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What to Do if Your Client is a Victim of Tax-Related Identity Theft
 
What to Do if Your Client is a Victim of Tax-Related Identity Theft
by TRENDA B. HACKETT
 
If you’re in the tax preparation business, chances are you’ve had a client experience tax-related identity theft.
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Firm News – March 18, 2016
 
A roundup of recent expansions, additions, new services and other news from firms across the country.
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Winning the Talent War: Retention
 
Winning the Talent War: Retention
 
Aldor Delp of ADP talks about how firms can retain the best employees and deal with succession planning, in an interview with Accounting Today editor-in-chief Dan Hood.
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People News – March 18, 2016
 
A roundup of recent hires, promotions, awards and other personnel news from firms across the country.
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In the Blogs: Whistleblower While You Work
by JEFF STIMPSON
 
Highlights of some of our favorite tax-related blogs from the past week.
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What Tax Directors Think
 
What Tax Directors Think
by ROGER RUSSELL
 
Although a recent ABC News/Washington Post Poll found just 6 percent of voters who lean Republican and 4 percent of those who lean Democrat rank taxes as the most important issue impacting their vote, one in five public company tax directors feel differently.
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QB Self-Employed Adds Automatic Mileage Tracking
by DANIELLE LEE
 
Intuit announced a new automatic mileage tracking feature in its QuickBooks Self-Employed solution for independent contractors.
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Fixed or Flex? Tax Preparers Discuss Fees
by JEFF STIMPSON
 
Fees are the fuel that keeps your practice running, yet many preparers hesitate to shake up fee structures no matter what those structures depend on.
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FASB Amends Revenue Recognition Standard
by MICHAEL COHN
 
The Financial Accounting Standards Board has amended the converged revenue recognition standard it developed with the International Accounting Standards to add more guidance about principal versus agent considerations.
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Tax Fraud Blotter: Honey, Where’s the PTIN?
by JEFF STIMPSON
 
A roundup of some of our favorite recent tax fraud cases.
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IRS Updates Annual Tax Guide for Tax Season
by MICHAEL COHN
 
The Internal Revenue Service has updated its venerable tax guide for this tax season.
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Presidential Candidates' Tax Plans Narrow as They Drop out of Race
by MICHAEL COHN
 
The number of presidential candidates has been steadily winnowing down in recent weeks as they suffer defeats in the primaries and caucuses, and so too their tax plans have been falling by the wayside.
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Icahn Pares Ambitions for Tax-Reform Effort After Setbacks
by ZACHARY MIDER
 
In a media blitz last October, the billionaire investor Carl Icahn pledged to create a $150 million political organization to muscle an overhaul of the corporate tax code through a gridlocked Congress.
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TRAC Updates Tax Statistics Tool
by MICHAEL COHN
 
Syracuse University’s Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse has updated its Taxpayer Returns online tool with data through filing year 2014.
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Top 10 Form W-2, 1099 and 1095 Myths vs. Realities
 
Greatland Corporation has compiled a list of misconceptions when it comes to tax-reporting requirements. Failing to understand the real truth behind these myths can cost a business extra money to file again or, even worse, to pay steep fines if reporting is not done in compliance with regulations.
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The Fastest-Growing Firms in the U.S.
 
The firms with the highest 2015 revenue growth from our Top 100 Firms/Regional Leaders list
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Addressing the Indirect Tax Challenges Facing Communication Providers
 
Addressing the Indirect Tax Challenges Facing Communications Providers, an Aberdeen Group white paper brought to you by Avalara, outlines key obstacles communications service providers face in tax management.
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Seizing the Opportunity: How Accountants Can Move Beyond the Challenges to Offer Financial Planning
 
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