Withum merges in Portal Solutions

WithumSmith+Brown has combined practices with the IT consulting firm Portal Solutions, expanding Withum’s array of digital services, effective May 1.


GSCPA awards over $115K in 2017-18 scholarships

The Georgia Society of CPAs honored over fifty CPA hopefuls from across the state.


AICPA proposes revenue guidance for telecom companies

The American Institute of CPAs’ Financial Reporting Committee has released a new working draft on how telecommunications companies can deal with an issue related to the new revenue recognition standard.


Art of Accounting: I am not Mr. Perfect

I write a lot about a lot of things. On technical topics I never get negative feedback—unless I wrote something wrong, which fortunately has been very rare, and then it is a gentle nudge that perhaps I overlooked or misread something.


Think last decade's taxes are done? Maybe not

Imagine that you arrive home one day to find a letter from the Internal Revenue Service: “Dear Taxpayer: Although you paid your taxes in full four years ago, Congress has since decided to eliminate a deduction that you took at that time. The deduction was legal when you took it but isn’t legal anymore. We therefore require immediate payment of $10,000, the amount by which you benefited from the deduction that no longer exists.”


Cherry Bekaert launches technology consultant group

The new division will serve clients’ tech and business intelligence needs.


Trump says he's willing to negotiate on tax proposal

President Donald Trump said he’s willing to raise the U.S. gas tax to fund infrastructure development and called the tax-overhaul plan he released last week the beginning of negotiations.


State tax policies vary widely on car sharing, home rentals and disaster relief

States are moving away from the physical presence standard for determining nexus, and toward a factor presence standard.


Trump's corporate tax rewrite faces cost obstacle

President Donald Trump offered corporate America a sweeping tax vision whose ultimate promise of lower rates and more global competitiveness depends on one thing: longevity. Given the plan’s uncertain costs, longevity may be one thing the proposal can’t deliver.


AICPA names 2016 Elijah Watt Sells Award winners

The Institute’s annual honor recognizes the very top students of the CPA Exam.