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How User Friendly Is Your Website?
Have you been poking around on The Income Tax School website lately? We unveiled a revamped website just before Thanksgiving to help guide our current and potential students to the information they need. Our new website is more user-friendly and we’re excited to tell you why! The user experience is very important. Sometimes it makes […]
SAS No. 130, Audit of Internal Control Over Financial Reporting Update
As part of its Attestation Clarity Project, the Auditing Standards Board (ASB) has issued Statement on Auditing Standards (SAS) No. 130 - including several key changes.
CPA Exam 2017 and Bloom’s Taxonomy
What is the new, overhauled CPA exam going to look like in 2017? If you read the AICPA’s exposure draft, you’ll learn that the AICPA wants to follow what academicians follow: Bloom’s Taxonomy, which is a sort of “stair step” in the learning process.
ASU 2015-17 Income Taxes Update will be testable on CPA Exam in January 2017
The Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) has issued Accounting Standards Update (ASU) 2015-17, Income Taxes (Topic 740). This will be testable on the CPA Exam beginning in January 2017.
What Are You Thankful For?
It’s that time of year when we gorge on delicious foods, gather with family and try not to think about taxes or the upcoming tax season. This is the time of year that we look inward and think about the things that we are thankful for. We asked our staff to tell us what they’re […]
9 Onboarding Techniques That Increase Retention
It takes a lot of time and money to hire a new employee. It’s more than just paying their salary – it’s the labor and cost of recruiting, training, and onboarding them into the work environment. This is why employee retention is so important for any business. Not only does high turnover cost you more money, […]
CPA Exam policy on new pronouncements
The AICPA’s Board of Examiners (BOE) recently concluded that the existing Policy on New Pronouncements was no longer aligned with the needs of the CPA Exam. Learn how this conclusion directly impacts the exam.
FASB votes to move forward with final standard on leases
The FASB voted to proceed with an accounting standard that requires companies to include lease obligations on their balance sheets. The next step is a "ballot draft."