation of business. They are a type of fidelity surety bond that protects your business from dishonesty, fraud, theft, forgery and embezzlement that ...
Medical Tax Deduction for Seniors Rising to 10% Threshold
They may not know it, but this may be the last year that some of your older clients will be able to claim a medical expense deduction.
Cloud System Simplifies Form 8621 PFIC Compliance
A new online tool from Expat Tax Tools is aimed at simplifying Form 8621: Information Return by a Shareholder of a Passive Foreign Investment Company or Qualifying Electing Fund. The cloud-based Form 8621 Calculator is designed for smaller companies ...
Don’t Even Try These Income Tax Deductions
Pets were a recurring theme: “I had a client this year tell me his last preparer let him write off the cost of his pet care on Schedule C because he took his dog to work with him every day, so it was considered a work-related expense."
STEM Grads Starting Salaries Top List At $64K
Business majors land in the fourth spot, with a projected starting average of $52,236, an increase from the projected $51,508 for Class of 2015 graduates.
73% of U.S. Companies Report Payment Fraud Attempts in 2015
BEC scams, short for business email compromise, are an increasingly common type of fraud which greatly impacts wire fraud. In 2015, 64 percent of organizations were exposed to BEC scams. Though checks continue to be the payment method most targeted by ...