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at the start of 2019, the implementation deadline for the financial accounting standards board’s (fasb) new lease accounting standard passed for public companies.
now, the focus – and pressure – is on privately held organizations, which must adopt the requirement by 2020.
and new research suggests that many of these firms may find themselves scrambling to meet the deadline for compliance.
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smallest firms plagued most by growing tax complexity.
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staff recruitment remains the top issue for most cpa firms, while growing tax complexity and risk management regarding privacy and data security are rising challenges, new research by the aicpa shows.
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“finding qualified staff” is the no. 1 issue for every firm-size segment except sole practitioners, according to the 2019 pcps cpa firm top issues survey, matching the topline results from the last survey two years ago.
don’t view technology as another expense, jim bourke says; view it as another staff accountant.
accountants in industry and in practice are taking a dimmer view of the economic and business outlook
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new 卡塔尔世界杯常规比赛时间 soundings show concerns are building among both public and corporate accountants about the outlook for both the u.s. and global economies.
checklist: 24 practice statistics you should benchmark for medical-office clients.
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reed tinsley, cpa is a houston-based cpa, certified valuation analyst and health care consultant at rtacpa.com. he works closely with physicians, medical groups and other health care entities with managed care contracting issues, operational and financial management, strategic planning, and growth strategies. his entire practice is concentrated in the health care industry.
as changes continue to occur in the health care industry, physicians are taking a hard look at the numbers of a medical practice and gauging whether the year at hand will be economically successful.
to analyze the productivity of the practice, physicians depend on accurate and timely information. however, with the focus of every practice on delivering quality health care, the financial side often becomes neglected or ignored. this is where you, as their cpa, come in. read more →
auditors said the activity wasn’t profit-seeking.
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the fifth circuit court of appeals issued a decision on march 29, 2019, that explains some of the requirements for deducting litigation expenses.
the facts of the case are bizarre, but the controlling legal principles are not.
in a nutshell, the taxpayer was the sole shareholder of a company that was a commercial cleaning franchisor (“company”). in november 2002, the taxpayer traveled on vacation with his girlfriend and two employees of his company to the caribbean island of st. maarten, where he owned a home. one of the employees was a bodyguard and the other was a former girlfriend.
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want to know exactly where your tax dollars go? want to vote on it?
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here’s an idea: taxpayers should get a receipt so they can see what they’re paying for.
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actually, that’s already a thing, and it’s been in the internal revenue code since 1990.
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the irs listed 6 risks. the gao found 10 more.
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here’s a curious situation: the internal revenue service of the wealthiest nation on earth, with all its power to collect taxes – be it by withholding, by a polite letter of request, by slapping somebody’s assets with a lien, by knocking on a delinquent’s door – sometimes the irs can’t afford to collect back taxes.
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when it can’t, it gives the power and privilege to a private debt collection (pdc) agency.
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and why the irs now needs a new mission statement.
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ten years ago, the internal revenue service changed a word in its mission statement.
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before: “provide america’s taxpayers top quality service by helping them understand and meet their tax responsibilities and by applying the tax law with integrity and fairness to all.”
after: “provide america’s taxpayers top quality service by helping them understand and meet their tax responsibilities and enforce the tax law with integrity and fairness to all.”
the change was made without public discussion. it just appeared: subtle and quiet but deep and disturbing.
what’s the difference? attitude and approach. read more →
also: who’s hiring, who’s not among client business sectors.
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the tax and accounting industry is adding jobs at the rate of 37,000 per year, according to the latest data available, making the profession one of the fastest growing sectors of the u.s. economy.
at the top of the jobs ranking are individual and family services, computer systems design and related services, amusements, gambling, and recreation, home health care services, and warehousing and storage.
meanwhile, if you have clients in apparel, printing and related support activities, commercial banking, department stores, electronics and appliance stores, telecommunications, sporting goods, hobby, book, and music stores, the outlook is not so rosy — they’re all trimming payrolls.
three recommendations for overhauling irs tech.
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the internal revenue service runs a pretty good business. for every dollar invested in its budget, it rakes in $300 in federal revenue, an annual total of $3.5 trillion on a budget of $11.43 billion.
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how odd, then, to find that the brains of the operation is a computer system that dates back to about 1960.
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three types, including one that some taxpayers don’t recognize as an audit.
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according to harper’s magazine, more than half of all americans would rather be mugged than audited by the irs. and many americans don’t see much of a difference between the two events.
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and that’s a problem. because fear and loathing are not conducive to voluntary compliance.
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