AICPA and WSBA partner to drive blockchain adoption

The initiative also aimed to improve understanding and education surrounding the distributed ledger technology.


Give employees the latest tools

Up-to-date technology is critical for recruiting and retention.


Art of Accounting: Selling consulting services

A month ago I wrote that I “gave away consulting and coaching” services. However, that is not the whole story and because of the calls I got, here is some more of what I did and do.


GetPayroll is giving away a year of free service to ten nonprofits

Founder Charles Read believes in giving back to the organizations that serve communities in need.


This triple tax-free health benefit can help pay for retirement

There may soon be three more letters in your employer’s alphabet soup of benefit plans. Those letters are HSA, which stands for health savings account, and they can bring tax advantages at a time when you could use them the most.


Must-have perks for accounting firms

The two things accountants can’t do without: massages and free food.


What's new on the 2017 draft Form 1040 and related forms and schedules, Part 1

The IRS has released on its website a number of draft tax forms and instructions for the 2017 tax year, including Form 1040 and its related schedules.


House GOP to keep higher tax rate on wealthy, Ryan says

House Speaker Paul Ryan said Friday that Republicans will include a fourth income tax bracket in their tax-overhaul plan so that top earners “do not see a big rate cut.”


Mike McGuire aims to make Grant Thornton the Tesla of accounting

Grant Thornton CEO Mike McGuire is moving his firm to become a more streamlined organization better able to respond to technological change than the Big Four, similar to the way Tesla has challenged the Big Three automakers.


PTIN renewal season opens

Tax preparers have until Dec. 31 to renew their registration with the IRS.