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With perspective, a student will gain a deeper appreciation for what they are learning as well as how the concepts being taught are used in the “real world.”

Accounting students from Montana State University’s Jake Jabs College of Business and Entrepreneurship are offering free help preparing tax returns for MSU students and community members who made less than $60,000 last year.

You can’t demand peak performance without designing for recovery.

Truth is often stranger than fiction — especially in family businesses. CPAs are regularly called into situations where the balance sheet is the least complicated part of the engagement.

Deadline for submitting 2025 Montana Annual Withholding Tax Reconciliation (Form MW-3) has been extended.

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For years, discussions about a possible state sales tax have been bubbling under the surface in Montana political circles.

Legal challenge by prominent Republicans asks court to find that a bill that lowered taxes for an estimated 4 in 5 homeowners and offered $400 property tax rebates is unconstitutional.

The state of Montana is participating in a new federally funded tax credit scholarship program aimed at supporting elementary and secondary education.

2025 Montana Legislature passed House Bill 129 which provided an income tax benefit for emergency response volunteers.

MTDOR recently notified business owners with a personal property reporting requirement that it is time to report for Tax Year 2026 through the department’s TransAction Portal (TAP).

In an effort to lower property tax bills for homeowners and landlords who offer long-term rental housing, the state Legislature and Gov. Greg Gianforte passed landmark tax relief legislation in 2025.

Montana Department of Revenue Announces New $50,000 Threshold for Electronic Tax Payments.

Charts are intended to provide taxpayers with more information about the growth in property taxes. These charts also include lines indicating average countywide growth in income and population plus inflation.

Learn about the AICPA Benevolent Fund, a benefit that supports active members through temporary periods of financial difficulty.

The Helena School District is raising awareness about Montana’s Innovative Educational Program (IEP) Tax Credit.

Alumni, faculty and students gathered in Jabs Hall during the Montana State University homecoming week to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the Master of Professional Accountancy program, with a new endowment to support students announced at the event.

The typical middle market CFO job description is likely to call for strategic thinking and insight, yet it is just as likely to simultaneously call for a “hands-on CFO.” One has to wonder if this duality is making the conceptual aspiration of the “strategic CFO” even possible for most.

For decades, technical accounting knowledge, regulatory acumen, and client service were the basis for career success as a CPA. These foundational skills remain indispensable, but the rapid digitization of our profession has added a new pillar: tech fluency.

Technical mastery once defined a successful CPA. But it today's environment of AI, automation and heightened stakeholder demand, accountants must evolve