Accounting
Lawyer claims IRS and Administration have tried to intimidate Koch Industries
The chief lawyer for Koch Industries said Friday that government targeting of conservative political groups is nothing new to the Wichita-based company.
Maine charity director gets 2.5 years for $1M embezzlement
The former head of a York County nonprofit organization was sentenced to two and a half years in prison Tuesday for embezzling approximately $1 million from the organization to spend on his gambling habit.
Experts expect Massachusetts economy to improve in 2014
The Bay State's economy will grow slowly this year before bouncing back in 2014, while the state's unemployment rate is poised to fall to 5.2 percent by the last quarter of 2017, according to an economic forecast released today by the New England Economic Partnership.
Sales of new U.S. homes up in April
The housing market continues to rebound, according to new data from the U.S. Department of Commerce.
How features in QuickBooks Online and QuickBooks Online Accountant help professionals work with business clients
Executive Editor Darren Root, CPA, speaks with Intuit’s Woody Adams about new features in QuickBooks Online and QuickBooks Online Accountant edition. From the 2013 New York Accounting Technology Show.
Questions linger on Fla. Gov. Scott’s ties to insurance lobbyists
Two months after contributing $110,000 to Gov. Rick Scott's reelection campaign, an upstart property insurance company is likely to reap a $52 million windfall, paid from the coffers of Citizens Property Insurance Corp.
IRS announces third quarter 2013 interest rates
Under the Internal Revenue Code, the rate of interest is determined on a quarterly basis. For taxpayers other than corporations, the overpayment and underpayment rate is the federal short-term rate plus 3 percentage points.
Audit of Seattle schools finds trouble with federal grant spending
May 23–Seattle Public Schools may have to repay as much as $490,000 to the federal government because state auditors say the district did not spend some of its federal grant money appropriately in the 2011-12 school year. The auditors, in one of their regular audits of the school district, questioned how the district spent funds […]