June 29, 2016
While there seems to be very positive trends in both supply and demand across the report, many small and mid-sized firms are having trouble finding qualified applicants. If we dig a bit deeper, we begin to see why.
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January 31, 2014
The last thing you need in the middle of tax season is to be hit by scammers trying to plant malware on your computer and force you to make payments to them.
January 29, 2014
A budget is based on a set of assumptions that are generally not too far distant from the operating conditions under which it was formulated.
January 29, 2014
Now is a great time to sort out any anomalies that could complicate year-end and W-2 processing. And two of the most common are overpayments and repayments.
January 28, 2014
In the wake of the recent identity theft of some 40 million accounts from retail merchant Target, and the potential for massive theft from the health care exchanges set up under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA), consumers are again left bewildered -- and looking for someone to take the lead in crafting…
January 27, 2014
Anyone who has been hired into the controller position for the first time may feel overwhelmed, since the job description involves an enormous range of responsibilities.
January 24, 2014
It is popular among my learned accounting colleagues to portray the elders of the profession who have not signed on to the concept of a Social Media Strategy as some kinds of latter day Luddites.
January 21, 2014
You probably know that non-exempt employees are covered under FLSA, which imposes requirements for overtime and other aspects of employment. Exempt employees, on the other hand, are not subject to FLSA.
January 20, 2014
Our accounting firm, like many others is fully networked. All of our desktop PCs, printers and desktop scanners as well as two full size printers/scanners/copiers are connected. We have a dedicated fax line, a fax to email account, several automated email servers that are automated to send and receive emails from clients.
January 20, 2014
One of the more interesting aspects of blogging, as opposed to filing hard news stories each day, is that I have a little more time to watch battle lines being drawn. And if the lines being drawn now are any indication, 2014 should be a fun year to watch as companies and politicians enter the…
January 20, 2014
I visited Arizona last summer, where the temperatures hit 119 degrees in the afternoon and didn’t much cool at night. They call it “dry heat.” I called it Apache Territory.
January 20, 2014
As an avid reader and educator on talent development within our profession, I have long been an advocate of mentoring in order to develop future talent in our firms. The ideal is for firms to develop a program that pairs current leaders with future leaders to transfer knowledge and wisdom from one person to another.
January 14, 2014
Microsoft is furiously at work on its next operating system, which it plans to introduce in 2015.