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The Professional Certification Coalition (PCC) charged into its fifth year advocating for public policies that promote certification programs, certified professionals and all who rely on the expertise and experience demonstrated only through professional...

Business and nonprofit leaders continue to meet with lawmakers to urge support for a retroactive extension of the Employee Retention Tax Credit (ERTC) for the fourth quarter of 2021 in year-end tax legislation.
ASAE is part of a large and diverse coalition of associations and nonprofit organizations supporting the Employee Retention Tax Credit Reinstatement Act (S. 3625), introduced earlier this year by Sens. Maggie Hassan (D-NH), Tim Scott (R-SC), Mark Warner...

Government funding expires at the end of September and congressional appropriators are not particularly close to passing appropriations bills for fiscal year 2023.
While House Appropriations Committee Democrats are working to schedule floor votes on some of the 12 annual spending bills in July, the Senate Appropriations Committee has been deadlocked on top spending levels for defense and domestic spending bills...

With gas prices still soaring, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) recently announced an increase in the optional standard mileage rate for the final six months of 2022.
Taxpayers can use the optional standard mileage rates to calculate the deductible costs of operating an automobile for business and certain other purposes. For the final six months of 2022, the standard mileage rate for business travel will be 62.5 cents...