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March 29, 2016 

Aplos Releases New Nonprofit Fund Accounting System

Advanced Accounting includes features for nonprofits to manage budgets for each of their designated funds, enabling tight controls for managers. Organizations can also build custom reports by department, campaign, project or custom segment.

 4 Steps for Small Businesses to Prepare for Tax Season

March 17, 2016 

4 Steps for Small Businesses to Prepare for Tax Season

Preparing to file taxes can sometimes be a year-round job, even for small businesses. It may involve different responsibilities, including estimating tax payments, planning to buy or lease capital equipment, developing retirement-saving strategies, etc.

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March 16, 2016 

Tax Season: Go Be a Hero

Tax accountants have always been the white knights. Auditors were viewed by clients as necessary, consultants the fascinating innovators, but tax accountants were there to save the day.

Gail Perry

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March 3, 2016 

Sageworks Debuts New Integration with QuickBooks Online

Accountants who use ProfitCents, Sageworks’ flagship financial analysis platform, or Sageworks Valuation Solution will be able to upload client data directly from QuickBooks Online without having to do any manual data entry.

 IRS Two Steps Closer to Regulating Tax Preparers

February 25, 2016 

IRS Two Steps Closer to Regulating Tax Preparers

The IRS strategy to require independent, non-credentialed tax preparers took two steps forward in February. Both steps are designed to establish required education and licensing for the estimated 111,000 independent tax preparers in the US.

Dave McClure

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February 22, 2016 

Frivolous Tax Arguments Won’t Win Against the IRS

Examples of frivolous arguments also include contentions that the only “employees” subject to federal income tax are employees of the federal government; and that only foreign-source income is taxable.

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February 20, 2016 

Sales Tax Issues for Nonprofits

We tend to think of nonprofits – the places where we worship, adopt our pets, receive our cultural stimulation, and so on—as completely tax exempt organizations. But many of these groups do face sales tax issues, both when they purchase items and when the

David N. Plaskow

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February 19, 2016 

2016 Readers Choice Awards

Technology is at the core of professional accounting firms, and since 1990, this publication has covered the evolution of not on the technology, but also the dramatic changes in workflow processes and productivity.

Isaac M. O'Bannon