May 18, 2015
AICPA Honors Julie Welch for Excellence in Continuing Education
Welch is a partner and shareholder with Meara Welch Browne, P.C. in Leawood, Kansas and the director of the firm’s tax department.
May 18, 2015
NYU Stern School of Business Announces New Accounting Masters’ Program
The New York University Stern School of Business has announced a new one-year, full-time Master of Science in Accounting that will begin accepting qualified college graduates to start in the fall semester 2016. This program will satisfy the ...
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
2015 Review of Aplos Fund Accounting
Designed for smaller nonprofits with annual revenues of less than $500,000, Aplos Fund Accounting offers users a cloud-based platform, easy system navigation, and a brand new Donor Relations module, making it easy to manage donor activity.
May 15, 2015
New Online Tax Research Service Offered to Tax Professionals and Accountants
TaxResearchPro provides accountants and advisers with a trusted tax research support service to better manage their time and client engagements.
May 13, 2015
Intuit Introduces iPad-based @QuickBooks Point-of-Sale System for Restaurants
Restaurant owners and managers can get real-time insight into ingredient inventory, a new feature custom-built for the restaurant-tailored solution. They can do this with maximum flexibility and maintain customer relationships anytime, anywhere.
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 12, 2015
How Firms Can Better Prepare for Next Tax Season
Imagine you are sitting in your office one day and a business client came in and dropped a six inch thick stack of paperwork and receipts on your desk and asked you to help make enough sense of it to submit a tax filing to the IRS. Your first reaction ...
May 12, 2015
“Where Do I Start?”
I recently attended the New York Accounting Show put on by Flagg Management, generally acknowledged as the annual kickoff event for nationally recognized accounting conferences that provide continuing professional education and networking opportunities fo
May 11, 2015
The Best and Worst Cities to Work for a Small Business
Small businesses collectively make up 99.7 percent of all U.S. employer firms, employ nearly 49 percent of the private workforce, pay about 42 percent of the private payroll, and created 63 percent of all new jobs added during the past 20 years.
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