SyncStream debuts Benefits Analysis Toolkit

With the solution, CPAs can help companies improve their bottom line by evaluating the effects of benefit plans.


Tax Fraud Blotter: ‘No legitimate purpose’

Shadow preparer; an unusual exit strategy; a Jag, a Benz and a sentence; and other highlights of recent tax cases.


Offshore tax-haven reports draw scrutiny to House GOP bill

House Republicans should slow down their consideration of a tax-overhaul bill after investigative reports Sunday alleged offshore tax-avoidance by U.S. multinational companies including Apple Inc. and Nike Inc., congressional Democrats and tax-advocacy groups said.


AICPA names 2017 John L. Carey Scholarship winners

The annual award is given to graduate students who have transitioned to accounting from liberal arts backgrounds.


Tax bill to run four-day gauntlet before House floor vote

The House tax-writing committee begins debate Monday on the GOP’s proposed overhaul, kicking off four frantic days for lobbyists and lawmakers to revise a bill that represents President Donald Trump’s final hope for a signature legislative achievement this year.


Groom the leaders of tomorrow

Leadership training creates an incentive for top talent to stay.


Give them their own space

Call it a break room, a game room, a Zen room or a Nest – more firms are giving staff a place to relax.


5 tips for properly vetting a specialty tax consultant

CPAs know it is imperative to refer clients to third party consultants for various issues that require deep specialization in an area of tax. In many ways, these specialty tax firms act as an extension of your team and require coordination to deliver results that often have a material impact on a tax return.


Accountants Club of America celebrates 90th anniversary

The Accountants Club of America marked its 90th anniversary with a gala dinner in New York on Thursday night.


Accounting firms wouldn't get low tax rate under reform bill

The tax reform bill introduced by House Republicans doesn’t give the low 25 percent income tax rate for pass-through businesses to accounting firms and other professional service firms, and the rules for getting around it are complicated.