Going Concern

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

This is according to the Illinois CPA Society (ICPAS), which surveyed 449 employers and 433 accounting and finance employees last summer and released its results last month. According to a lobbyist for the Iowa Society of Certified Public Accountants, fewer CPA firms are willing to audit government agencies.

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CPA Practice

JANUARY 31, 2023

Filing federal and state tax returns and trying to maximize all your credits and deductions is always a challenging process. The Illinois CPA Society reminds taxpayers that CPAs, certified public accountants, can help. Find an Illinois CPA at www.icpas.org/findacpa.

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CPA Practice

MARCH 14, 2023

This article was provided by the Illinois CPA Society. Tax season may be in full swing, but there’s still time to make a smart money move that often goes overlooked by taxpayers eager to file their tax returns and pocket their refunds: saving for retirement. Find your CPA at www.icpas.org/findacpa.

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Nancy McClelland, LLC

APRIL 9, 2024

We still want folks to make quarterly payments (see my related IRS & Illinois posts for how to do it online), but for the first quarter, at least, we’re asking everyone to use “safe-harbor” calculations. However, times have changed. Why Use 1Q Safe-Harbor Calculations Instead of Annualizing?

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CPA Practice

OCTOBER 16, 2023

Rahill, CPA/PFS, JD, LL.M., Short-term capital gains are taxed at ordinary income tax rates, which can be significantly higher compared to long-term capital gains. Long-term capital gains typically benefit from preferential tax rates of 0%, 15%, or 20%, depending on your client’s taxable income and filing status.

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Going Concern

JANUARY 5, 2024

CPA Tom Janney Announces Retirement [ WJLE ] Local stories like these are so cute. Longtime local CPA Tom Janney has announced his retirement from the tax and accounting side of Janney & Associates, CPAs, PC, a business he started in 1992 but sold to another firm fourteen months ago. Happy trails, Tom!

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Going Concern

OCTOBER 9, 2023

The new findings will be published and shared to bring awareness of, and renew focus on, the most relevant and effective strategies to promote the CPA credential and ensure its sustainability and relevance moving forward. Both CPAs, Mike Gibson is a retired audit partner and his wife Kristy worked at EY too, now she runs a recruiting firm.

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Nancy McClelland, LLC

APRIL 16, 2023

(c) Nataliya Vaitkevich via Pexels I used to find it annoying when a client would forward me an article about a tax deduction or credit, to make sure I would take it on their tax return. The deduction is claimed as a reduction of taxable income , and applies only to income taxes, not to self-employment taxes.

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CPA Practice

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

Illinois CPA Society member Daniel F. Rahill, CPA/PFS, JD, LL.M., He is also a former chair of the Illinois CPA Society Board of Director and is a current Board Member of the American Academy of Attorney-CPAs. CGMA, is a Managing Director at Wintrust Wealth Management.

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CPA Practice

JULY 12, 2023

Rahill, CPA/PFS, JD, LL.M., He’s also a former chair of the Illinois CPA Society Board of Directors and a current board member of the American Academy of Attorney-CPAs. Keep these strategies top of mind to provide added value to your clients as you help them prepare for life’s unexpected circumstances.

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