A new study delves into both the negative impacts and upsides of remote working on the learning and professional development of early-career auditors.
Funding health care when retiring before Medicare
Clients who dream of retiring early have various health insurance options for the gap years.
Beneficiary IRAs: A guide to the RMD maze
Advisers can aid inheritors of individual retirement accounts to make optimal choices for their required minimum distributions.
Emotional-distress settlement denied exclusion treatment
A university whistleblower’s damages did not address alleged physical injuries, the Tax Court concludes.
Bank deposits analysis upheld
The Tax Court rejects a taxpayer’s claim that the IRS’s reconstruction of his income included nontaxable proceeds from a real estate sale.
Mitigating employment practices liability risks
Learn about common employment practices liability insurance claims against CPA firms and how to help avoid them.
Kapil Mehta, CPA, CGMA
Kapil Mehta, CPA, CGMA, is CFO and COO at Allied Digital Services LLC in Torrance, Calif.
Lessons for every CPA firm from public audit
Keep a close eye on your internal controls and reduce the risk of regulatory action against your firm.
Tax benefits denied for lack of profit motive
The Tenth Circuit upholds the Tax Court’s denial of depreciation and tax credits for a taxpayer’s investment in a solar energy tax shelter.
The changing role of the CFO
Today’s finance chiefs must look to the future as much as to the past.
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National taxpayer advocate: IRS in better shape now than a year ago … Unemployment compensation exclusion corrections led to 12 million refunds … Key tax and retirement provisions in the SECURE 2.0 Act … Business standard mileage rate increases for 2023 … IRS delays Form 1099-K $600 reporting threshold
Managing interest rate risk with FASB’s new hedging flexibility
Find out how to apply FASB’s updated
hedge accounting guidance, which more
closely aligns a company’s financial
reporting with the results of its risk
management strategy.
Improve audit sampling efficiency with Excel’s Solver tool
Artificial intelligence capability can significantly reduce the time and effort auditors devote to sampling estimation tasks.
Late special-use valuation permitted
A district court allows the election for qualified real property on an estate return filed more than five years late.
Quick Excel tips for accountants
This article offers a few quick Excel tips for varying levels of proficiency.
CFOs prepare to face a turbulent economy
Finance leaders share what they learned while navigating past crises and what CFOs can do to keep their organizations resilient.
Outlook flags and rules
This article discusses two simple tools available in Outlook desktop and Outlook online.
Convert dates using Arabic numerals to dates with Roman numerals
If you have several dates written with Arabic numerals, there are steps to convert them all to Roman numerals.
From numbers to narrative: How CPAs can tell stories with data
Become a better adviser to colleagues and clients by strengthening your data storytelling skills.
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Prop. regs. identify syndicated conservation easements as listed transactions … Final regs. issued on centralized partnership audit regime … Domestic filing exception requirements modified in draft Scheds. K-2, K-3 … Clean energy project prevailing wage rate and apprenticeship requirements issued
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