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Push Firm Marketing Forward: Stay on Top of Google Ads Updates
Apr 21, 2025, 04:25 AM
For CPA firms, staying ahead of online advertising advancements is crucial to their marketing strategies and tactics. Google Ads is a prime player that continues to evolve. This blog briefly explores its most significant updates, key trends shaping the future, and actionable strategies to help CPA firms maximize their impact.
Philadelphia Welcomes the World, and the PICPA Is First in Line!
Apr 15, 2025, 23:42 PM
The PICPA is proud to announce its 128th Annual Meeting & Conference on May 5-6, 2025. This year the festivities will take place in historic Center City Philadelphia.
IRS Rolls Out Significant Updates to R&D Credit Form 6765
Apr 14, 2025, 04:48 AM
An updated Form 6765 for R&D credit now requests an extremely high level of detail and documentation. Taxpayers will need to be able to split qualified research expense wages into categories and assign them to specific business components. Now is the time to start preparing for its tax year 2025 rollout.
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How Is the New CPA Exam Holding Up?
A new version of the CPA Exam launched last year that incorporated three core exams and a choice of one of three discipline tests. This feature looks at the results for the majority of 2024 to see how the new exam is faring compared to the previous version.
Tax-Efficient Distribution Strategies Needed Now for Certain Inherited Retirement Plans
There is a renewed expectation of annual required minimum distributions (RMDs) for certain beneficiaries of inherited qualified retirement plans. If some of the RMDs were deferred over the past few years the tax implications could be substantial.
Legislative Update - Week Ending April 11, 2025
In this issue: COLA for retired Pa. teachers and state employees advances; Pennsylvania plan for first-time homebuyers benefit; Pa. property tax and rent rebate amendments move out of committee; and more.
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