Accounting

 State Likely to Raise Tax on Beer

September 9, 2013 

State Likely to Raise Tax on Beer

Buying a light beer could soon make your wallet lighter, as Wyoming lawmakers are considering a proposal to raise the state's lowest-in-the-nation tax on beer.

 Detroit pension fund pays out nearly $1B in bonuses

September 9, 2013 

Detroit pension fund pays out nearly $1B in bonuses

One of Detroit's two pension funds handed out nearly $1 billion in bonus cash payments over two decades to retirees and active employees' retirement accounts instead of reinvesting the extra earnings for the future, according to a Free Press review of city records.

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September 9, 2013 

The Benefits and Challenges of Cloud Accounting

Accounting firms across the country are looking to the cloud to transform their client accounting services. They are looking to move from simply transactional bookkeeping services to higher value advisory services more in line with the CFO function.

Jim Boomer

 Small Business Lending on the Rise

September 5, 2013 

Small Business Lending on the Rise

Having closed 36 percent of all recent business loans made by the five major local credit unions, GTE Financial has reported seeing an uptick in small business lending.