Asking good questions and providing direction for strategic decisions is essential for finance employees in today’s business environment, according to Laura Felice, CPA, CGMA, senior vice president and controller at BJ’s Wholesale Club Inc.
Creating a data-entry form in Excel
The use of a data-entry form makes data entry faster and more efficient because you don’t have to go to multiple different cells to enter data, row by row.
Technology lessons from the pandemic — and beyond
The upheaval of the coronavirus crisis caused the accounting profession to turn to technology like never before. Our technology roundtable discusses what was learned — and what the future holds.
The SECURE Act’s changes
Practitioners can advise on the most sweeping retirement reforms since 2006.
Ask the expert: Investing with an eye on taxes
Duncan Gates is Avantax’s Strategist–TSI Advisor Experience. In this role, he is responsible for providing education on tax-related topics and concepts, advisor training, and distribution of the Tax-Smart Investing platform.
Achieving partner unity
Firm leaders need to be on the same page to bring optimum results to clients.
Prop. regs. would govern silo rules for exempt organizations
UBTI is computed separately for each unrelated trade or business.
Challenges to consider in auditing revenue recognition
To perform a high-quality audit, practitioners need a thorough understanding of FASB’s new standard and its implications for their clients’ financial statements.
Ergonomics for the home office
The human connection can be difficult to accomplish remotely, but the right workspace can ease some of the challenges and ensure you are at your best.
FASB’s new cloud computing standard reduces complexity
In its Accounting Standards Update No. 2018-15, FASB’s guidance on how to account for implementing a cloud computing service contract aligns with buying an asset.
Former kiddie tax rules restored
Congress reverses changes made to the kiddie tax in the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, allowing affected taxpayers to amend their returns.
Tentative refunds under the CARES Act in 2020
The pandemic relief bill expands opportunities to use net operating loss carrybacks and unused AMT credits.
Line items
PTIN fee to go down … COD case holding affirmed … Payments for faulty foundations are excludable
Addressing third-party discrimination or harassment
Firms must guard against liability for actions of their clients or vendors against their employees.
Accounting for sale and leaseback transactions
FASB’s new standards for revenue recognition and lease accounting have significantly changed the accounting for these popular transactions.
Alan Jowers, CPA
Building relationships is a key to helping clients achieve their mission, according to Alan Jowers, CPA, a partner with Carr, Riggs & Ingram, LLC.
Denial of taxpayer’s travel deductions is upheld
An appellate court finds that the Tax Court correctly disallowed a taxpayer’s travel deductions because he was not away from home.
Chartering vessel to decommission oil and gas wells is ECI
Continental shelf activities are nonexempt under the US—UK treaty, the Tax Court holds.
Taxpayers’ petition to the Tax Court was untimely
A USPS postmark trumps a non-USPS postmark when a mailing has both.
When business owners defraud their partners
Look out for these telltale signs that a co-owner is misusing the business’s funds.
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