What Super Bowl tickets can teach accountants about pricing

When the New England Patriots faced the Seattle Seahawks in Super Bowl XLIX in 2015, average ticket prices right before the big game topped $5,600, according to published reports.


Paychex sees rebound in small business job growth in January

Employment and wage growth at small businesses grew this month, according to payroll giant Paychex.


Blackstone to buy Thomson Reuters unit in a $20B deal

A group led by Blackstone Group LP agreed to buy a majority stake in Thomson Reuters Corp.’s financial and risk unit in a deal that values the business at $20 billion, sealing plans for the firm’s biggest buyout in a decade.


Tax reform means tough times at the IRS

Keeping up with the latest legislative changes is putting serious pressure on the cash-strapped, staff-starved service.


2018 promises to be SALTy

The outlook on state and local tax for the coming year


Taxpayers confront tax season stress

More than half of taxpayers in the U.S. find the tax filing process stressful and 39 percent are using online tax filing software, according to a new survey.


IMA marks 100,000th member

The Institute of Management Accountants has reached a milestone of 100,000 members for the first time in the IMA’s near century of operation.


IRS opens 2018 tax season

The Internal Revenue Service began the 2018 tax filing season Monday as the agency plans to receive more than 155 million tax returns this year.


Art of Accounting: Free tax season checklists

Checklists are a method of developing a technique where the right things will be done the right way, in the right order.


Credit Karma builds presence in the free tax prep field

Credit Karma, a personal finance site that offers free credit scores and credit monitoring, expanded into offering free tax prep services last year and is quickly growing as it enters its second tax season.