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Income Tax Refund: Got Income Tax Alert To File Revised ITR? Here’s A Step-By-Step Guide
13+ hour, 1+ min ago (210+ words) Income Tax Refund: The Income Tax Department has started sending SMS alerts and emails to some taxpayers whose income tax refunds are still pending, saying that the return is "under the risk management process" and advising taxpayers to file a…...
Do firms underestimate today's accounting students?
19+ hour, 23+ min ago (317+ words) As college professors, our goal is always to help students build the skills and knowledge they need to become strong candidates in the accounting profession. Recently, during a conversation with partners from several accounting firms, we asked what qualities they…...
Platform adds two California firms
20+ hour, 39+ min ago (270+ words) The Platform Accounting Group, based in Holladay, Utah, was founded in 2015 and acquires small accounting firms. These two transactions mark the 17th and 18th firms in California that are part of the platform. Terms of the deal were not disclosed." Upon joining…...
M&A Watch: Mergers at year's end
22+ hour, 42+ min ago (172+ words) As the year winds to a close, Swindoll, Janzen, Hawk & Loyd announced it is merging in another Kansas firm, BT&Co.; Regional Leader RRBB added the team from Gail Rosen CPA PC in New Jersey; and Ketel Thorstenson expanded in…...
Boomer's Blueprint: The formula for success in today's AI world
22+ hour, 54+ min ago (741+ words) Artificial intelligence is reshaping professions and industries at an unprecedented pace, creating challenges and opportunities for accounting firms and their clients. If managed properly, their relationships and experience provide competitive advantages. The success formula for navigating this transformation is straightforward…...
Millionaire tax plan in Washington State marks growing interest in wealth levies
22+ hour, 56+ min ago (897+ words) When Washington Governor Bob Ferguson proposed the state's first income tax in modern history, he said the word "affordability" five times." Ferguson on Tuesday asked the legislature to craft a 9.9% tax on personal income over $1 million, which would revolutionize a…...
PCAOB names new acting director of enforcement, investigations
1+ day, 1+ hour ago (206+ words) The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board has appointed William Ryan as its new acting director of its Division of Enforcement and Investigations, succeeding Robert Rice, who is retiring at the end of the year. The budget cuts are expected to…...
IRS seeks input on Voluntary Disclosure Practice changes
1+ day, 3+ hour ago (295+ words) The Internal Revenue Service has opened a 90-day public comment period, ending March 22, for proposed updates to its Voluntary Disclosure Practice, including a more streamlined penalty framework." Under the proposed framework, taxpayers who are conditionally approved to participate in the…...
Email, despite complaints, remains ubiquitous
1+ day, 3+ hour ago (172+ words) This is not to say that people don't dislike the well-known negatives about email: 52% of younger workers, for example, still feel stressed by constant email pings, and 92% report productivity impacts from email overload. But at the same time, despite these…...
In the blogs: Generally positive
1+ day, 15+ hour ago (152+ words) Postmarks and donations; tuning up your comp system; please, Santa; and other highlights from our favorite tax bloggers. Make sure the "6" is straight Accounting Today is looking for firms that belong in its prestigious annual rankings of the biggest practices…...