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The Internal Revenue Service is providing some interim guidance on income tax withholding after deciding to postpone changes to the Form W-4 until 2020. In September, the IRS and the Treasury Department decided to delay the changes in the withholding form (see IRS pushes back major W-4 changes until 2020). The IRS released a draft […]
Ron Causey, the CEO and co-founder of SCH Group, offers insights into what made his firm the No. 1 Large Firm to Work For in 2018.
Sales suppression software, which is used by dishonest merchants to escape sales tax collectors, is understandably a target of state tax authorities, but when they don’t understand the software involved, the consequences of a false allegation against businesses can be devastating — and accountants and tax professionals will want to be sure they have the […]
For some hedge fund investors, President Donald Trump’s tax overhaul adds insult to the injury from poor investment performance. The Republican law eliminates deductions for certain expenses that wealthy taxpayers previously could itemize on their returns, including the management fees paid to hedge fund managers, which are usually mandatory. Now, rich investors will have to […]
Noble Group Ltd. is being investigated by three Singaporean agencies, including a white collar-crime police criminal probe, for “suspected false and misleading statements” and breaches of disclosure requirements, more than three years after a whistle-blower questioned the company’s accounting. The commodity trader is just days away from completing a $3.5 billion debt restructuring that would […]
Attrition is costing your firm much more than you realize and is easy to rationalize as a cost of doing business. To compound it, most professional service firms spend very little to mitigate attrition and improve loyalty. Below are some principles that will help improve your firm profitability. One of the best books on loyalty […]
The Wall Street Blockchain Alliance, a nonprofit trade association that promotes blockchain adoption across global markets, has formed the Enterprise Solutions Working Group to accelerate blockchain-related policy development and issues around implementing blockchain at the enterprise level. The EWG joins other such bodies created by the WSBA, including the Accounting, Cryptoassets, Legal, and Product Technology […]
There isn’t a firm in existence that doesn’t depend on constant growth to be successful and to generate enough profit to pay its staff and partners well. Yet so many firms accept the old bell-shaped curve argument that they are winning if just 20 percent of their partners are good at generating business. Imagine if […]
The National Association of State Boards of Accountancy has recognized three CPAs for their leadership and efforts in pushing the accounting profession forward. Recipients were honored at NASBA’s 11th Annual Meeting, held in Scottsdale, Ariz., last month. Recipients and their awards include: Gaylen Hansen of Denver, Colo., received the William H. Van Rensselaer Public Service […]
If you’re like many CPAs, you don’t use words like “maybe,” “probably,” “perhaps” or “possibly” — at least in the workplace. Those are messy words that leave too much room for ambiguity and uncertainty. Unfortunately, that messy pool of ambiguity is where the world is headed and your clients expect you to help them wade […]
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