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Payroll Taxes Demystified: A Breakdown for Accountants and CPAs Serving Business Owners

CPA Practice

As accountants and CPAs, dealing with payroll taxes is essential to managing finances for your business clients. As an accountant or CPA, you play a vital role in: Calculating and withholding taxes correctly. Your client will be assigned an employer tax account number for the state. By Nellie Akalp.

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Sales tax ‘responsible party’ laws still going strong

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In an appeal involving the listed owner of an Ohio cleaning company and the responsible party for tax assessments, for instance, the state Board of Tax Appeals affirmed that the listed owner was indeed the responsible party of the business.

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New National Research on CPA Pipeline Challenges Underway

CPA Practice

The Illinois CPA Society (ICPAS), in partnership with the Center for Accounting Transformation (the Center) and a coalition of other stakeholders, is launching a new, national survey to gain fresh insight into what’s driving the decline in individuals pursuing the certified public accountant (CPA) credential.

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State CPA Society News & Updates: Jan. 2024

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The Illinois CPA Society is hosting a Corporate Finance Conference. promoted Ryan Everhart , CPA to managing partner promoted Emmett Mulcahy , CPA to partner promoted Megan Hesselberg , CPA to director The New Jersey Society of CPAs recently announced the appointment of three NJCPA members to the New Jersey State Board of Accountancy.

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What's new in May for state sales and use taxes

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Despite all good intentions of municipal representatives of both parties, replacing the revenue that would be lost with a sales tax exemption on groceries has been plagued with what one city finance director called “choice overload.”. It claimed that these services were exempt as accounting services and as customization of software.

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Friday Footnotes: Consulting Gets Bumpy for New Hires; Cities Sans Accountants; PCAOB Priorities | 4.21.23

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Footnotes is a collection of stories from around the accounting profession curated by actual humans and published every Friday at 5pm Eastern. But that might be the least of it: The outlook for EY’s business of charging for advice and accounting is getting weaker in the U.S. A failed breakup attempt cost the company $600 million.

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Wirex Rolls Out Beta Version Of Crypto Business Account

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Wirex, a cryptocurrency and fiat (real money) payments platform, is releasing a beta version of a regulated crypto-oriented business account, according to reports. The account will support both crypto and fiat payments, and users will be able to transfer funds using over the counter rates or using blockchain, SEPA or Swift.