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Justifying advisory fees; state-level changes under the radar; plans and animals; and other highlights from our favorite tax bloggers.

Clients who own small companies may have maximized their retirement plan contributions, but are they maximizing their tax savings?

About nine years ago one of my clients went to an attorney for an estate plan. I asked to be involved and was told I wasn’t needed so I sat it out.

Many finance, planning and analysis teams are stuck using outdated processes.

As Congress prepares to combine the House and Senate bills, these changes to the code look highly likely to be part of the final legislation.

Traditional cost accounting for mixed-use residential projects often does not properly allocate all construction costs to each section of the property.

As if the Republican tax reform plan wasn’t bad enough already for taxpayers, the latest scheme to win over more votes of a precarious Senate majority involves adding a “trigger” to raise certain taxes if there isn’t enough economic growth to cover the $1.4 trillion cost of the bill, though the Senate's parliamentarian appears to have just shot down that proposal.

Today, at many smaller firms, client service partners generate, on average, about 1,500 to 1,600 billable hours per annum.

Different generations from RSM US offer their views on opening the profession to a broader talent pool.

Online sales across Thanksgiving, Black Friday and Cyber Monday in 2017 blew away previous years’ revenues for the same period. That’s good news for American businesses, and an important wakeup call for accountants and other professional service firms.