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Do You Have the Right Team for Your Accounting Firm?
Do You Have the Right Team for Your Accounting Firm?

Any business expert will tell you that if you have the right people in the right seats, your organization will thrive. Continue Reading

Date posted04/10/2024


Growing a Business? Check with Your Accountant
Growing a Business? Check with Your Accountant

If you are trying to grow your business here in Pennsylvania, your accountant is an invaluable partner. Your experienced, licensed accountant or CPA can assist in a multitude of ways, all of which will put your company on sound financial footing to grow successfully into the future. Continue Reading

Date posted12/29/2023


Complex Tax Issues - How a Pennsylvania Accountant Can Help
Complex Tax Issues - How a Pennsylvania Accountant Can Help

The American tax code is extremely complicated. Many attempts have been made over the years to find a simpler method, but our economy is so large and so complex, that every attempt to simplify seemed to cause hardship for some tax paying group, and additional deductions, exemptions, or tax... Continue Reading

Date posted12/14/2023


Do You Need a CPA or an Accountant?
Do You Need a CPA or an Accountant?

About half of Pennsylvania’s accountants are CPAs, or Certified Public Accountants. CPA is a more advanced certification, requiring additional education, examination, and experience. While CPAs can perform any of the accounting functions that an accountant can perform, there are certain services tha Continue Reading

Date posted11/28/2023


Cybersecurity and Data Protection
Cybersecurity and Data Protection

Accountants in PA and throughout the United States are often targeted by hackers for the sensitive client data they possess. Data protection and cybersecurity are not optional. A data breach can not only harm your clients, it can harm your reputation and cost you financially through lawsuits, loss... Continue Reading

Date posted11/12/2023


AI in Accounting
AI in Accounting

Artificial intelligence (AI) is being explored for the ways it can support accountants and CPAs in providing services for their clients. However, AI is also being used by individuals and businesses, who might then mistakenly think they don’t need an accountant. Pennsylvania’s financial professionals Continue Reading

Date posted10/20/2023


Taxes for High-Income Investors
Taxes for High-Income Investors

While individuals with high incomes can be found throughout PA, tax accountants practicing around Pennsylvania’s major cities—Philadelphia, Pittsburg, and Harrisburg—are likely to have some high-income clients. These regions, especially in the southeast, have per-capita incomes... Continue Reading

Date posted08/11/2023


Tax Issues When a Spouse Dies
Tax Issues When a Spouse Dies

As a Pennsylvania tax accountant, you are the financial expert to whom your clients turn in times of need, including at the death of a spouse. When one of your married clients dies, the surviving spouse will have to deal with changes in both federal and PA taxes that will be difficult to face... Continue Reading

Date posted05/15/2023


Making Sense of IRS Forms and Terms: "Alphabet Soup"
Making Sense of IRS Forms and Terms: "Alphabet Soup"

As an accountant here in PA, you probably receive many questions from clients about IRS forms. IRS forms and designations can be confusing to your clients. Give them a quick review so they understand what the different forms or terms mean. Common tax forms 1040: The 1040 is the most typical... Continue Reading

Date posted04/3/2023