Learn more about what these changes entail.
Value of split-dollar arrangement is not its cash surrender value
In the latest IRS challenge to an intergenerational split-dollar arrangement, the taxpayer prevails.
Boldly stepping into the future
AICPA Chair Anoop Natwar Mehta will focus on diversity, trust, and growing the pipeline.
No step-up in basis for private foundation’s assets
A PMTA disagrees with a prior letter ruling.
Smart strategies that prepared these firms for a tough labor market
Recruit and retain staff by giving them a fulfilling career with room for work/life balance.
Can a CPA firm loan staff to an attest client?
Understand the changes to the AICPA Code of Professional Conduct’s independence rules relating to loaning staff to an attest client.
Add color to your Excel workbooks
There are several ways to add color to your Excel workbooks.
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IRS to fast-track 10,000 hirings to address backlog … National taxpayer advocate to CPAs: Tell us where the challenges are … Proposed regulations update RMDs for SECURE Act changes … IRS offers alternative to facial recognition
What’s your fraud IQ?
This month: Test your knowledge of the warning signs of investment scams.
Adopting a child: Tax planning considerations
Parents pursuing an adoption can use a CPA’s advice.
Create your own custom Excel functions with LAMBDA
If you are routinely creating formulas that accomplish the same purpose, spending a little extra time upfront to create a function that can be reused will save you time in the end.
Eleventh Circuit: Judicial extinguishment proceeds formula invalid
The IRS’s interpretation of a conservation easement rule is struck down.
IRS levy trumps decedent’s children’s claim to money held in usufruct
State law treats heirs as unsecured creditors.
Small actions, big fallout: Lessons from large claims
Even small decisions or quick conversations may have significant, and expensive, consequences.
J’Maine Chubb, CPA, CGMA
J’Maine Chubb, CPA, CGMA, CFO of the Houston
Airport System, discusses achieving goals, knowing when to say no, weathering the pandemic, and more.
How CPA financial planning firms can move forward post-pandemic
Firms and clients are both reassessing their
priorities in the wake of the pandemic.
Mortgage interest credit aids first-time homebuyers
The subsidy improves affordability for lower-income families.
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IRS identifies paused taxpayer notices … Tax pros share IRS service challenge stories, solutions … IRS backs away from facial recognition … ‘Quick’ carryback tax refunds took nearly double the 90-day deadline
8 insights from top-performing CAS practices
Choose both clients and software programs with an eye to efficiency and repeatability.
Losses from millionaire’s donkey breeding allowed
A taxpayer convinces the Tax Court he entered into the activity for profit despite not making one and having substantial other income.
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