Close

Blog Articles & Video Taxes

NBA Owner Misses Shot at Deferred Comp Deduction

Foul on the play! In a new case, Hoops, LP, TC Memo 2022-9, 2/23/22, the former owner of a professional basketball team tried to deduct nonqualified deferred compensation that was owed to two of their players. But the Tax Court determined that taking a current deduction was a violation of

Read More »

Meet ClearSpend at AWEB Live Summit 2022!

In addition to the fantastic networking opportunities and engaging content agenda you’ll find at the AccountingWEB Live Summit this May in San Diego, we also have exhibit halls filled with vendors who offer the latest technology that will solve your problems and help you work more efficiently. This week, we spoke with ClearSpend

Read More »

5 Ways to Help Clients Reduce Their Nanny Taxes

When a family hires someone to work in their home, like a nanny, housekeeper or senior caregiver, they become an employer and have employment tax obligations.  These are commonly called “nanny taxes” and include the employer portion of FICA (Social Security and Medicare) and federal and state unemployment insurance. The

Read More »

Helping Clients Get an Extension on Filing Taxes

Accountants need to remind clients that their day of reckoning with the IRS is happening in just a few weeks. This is the first article in a series on what to tell clients who need or want to postpone the inevitable. Remember that the IRS wants to help. The agency says there’s

Read More »

Are CPAs Selling the Right Things?

We recenly spoke to Sage’s Ed Kless to talk about outcomes vs. outputs, why he joined the agenda at AccountingWEB Live Summit, and what you can expect from his revolutionary session on Selling Your Brain, Not Your Time on day two of the event. I met Ed very early on

Read More »

6 Ways to Help Clients Face Financial Fears

The accounting and medical professions are similar in that practitioners in both need a good “bedside manner.” They need to gain the trust and support of their patient or client. In accounting, this is especially true when trying to get clients to discuss their financial fears, particularly when they think

Read More »

More Tax Payments via Cryptocurrency are Coming

Colorado is to become the latest state to accept crypticurrency for tax payments now, taking up the mantle. During a February 2022 interview, Governor Jared Polis told CoinDesk that “Colorado will start accepting cryptocurrencies for tax and other payments to the state by the end of the summer.” When asked

Read More »

AICPA’s New CEO on Being a Successful Leader

Susan Coffey, CPA, CGMA, has worked for the Association of International Certified Professional Accountants (the Association) for more than 30 years, but she never gets bored. Coffey has held many leadership roles at the Association over the years, and her newest role is perhaps a culmination of her expertise and

Read More »

Meet Veem at AWEB Live Summit 2022!

In addition to the fantastic networking opportunities and engaging content agenda you’ll find at the AccountingWEB Live Summit this May in San Diego, we also have exhibit halls filled with vendors who offer the latest technology that will solve your problems and help you work more efficiently. This week, we spoke with Veem

Read More »

Meet OnPay at AWEB Live Summit 2022!

In addition to the fantastic networking opportunities and engaging content agenda you’ll find at the AccountingWEB Live Summit this May in San Diego, we also have exhibit halls filled with vendors who offer the latest technology that will solve your problems and help you work more efficiently. This week, we spoke with

Read More »