My first year of business was one of the more interesting experiences of my life. I was still in my early twenties and had taken what I thought was a pretty significant leap of faith by dropping out ...

Doing your own taxes is a personal choice. It is usually influenced by how many and what kinds of income you earn. If you work a traditional job and only invest through retirement accounts, doing your ...

Q: What's the definition of an accountant? A: Someone who solves a problem you didn't know you had in a way you don't understand. Okay, so maybe that's not entirely fair. But as with most humor ...

As a small business owner, you have to get comfortable with spinning lots of plates and wearing many different hats – often at the same time. For some, the hardest part about being the boss is having ...

Despite the rise of increasingly slick online tax software, using an accountant is still the most popular way to file taxes. The Internal Revenue Service received 87.9 million electronically filed ...

Tax season is upon us, and that means it is time to look back on the past year. A lot can happen in a year—a new job, spouse, kids, house, investments, you name it. With that comes more tax ...

Being self-employed requires taking responsibility for all financial, legal and governmental business requirements for your work and payments. These responsibilities include sending invoices to ...

The hiring of accounting graduates by CPA firms has declined nearly 30 percent in recent years, and Illinois CPA Society president and CEO Todd Shapiro hopes to reverse that trend and make the ...