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September 5, 2019 

Employers face hiring challenges in every business environment. Today, however, when the unemployment rate for accountants and auditors is just 1.5%, recruiting difficulties become even more severe.

Paul McDonald

September 5, 2019 

By recommending and acknowledging that we have an understanding of our clients’ challenges and concerns, we are fulfilling an important role, that of a consultative partner. It’s an important step in cementing relationships that ultimately builds our ...

September 5, 2019 

The proposed SAS is one piece of a larger AICPA project to enhance audit quality (see the AICPA’s Enhancing Audit Quality Initiative), which launched in 2014 and aligns all AICPA audit-and-assurance-related activities to the goal of supporting firms’ ...

September 5, 2019 

Business executives hold their least optimistic view of the U.S. economy in three years, in part due to trade concerns and fears of a sustained global slowdown, according to the third-quarter AICPA Economic Outlook Survey.

September 4, 2019 

Biller Genie complements AccountingSuite by completing the invoicing-to-payment cycle by providing users with the ability to immediately pay online through ACH, debit and credit card payments.

September 4, 2019 

The accounting profession tends to overcomplicate processes and insert extra steps to ensure quality. Even if you’ve been through a process improvement initiative, unless you continually monitor the process and look for ways to improve it, these extra ...

Arianna Campbell

September 4, 2019 

Industry studies show that employee benefits can account for over 35 percent of payroll expenses and that the availability and quality of benefits programs are among the key determining factors in an employer’s ability to attract and retain talent.

September 4, 2019 

Although growth has been strong over the past three years, it recently accelerated due to the April 2019 release of Planning Maestro, a cloud-native platform that delivers sophisticated financial intelligence and planning tools to the SMB market.

September 4, 2019 

In an extremely competitive market, Surf Accounts has experienced growth of over 340 percent in 2019, as they aim to help streamline processes for firms around the globe. With over 25,000 users, serviced by over 120 staff on three continents, the ...

September 4, 2019 

The collaboration between Workiva and BlackLine combines two providers that were named Leaders in Gartner’s 2018 Magic Quadrant for Cloud Financial Close Solutions.

September 3, 2019 

Intuit has released QuickBooks Desktop 2020, which includes new features and benefits that will help users get paid and work faster than ever before, providing a powerful and flexible solution for growing businesses. Additionally, QuickBooks Desktop ...

September 3, 2019 

Paychex is highlighting these new solutions – many of which help streamline payroll processes – in recognition of the American Payroll Association’s National Payroll Week.