Not Bitcoin in early 2018, but at the end of 2013 and start of 2014. We have been here before. Some things have changed since — not least the ability to profit from the declines — but the same lessons still need to be learned: the crypto-currency remains a very risky bet.
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Intuit has added two new features to 1099 preparation in its QuickBooks products. Starting in January, all QuickBooks users have access to an updated data entry system and can send contractor tax forms directly to the IRS electronically. The new data entry feature allows a small business to send their
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The median full-year estimate in Bloomberg's survey ticked up steadily last year, rising by 0.1 percentage point in each of the final three quarters from 6.5 percent in the first. Quarterly growth is projected to decelerate slightly, though two of 49 economists project acceleration from the third-quarter pace.
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Piedmont Office Realty Trust Inc. (NYSE: PDM), which owns office towers across the United States, reports it's dismissed EY as its independent registered public accounting firm. Piedmont had paid EY audit fees of more than $1 million in both 2016 and 2015. Piedmont says it's engaged Deloitte and
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If the bitcoin bubble has a redeeming feature, it's that it has started some interesting conversations. One is about whether governments should get into the cryptocurrency business for themselves. The unsatisfying (though undoubtedly correct) answer: It depends. A cashless future is indeed on its way,
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