March 2, 2016
11 Ways Small Businesses Lose Employees
Employee retention is a big deal, as a high turnover rate leads to greater recruiting, hiring, and training costs, as well as a lack of continuity and experience.
March 1, 2016
Deloitte Foundation Announces 2016 Doctoral Fellowships in Accounting
The Deloitte Foundation has awarded a $25,000 grant to each of 10 top accounting PhD candidates through the Deloitte Foundation’s annual Doctoral Fellowship program. Given to students who plan to pursue academic careers upon graduation, the award will ...
February 29, 2016
GASB Statement Provides Guidance on Reporting of Component Units
The Governmental Accounting Standards Board (GASB) has a new statement about how certain component units incorporated as not-for-profit corporations should be presented in the financial statements of the primary state or local government.
February 29, 2016
Investors Bullish on Real Estate in 2016
Investors continue to be optimistic in their 2016 outlook for the U.S. real estate market, with 91 percent expecting real estate fundamentals to be about the same or better during the year ahead, according to KPMG’S 2016 Real Estate Industry Outlook.
February 29, 2016
Tech Trends Report Looks at Forces Shaping New Products and Services
The seventh annual technology trends report, “Tech Trends 2016–Innovating in the digital era,” discusses how these top trends are driving new products and services, upending long-standing business models, and rewiring rules of customer engagement.
February 29, 2016
The Top 25 Cities for Starting a New Career
Which cities offer the best career prospects, and would you be open to moving for the right job? Two new reports from Robert Half shed light on these questions. The Robert Half Career City Index, commissioned by Robert Half and developed by ...
February 29, 2016
How the Gig Economy is Reshaping the Work Week
The 40-hour work week may be alive and well, but it looks nothing like it did a generation ago – at least not if you’re part of the growing ranks of people dipping a toe in the on-demand economy.
February 29, 2016
New FASB Guidance Focuses on Lease Accounting
“The new guidance responds to requests from investors and other financial statement users for a more faithful representation of an organization’s leasing activities,” stated FASB Chair Russell G. Golden.
February 24, 2016
Adam Davidson to Keynote Avalara Crush Sales Tax Conference
Davidson writes the “On Money” column for the New York Times Magazine, and rose to prominence as the co-creator of Planet Money, which reaches millions of people weekly via a blog, a twice-weekly podcast and regular stories on ‘‘Morning Edition,’’ ...
February 23, 2016
Would You Return To Your Ex-Employer? Most Say No
Nearly all (98 percent) human resources (HR) managers interviewed said they would roll out the welcome mat for a returning employee who left on good terms, according to a survey from staffing firm Accountemps. But not all workers would feel ...
February 23, 2016
Is Your Accounting Firm’s Partnership Model Broken?
What’s holding CPAs back from increasing the percentage of their revenue from advisory services (vs. compliance work)? In part, it’s the partnership model that’s so pervasive in the profession.
February 22, 2016
Economist Says Fear Of a U.S. Recession Is Overblown
Indicators that suggest job growth will continue at a healthy rate, perhaps driving unemployment figures to a mid-4% level before the end of Q2 2016. A number of bell-weathers (the Chicago Fed National Activities index, the ECRI weekly growth index, ...