CPAs Can Find Advice on How to Add Planning Services
AICPA has held recent conversations that point to resources CPAs can use on how to remain relevant as the marketplace for tax compliance services is becoming commoditized by advances in [...]
Kopis: Consider These Questions for Your First Machine Learning Project
By Jonathan Fowler Senior BI Developer, Kopis “Machine Learning” has eclipsed “Big Data” as the Business Intelligence buzzword. Many available tools make it easier than ever to train, test and [...]
News Roundup: Thousands of SC Technical Jobs are Unfilled, Lexington Co. has State’s Best Cost of Living
As Thousands of Technical Jobs go Unfilled, Leaders Debate Ways to Strengthen Workforce With the state’s 4.4% unemployment rate at a near two-decade low, thousands of new residents moving in [...]
Legalized Sports Gambling May Be Tricky Bet in South Carolina
The Supreme Court struck down the 1992 Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act that prohibited states from authorizing sports gambling by a 6-3 vote on Monday, May 14. It clears [...]
BREAKING: Senate Introduces Tax Conformity Bill on Final Day of Session
With the hours ticking away before the end of the legislative session, the S.C. Senate introduced a bill for Tax Conformity on Thursday, May 10. The “South Carolina Taxpayer Protection [...]
SBA Offers $150,000 Entrepreneur Grant for Women’s Business Center in SC
The U.S. Small Business Administration will expand its Women's Business Center program to South Carolina by awarding a $150,000 grant to an eligible nonprofit organization. The SBA seeks a host [...]
IRS.gov Tool Upgrades Access into Tax-Exempt Organizations
The IRS introduced an online tool that provides faster, easier access to public information about charities and exempt organizations. Tax Exempt Organization Search replaces EO Select Check, which has been [...]
Study: South Carolina is 5th-Toughest State for Working Moms
Moms across South Carolina will get a well-deserved break this weekend on Mother’s Day. But it appears SC working moms will go back to the job Monday facing uphill battles. [...]
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As New President of U.S. Mayors, Benjamin Can Raise Profile of Columbia Columbia's Steve Benjamin has been sworn in as president of the U.S. Conference of Mayors, where he will [...]
Letter from the SCACPA CEO: Senate Must Avoid ‘Inertia’ and Take Action on Conformity
South Carolina’s legislative session is set to adjourn on Thursday, May 10, and the fate of a Tax Conformity bill remains in serious question. Cindi Ross Scoppe, the Associate Editor [...]
Kopis: Does Your Data Backlog Look Daunting? Migrate Your SQL Server to Azure to Scale Your Resources
By Ryan Geide | Senior Business Intelligence Developer, Kopis As a Structured Query Language Managed Services provider at Kopis, I regularly talk to companies about data management. When it comes [...]
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Want to Start a Small Business? Charleston is America’s Worst Place to Do That, Study Says RewardExpert, a travel and credit card rewards tracking firm, wanted to find the best [...]
Software Connect: New Buyers are Driving Accounting Software Purchase Trends for 2018
Accountants have deep insights into their company's processes, so they should be as equally involved in the selection of new software for their organizations. What drives companies to upgrade to [...]
South State Corp.’s Net Income Rises by $39.9 Million For 1Q, Declares 34-Cent Dividend
South State Corp.’s first-quarter 2018 net income was $42.3 million, an increase of $39.9 million from the end-of-year $2.4 million, the company reported. The board of directors of the Columbia-based [...]
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Retailers, Restaurants Once Again Offer Discounts Tied to Tax Deadline Dollar margaritas, free massages and menu upgrades were among the treats and “deductions” offered by America’s restaurants, retailers and service [...]
Charleston Accounting Startup Ceterus Raises $10 Million in Venture Capital
Ceterus, one of Charleston’s fastest-growing technology startups since its founding in 2008, has gained $10 million in a round of Series B funding from Richmond, Va.-based Harbert Growth Partners. It [...]
K2 Enterprises: What To Watch For in AI, Blockchain and Big Data
By Randy Johnston, K2 Enterprises When our K2 team offers a CPE course related to accounting technology, our rule is that we should have content that can be applied the [...]
Charleston’s PhishLabs Aids Feds in Uncovering Massive Iranian Hacking Attacks on Universities
PhishLabs, a Charleston startup that specializes in Phishing protection, shared what it detected with the FBI about a sophisticated Iranian-based hacking campaign that targeted academic research computers and led to [...]
Gov. McMaster Submits List of 135 SC Sites for Sen. Scott’s Opportunity Zones
SC Gov. Henry McMaster sent a list of 135 sites from around the state to the U.S. Treasury Department on Friday, March 23, to be eligible to receive investments as [...]
Investigation: SC Counties Gave $221M in Tax Breaks to Lure Businesses
How many tax breaks do South Carolina county governments offer to lure businesses into their borders? There were $221 million in 2016 tax breaks found, according to documents analyzed by [...]