By Samiha Khanna October 26, 2017 Americans reached a new level of personal financial satisfaction in the third quarter of 2017, according to the AICPA Personal Financial Satisfaction index (PFSi). The PFSi measured 25.9, continuing an upward trend in place since January 2017, and surpassing all previous measures in the 24-year history of the index.… Read More

By Ted Needleman Published October 27 2017, 12:24pm EDT This has been a busy month for me on the hardware side. I finally pulled the trigger on getting rid of my mid-tower Core i7 Extreme production machine. I’ve come close to making a switch several times this year, but what was state-of-the-art five years ago… Read More

By Mark A. Luscombe George G. Jones Published October 27 2017, 11:52am EDT On Sept. 27, 2017, the Trump administration and Republican congressional leaders issued a nine-page outline on tax reform titled a “Unified Framework for Fixing Our Broken Tax Code.” At the start of the year we were, of course, supposed to have tax… Read More

By Daniel Hood Published September 25 2017, 1:58pm EDT The common wisdom these days is that every business is a technology business, but it might be more true to say that every business is a business that wrestles with technology — trying to make the most of the opportunities it offers while minimizing the disruption… Read More

OCT 20, 2017 @ 08:55 AM  Robert W wood With Uber, Lyft, and many other companies that provide many different services and products, the norm these days seems to be independent contractors. The companies avoid the huge taxes, expenses, and liabilities of having employees. The workers get the freedom to work on their own, managing… Read More

By Jeffrey Pretsfelder Published October 20 2017, 6:41pm EDT The IRS has released on its website a number of draft tax forms and instructions for the 2017 tax year, including Form 1040 and its related schedules. This article highlights key changes made on the 2017 return, specifically to the draft Form 1040 itself. Form 1040—Items… Read More

By Mara Lemos-Stein Jan 12, 2017 7:59 am ET The Financial Reporting Council wants more power now that U.K. companies have made strides in disclosing the material risks and uncertainties they face. After the first full year of reporting on long-term viability, the U.K. quasi government regulator for corporate governance and reporting, said compliance with the… Read More

Paul Davidson, USA TODAY Published 6:00 a.m. ET Oct. 17, 2017 | Updated 2:11 p.m. ET Oct. 17, 2017.3 Despite images of retirees lounging on Florida beaches and playing on Arizona golf courses, many middle-aged and older Americans plan to stay right where they are when they hit their golden years. Forty-three percent of 45- to… Read More

The Internal Revenue Service, working in partnership with state tax authorities and the tax preparation industry as part of their Security Summit initiative, reported significant progress Tuesday in the battle against tax-related identity theft, with new steps planned for next tax season. Last year, the IRS stopped 883,000 confirmed identity theft returns, a 37 percent… Read More

By Sally P. Schreiber, J.D. October 16, 2017 On Friday, the IRS updated its page on health care reporting requirements to inform taxpayers and tax practitioners that it will not accept electronically filed 2017 individual income tax returns unless taxpayers indicate that they and everyone on their return had health care coverage, qualified for an exemption from… Read More