Taxes April 29, 2026
California Considers Tax on Retirement Accounts
The effort, though, may have an impact on a dueling campaign to tax California's billionaires to offset federal healthcare cuts.
May 18, 2015
High Demand for Financial Executives Drives Salary Increases
As the U.S. economy improves, higher demand for financial executives is driving a steady rise in salary and benefits, according to the findings of an annual survey issued by Grant Thornton LLP and Financial Executives Research Foundation (FERF).
May 15, 2015
Nonprofit Accounting System Helps Those Who Help Others
According to the National Institutes for Health, about 20 percent of American adults experience some form of mental health disorder each year, and one in five people have a serious disorder such as bipolar disorder or schizophrenia.
May 15, 2015
How To Help Your Clients Plan for Retirement
While your clients know that their employees will eventually leave their business – either for another company or retirement – it may not be a reality they are prepared for. With your help, they can properly plan for employees’ retirement.
May 14, 2015
The Pros and Cons of Mandatory Partner Retirement at Accounting Firms
A compromise that many firms make: 81% of firms over $20M and 58% of $2-10M firms have a mandatory retirement policy. The vast majority have a related provision: Partners continuing to work past 65 is subject to annual approval by the other partners.
May 13, 2015
Sage and Salesforce Partner for Business Accounting, Payroll, CRM
With this partnership, Sage has built a new solution called Sage Life on the Salesforce1 Platform, an enterprise Platform as a Service [PaaS], which enables small businesses to run completely in the cloud.
May 12, 2015
Senior Managers Have More Positive View of Workplace Than Front-Line Workers
Compared to front-line employees (those who are directly involved with the production of products or provision of services), more senior leaders viewed their organization's culture positively, reported having opportunities available to them and said ...
May 11, 2015
‘High Net Workers’ Redefine Wealth Accumulation and Retirement Goals
A subset of Americans is redefining the way families within their income bracket live, work and plan for the future, according to a survey released today by EverBank. The High Net Worker (HNW), named for the group’s earning power, dogged work ethic and av
May 11, 2015
Rankings Show the Best and Worst Cities to Start a New Career
The struggles endured in recent years by America’s young people pale in comparison to those suffered by their peers in Spain and Greece, where youth unemployment in excess of 50 percent has spawned great social unrest. Still, finding a job in the U.S. — l
May 7, 2015
Deadline Approaching for Small Businesses to Late-File Retirement Plan Reports
The IRS is reminding small business owners that they have just a couple of more weeks – until June 2, 2015 to be exact – to qualify for special tax relief if they haven’t filed annual retirement plan reports on time (IR-2015-74, 5/1/15).
May 7, 2015
How to Market to Payroll Clients
Running a successful payroll practice is about more than just the services you provide; it’s also about selling those services. A great marketing campaign will consist of both digital and print collateral and target existing and prospective clients.
May 5, 2015
IRS Watchdog Says Improvements Needed on ACA Processes
The new Patient-Centered Outcomes Research (PCOR) fee is used to offset the costs of the PCOR Institute, which funds research that will provide information to assist patients and their healthcare providers make more informed health care decisions.
May 4, 2015
More Than 1 in 3 Americans Have Never Checked Any of Their Credit Reports
More than one-third of American adults (35 percent) report that they have never reviewed any of their credit reports and another 14 percent say they typically go more than a year between checks, according to a new study by Bankrate.com.