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Tax Season Survival Index Measures the Human Cost of Tax Season on Professionals
The TSSI measures the cost to sleep, to health, to relationships, and to the professionals who run the engine of public accounting.
November 14, 2017
Report Shows Priorities of Young Accounting Professionals
Young finance professionals at small and medium-size practices are a mobile group who seek out professional development and are well-equipped to deal with changes being driven by globalization and technology, finds a new report by ACCA (the Association...
November 10, 2017
AbacusNext Acquires HotDocs
In addition to core products, AbacusNext acquires HotDocs Market, an online ecommerce marketplace that allows clients to purchase and use HotDocs templates whenever and wherever they want. This unique, self-contained e-store built by HotDocs will ...
November 9, 2017
Women Mentorship Programs Help Firms Realize Greater Success
U.S. accounting firms that use advancement programs for promoting women to leadership positions overwhelmingly view them as effective tools in recruiting and retaining talent, according to new research by the American Institute of CPAs.
November 7, 2017
Workers Who Quit Their Jobs Earn More?
Job holders' wages grew by 4.4 percent and job switchers' wages grew slightly less by 3.3 percent year over year in the third quarter. On average, job holders' hourly wage levels were $10 more than that of job switchers. Tracking full-time workers ...
November 7, 2017
Millennials More Afraid of Credit Card Debt than War or Death
A new survey by Credible.com reveals that millennials rank their credit card debt as the scariest issue in their daily lives, even scarier than weighty issues like dying and the threat of war. It’s hardly a surprise, given Americans hold nearly $800 ...
November 2, 2017
Fair Scheduling Laws: The Newest Employment Law Trend in the USA
Sometimes called secure scheduling, fair scheduling, or restrictive scheduling, new employment laws are creating major compliance requirements for businesses. Currently 5 cities and 1 state have passed some form of a scheduling law.
November 2, 2017
Right Networks Acquires Xcentric
The acquisition combines two customer-centric, accounting vertical-focused market leaders, bringing together a comprehensive set of offerings that address every step of the cloud journey for CPA firms, accounting professionals and their SMB clients.
November 1, 2017
Michelle Golden Launches Fore LLC to Teach CPA Firms Advanced-Pricing Methods
Applying Golden’s original techniques for up-front pricing, Fore LLC provides education and implementation consulting to CPA firms committed to converting from a time-based billing model to pricing their work in advance.
November 1, 2017
Timothy Christen Named Chairman of Baker Tilly International
He currently serves as the immediate past chairman of the board of the American Institute of CPAs and serves on the International Integrated Reporting Council.
October 31, 2017
Holiday Bonuses to Increase 66%, But Fewer Firms Are Offering Them
Holiday bonuses for accounting and finance professionals are going up, but fewer professionals are getting them. That's according to the results of the annual Holiday Bonus and Hiring Survey from staffing firm Accounting Principals.
October 31, 2017
The Top 10 Nastiest Ransomware Attacks of 2017
According to the company's threat research team, NotPetya was the most destructive ransomware of 2017, followed closely by WannaCry and Locky. The data surveyed includes all devices running windows operating systems that were infected with ransomware ...
October 31, 2017
Survey Shows More U.S. Businesses Are Reporting Profits and Increased Hiring
Demand for financing is down across the board among all size businesses. Financing for planned growth or expansion, including acquisitions not yet realized was down from 66 percent in Q2 2017 to 62 percent in Q3 2017.