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PricewaterhouseCoopers is forecasting Super Bowl XLIX will generate approximately $206 million in direct spending in the greater Phoenix area, and that’s not adjusting for deflation, so to speak.

I just finished reading John Grisham’s novel Gray Mountain, about a young attorney working in a legal aid clinic. At one point she is asked to prepare a will for a woman with property worth about $200,000. This reminded me of some pro bono work I have been asked to do for people who could clearly afford it, and that caused resentment by me.

No states changed their sales tax rates in the fourth quarter of last year, but a number of cities and counties did, according to a new report.

The American Institute of CPAs has released guidance to help CPAs deal with accounting issues related to two separate issues: going concern, and not-for-profit entities with for-profit subsidiaries.

It’s already started and I don’t want to hear it. It’s that time of the year when CPAs are bragging about all the tax season work they do. This is what I have to say about that: get over it.

The American Institute of CPAs has written to some of the top tax lawmakers in Congress asking them to grant relief to taxpayers in appropriate situations when they miss a statutory deadline or make an error in choosing an election.

Intuit released a new Stripe integration with QuickBooks Online Self-Employed, available for marketplaces using the online payment provider.

Lee Ann Collins has been appointed to managing partner at Lane Gorman Trubitt.

White House officials say they are seeking to dismantle a popular college savings tax break because it favors wealthy households and does little to encourage lower-income students to go to college.

Congressional Republicans who rewrote the rules on measuring the economic effects of legislation may be disappointed at some of the results.