Avalara plans product for small business sales tax returns

Avalara Returns for Small Businesses arrives at the two-year mark of the Supreme Court Wayfair decision, which allows states to now collect sales tax from remote sellers.

Avalara plans product for small business sales tax returns


IRS can’t find some check recipients as Congress weighs stimulus

The IRS still hasn’t found everyone who is due a $1,200 stimulus check from the government, and locating everyone eligible for the payments will be key for any additional pandemic relief Congress may pass later this year.

IRS can’t find some check recipients as Congress weighs stimulus


Senate passes extension of small business loan program

The Senate has passed an extension of the popular Paycheck Protection Program for small businesses, which was set to close down Tuesday night with more than $130 billion in funding left over.

Senate passes extension of small business loan program


A post-pandemic to-do list

Accounting’s thought leaders predict how the profession can expect to successfully emerge from the crisis.

A post-pandemic to-do list


Filling the gaps in a client's financial plan

To be competitive in the ever-changing landscape of professional services, financial planners need to be as holistic as possible.

Filling the gaps in a client's financial plan


In the blogs: You knew this was coming

Audits plunge; new pricing survey; Mnuchin does Europe; and other highlights from our favorite tax bloggers.

In the blogs: You knew this was coming


Payrolls returning slowly amid coronavirus pandemic

The labor market has a long road ahead as businesses try to adjust to the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Payrolls returning slowly amid coronavirus pandemic


IRS revamps annual data book to highlight new areas of importance

The new format aims to showcase the IRS’s work in fiscal year 2019, along with an additional message about its response this year to the novel coronavirus pandemic.

IRS revamps annual data book to highlight new areas of importance


Small businesses start to reopen and add employee hours, Paychex finds

As small businesses in different parts of the country reopen in the midst of the novel coronavirus pandemic, they are beginning to increase the number of hours worked by their employees, according to payroll giant Paychex, although spikes in the virus are threatening to set back those gains.

Small businesses start to reopen and add employee hours, Paychex finds


Inside the intentionally defective grantor trust

IDGT’s are particularly useful estate planning tools in a low-interest-rate environment.

Inside the intentionally defective grantor trust