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Retail Earnings Show U.S. Consumers Keep Spending for the Right Price
Resilient shoppers are still opening their wallets when they find the right product at the right price.
June 24, 2013
Intuit CEO Brad Smith to deliver keynote at Sleeter Accounting Solutions Conference
The Sleeter Group has opened registration for its 2013 Accounting Solutions Conference , which will be held November 3-6 at Caesar’s Palance Casino in Las Vegas. The annual gathering is designed to arm accountants and consultants serving the small- to medium-sized business market with the critical skills and tools necessary to be successful and achieve...…
June 23, 2013
Massachusetts couple sues accountant for tax troubles
A Middleton, Mass., couple who admitted to federal tax charges that sent the husband to prison and the wife to a halfway house have blamed their accountant for their predicament.
June 23, 2013
State & local governments losing out on $1.5B per a year in uncollected sales taxes
A national report released on Friday suggests that local governments across the country are losing out on more than $1.5 billion a year in revenue due to uncollected sales tax on Internet purchases.
June 23, 2013
Payroll service provider gets 6.5 year prison sentence, $26.7M restitution to IRS
A federal judge on Friday sentenced Robert R. Sacco, the owner of a Dayton, Ohio-based payroll company, to 6 1/2 years in prison and ordered him to pay $26.7 million to the Internal Revenue Service.
June 23, 2013
California unemployment rate falls to 8.6%
California's unemployment rate fell below 9 percent for the first time in nearly five years last month, signaling the economic recovery is finally gaining traction.
June 23, 2013
New scoring system boosts success of JobsOhio program
Nearly one-quarter of the 76,000 job commitments JobsOhio says it helped secure for Ohio in 2012 would not have counted under the scoring system the non-profit used the previous year, a Dayton Daily News analysis has found.
June 21, 2013
Embezzlement charges face employee who was “like family”
Now, fellow employees at an Ashland marketing firm, who cooked meals for Mayhew and wished her well, are hoping she's jail-bound.
June 21, 2013
HispanicBusiness releases top 500 rankings; Florida businesses take spotlight
Miami's BrightStar Corp. tops HispanicBusiness.com's annual rankings for the third straight year
June 21, 2013
23% of Americans worked from home at least partially in 2012
With rising gas prices and long commutes, more and more American workers are finding a way to beat the hassle of the daily trek to work: working from a home office.
June 20, 2013
Ex-McDonald’s worker sues franchise that required fee-based payroll debit cards
She spent her days serving up Happy Meals, but when it came time to get paid, Natalie Gunshannon says a local McDonald's franchisee gave her an unhappy deal.
June 19, 2013
Wisconsin legislature approves $25 million funding for startups
The Wisconsin State Legislature voted overwhelmingly this week to provide $25 million in taxpayer money to start-up companies, sending Gov. Scott Walker a measure that he has long sought.
June 19, 2013
To avoid sales taxes, Amazon.com cuts ties with Minnesota bloggers
Amazon and other e-commerce firms are responding to a change in Minnesota tax law by cutting ties with bloggers in the state who earn money by posting links that refer shoppers to online stores.