Accounting June 28, 2025
Nominations Open for 2025 Innovation Awards
The Innovation Awards highlight technologies that are shaping the profession and small businesses through increased collaboration and productivity.
November 3, 2015
Wholesalers Turn to Affordable Business Management Software
For many mid-sized wholesale and distribution companies eager to expand, yet don’t want to drain their budgets in the process, a new generation of fully-featured sophisticated business management software with customized modules is allowing them to ...
November 2, 2015
Improve Your Firm’s Tax Production by Eliminating Muda
Eliminating Muda is one of the most effective byproducts of Lean Six Sigma analysis techniques which make any process more efficient and profitable. So what exactly is Muda? It is the Japanese term for waste, which is defined as “any human activity ...
November 2, 2015
Marcum LLP Acquires Chicago Accounting Firm Frost Ruttenberg
The transaction marks the first entry into the Midwest market for Marcum, which has 17 other U.S. offices on the East and West Coasts, plus six abroad. Twenty-one Frost shareholders and principals and 90 professional staff have joined Marcum.
November 2, 2015
Nonprofits Struggle with Reporting, Manual Processes
Faced with increased regulatory compliance issues, nonprofit organizations are struggling to keep up with reporting and often waste time manually configuring financials with non-financial software. That is among the findings of a new survey of nearly ...
October 30, 2015
IRS Drops PTIN Fee to $50
The fee for new PTINs and renewals will be $50, down from $64.25 and $63, respectively. The agency also reminded return preparers of major upcoming changes regarding which tax return preparers can represent clients in matters before the IRS.
October 30, 2015
Paperless Choices for the Firm and Your Clients
This year we’ve had the pleasure of recommending software programs for accounting, payroll and other critical areas of your practice. Now is the time to consider your paperless or Document Management Solution (DMS) needs. You’ll find that our ...
October 28, 2015
CPA.com Partners with Vertex SMB for Sales Tax Solutions
Businesses that sell online or operate in multiple states can find it daunting to stay compliant with ever-changing regulations from a host of jurisdictions and taxing authorities. Vertex SMB’s tax calculation and returns platform helps CPA firms and ...
October 28, 2015
Average Income Tax Preparation Fees Increased in 2015
The average cost of a professional income tax preparer to handle a "typical" 2014 tax return (the one filed by April 15, 2015) was $273 this year. This includes an itemized Form 1040 with Schedule A and a state tax return, according to the National ...
October 27, 2015
VersaPay Launches Newest Version of ARC Accounts Receivable Automation Platform
The enhancements introduced in this latest release reflect the experience and feedback of over 9,000 end customers that have signed up to use the platform, as well as VersaPay's strategy to continuously drive innovation and offer the best solution for ...
October 27, 2015
In-Person Banking Still Preferred by Many Consumers
The survey found that 84 percent of bank customers still visit their branches at least once a month, refuting the premise that bank branch demand is declining.
October 27, 2015
Thomson Reuters Offers New Guide On Tax Identity Theft
According to the Federal Trade Commission, identity theft is the fastest growing crime in America, with the number of identity theft incidents nearing 10 million a year. In a recent Thomson Reuters survey, 92% of the tax professionals who responded ...
October 26, 2015
Survey Shows Accounting Firms More Successful When Using Integrated Suite
The survey also identifies the top pressures that firms face now and in the coming year, with recruitment and retention of knowledgeable talent identified as the biggest pressure point.