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April 10, 2015 

More than twice as many U.S. adults cited having enough money for a comfortable retirement (28 percent) and providing their children a debt-free education (23 percent) as the best indicator of financial success than did owning a home.

April 10, 2015 

Experience with general accounting principles and processes provides a solid career foundation for new accountants, including those who may decide to pursue a particular specialty in the future.

April 10, 2015 

This widespread dissatisfaction could be due to the fact that nearly 70 percent of finance leaders use a “last year plus percentage” budgeting technique, which is based on prior year figures plus a percentage to take into account planned business growth.

April 10, 2015 

The public database now houses CPA license information for over 97 percent of U.S. CPAs throughout the world, marking an unprecedented degree of data sharing between state regulatory boards.

April 10, 2015 

Company strengthens executive management, adds Marketing firepower to complement rapidly growing sales team .

April 9, 2015 

The eBook features results from 86 survey questions presented using bar charts and tables showing last year’s results against this year. Every survey question features a table revealing how firms of different sizes responded ...

April 9, 2015 

There will be one billion smartphone consumers by 2016, with 257 million smartphones and 126 million tablets in the U.S. alone. According to Randstad Technologies, businesses will implement the following five trends in response to this mobile movement.

April 9, 2015 

This question applies only to line, client service partners, not to partners whose specific job it is to merge in firms.

Marc Rosenberg

April 9, 2015 

The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics recently reported 2.7 million people quit their jobs in February, up by nearly a quarter million year over year, and separate research suggests below-market compensation could be one of the causes of continuing turnover. In a new survey from global staffing firm Robert Half, one in four (25 percent)...…

April 9, 2015 

A new cloud-based program is available to help accounting firms provide secure portals to clients, enabling access to business files and collaboration between firm and client, as well as custom forms creation and document sharing with clients and ...

April 9, 2015 

Generally, your deduction for an IRA contribution is phased out if you are an active participant in an employer-sponsored retirement plan (or your spouse is an active participant, if married) and your modified adjusted gross income (MAGI) exceeds an ...

April 9, 2015 

CFOs were asked, "In your opinion, how attractive is a career in consulting to senior-level accounting and finance executives?" Their responses: