General News March 27, 2026
U.S. Consumer Sentiment Falls as Inflation Gets Worse
U.S. consumer sentiment slid to a three-month low in March and year-ahead inflation expectations jumped as the war in the Middle East drives up gasoline prices.
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October 30, 2019
Health Insurance Open Enrollment Season: 5 Questions to Ask
The AICPA’s 360 Degrees of Financial Literacy program is urging Americans to take this opportunity to carefully review their family’s financial situation and insurance options to pick out the best coverage plan for their household.
October 28, 2019
90% of Professionals Report Going to Work When Sick
Are coworkers literally making each other sick? In new research from global staffing firm Accountemps, 90% of professionals admitted they've at least sometimes come to the office with cold or flu symptoms.
October 24, 2019
The Tax Benefits of EFTPS for Small Businesses
Many employers outsource to third-party payroll service providers some or all their payroll and related tax duties, such as tax withholding, reporting and making tax deposits. Third-party payroll service providers can help assure filing deadlines and ...
October 23, 2019
Businesses Advised to E-File Payroll Tax Returns
E-filing saves taxpayers time by performing calculations and populating forms and schedules using a step-by-step interview process. Once submitted, the information is quickly available to the IRS thus reducing processing time.
October 23, 2019
6 Retirement Tips for GenX: America’s Financially Stressed Middle Child
Just as Gen X was getting started on their careers, enjoying home ownership and beginning to save for retirement, they were hit by the financial crisis of 2008. While their housing values and incomes have recovered, they have the highest average ...
October 21, 2019
Accountant Connect from ADP Now Offers In-Dashboard Uploading and Viewing of Tax Notices and Amendments with Access to Payroll Processing
an effort to help accountants improve their client’s businesses these enhancements are designed to further streamline critical processes and create easier access to key practice resources while dramatically increasing an accountant’s most valuable ...
October 17, 2019
2019 Review of Professional Payroll Systems
For years, every other Friday, when paychecks were disbursed, co-workers would line up outside my office, thankfully not for me, but for our staff payroll person, whose office was down the hall from mine. It never failed, not a payday went by without ...
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October 17, 2019
2019 Review of AMS Payroll 1099 Forms Filer/Payroll
1099 Forms Filer/Payroll (AMS Payroll) from Advanced Micro Solutions is an add-on module that is designed to be used with W-2/1099 Forms Filer. The product can also be used with other AMS applications, but cannot be used as a stand-alone payroll ...
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October 17, 2019
2019 Review of CheckMark Payroll
CheckMark Payroll is part of CheckMark’s suite of accounting and payroll applications that are offered to both U.S. and Canadian businesses. Working on both Windows and Mac operating systems, CheckMark Payroll is an on-premise payroll application ...
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October 17, 2019
2019 Review of Crest Payroll from Payroll Logix, Inc.
Designed for accounting professionals that wish to offer payroll services to clients, Crest Payroll offers a fixed monthly fee for each client that averages out to around $1.25 to $1.75 per employee, per month, based on the features subscribed to.
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October 17, 2019
2019 Review of Red Wing Software CenterPoint Payroll
CenterPoint Payroll, from Red Wing Software, is available as an on-premise application or a cloud-based application. Both are identical, with users receiving the same selection of features no matter which deployment method is used.
October 17, 2019
2019 Review of Accounting CS Payroll
Accounting CS Payroll from Thomson Reuters is part of the CS Professional Suite. Accounting CS Payroll is designed for accounting professionals that handle payroll processing for clients, and can be used as a stand-alone application, or in conjunction ...