July 2, 2014
U.S. private sector businesses added 281,000 jobs from in June according to the June National Employment Report, which is produced monthly by payroll and business services company ADP in collaboration with Moody’s Analytics.
July 1, 2014
The New York-based accounting and consulting firm CohnReznick was recently named one of the best firms for female professionals. The recognition was made by the Accounting & Financial Women’s Alliance and the American Woman's Society of Certified Public Accountants.
July 1, 2014
Americans gave more to charities over the past three months than they did during the same period last year, according to the Blackbaud Index, which tracks charitable giving.
July 1, 2014
Good news first: The Paychex / IHS national small business jobs growth index remains near record highs, as Washington state leads and Arizona shows strong improvement. Dallas ranked as June’s top performing metro area, surpassing San Francisco, Seattle, and Houston.
June 30, 2014
Business optimism for the nation’s economic outlook among has continued to rise from the first quarter and is now at its highest level since 2004, according to the latest data from the Grant Thornton International Business Report (IBR), a survey of more than 3,300 business leaders in 45 countries.
June 30, 2014
The Florida Institute of Certified Public Accountants (FICPA) announces that Jeffrey E. Barbacci, CPA, of Tallahassee will serve as the FICPA’s 2014-2015 Chair of the Board. Barbacci’s term began July 1, 2014.
June 30, 2014
Food prices are rising. And inflation, that word common in American conversation 25 years ago, is eating up wage gains.
June 30, 2014
The American Institute of CPAs has launched a new website designed to spark a profession-wide reevaluation of how CPAs engage in lifelong learning and measure competency in a fast-changing world.
June 26, 2014
Indiana has become the first state to permit competency-based education to qualify for CPA license renewal. The Indiana Board of Accountancy and Indiana CPA Society have partnered on the new pilot program, and the change was facilitated through work of the CPA Center of Excellence. Announced last week, the CPA Center of Excellence has been…
June 26, 2014
Tax and accounting technology developer Wolters Kluwer, CCH has made its new CCH IntelliConnect Direct available to all professionals. The system, which provides a universal research interface that offers anytime, anywhere access to accurate, reliable, and continuously updated U.S. and global tax, accounting and regulatory information and guidance, had been in limited beta availability. It…
June 25, 2014
The role of finance teams is expanding beyond the traditional areas of accounting and financial reporting, according to a new survey by the AICPA and the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants.
June 25, 2014
If there was a Letterman Top 10 list for the things that make small business owners have a migraine, the number one spot would be the U.S. tax structure.