November 21, 2013
Minnesota Unemployment Taxes Drop as Hiring Strengthens
In a sign of the state's gradually improving job market, about 120,000 Minnesota businesses will pay lower unemployment insurance taxes at the beginning of 2014.
November 20, 2013
How Analytical Procedures Help Evaluation of Financial Data
Analytical procedures are used by accountants in multiple levels of service, and they are critical to evaluating financial data and variations that occur in financial data. But selecting and documenting analytical procedures are subjective processes, so the area of analytical procedures is one that can cause frustration for accountants.
November 20, 2013
Open Systems’ TRAVERSE Certified by Avalara
Establishes a partnership through which Open Systems' customers can now use Avalara’s AvaTax capabilities from within the TRAVERSE v 10.5 existing workflow to automatically calculate the final sales tax amount on every invoice.
November 20, 2013
ADP Helps Celebrate Small Business Saturday
Small Business Saturday Helps Local Business Owners and Their Employees Plan for the Future
November 20, 2013
Oregon Unemployment Rate at 5-Year Low
Oregon's seasonally adjusted unemployment rate fell to 7.7 percent in October, its lowest point this year. Unemployment was at 7.8 percent in September and 8.1 percent in August.
November 20, 2013
Oklahoma Man Pleads Guilty to $700K Embezzlement, Tax Evasion
A Tulsa man pleaded guilty Tuesday to a federal wire fraud charge connected to his embezzlement of nearly $700,000 from his then-employer by billing it for the nonexistent services of a consulting firm he created.
November 20, 2013
Will Retailers See Happy Holidays? Retail Sales Rise
Retailers are going into the Thanksgiving, Black Friday and Christmas shopping season with a smaller degree of panic after government data showed better-than-expected sales in October.
November 18, 2013
Small Business Saturday Coming on Nov. 30
Nov. 14, 2013 -- Small Business Saturday is coming on November 30th, 2013 and SCORE, a nonprofit association dedicated to helping small businesses throughout the US, is kicking off its 50th anniversary by celebrating the accomplishments of small businesses everywhere and encouraging them to participate in Small Business Saturday events.
November 18, 2013
Seattle Angel Investor Conference Helps Spur Growth
Backing Will Help Investors and Entrepreneurs Create Viable New Businesses and Jobs
November 18, 2013
New Features in ADP Procure-to-Pay Help Streamline Payables
ADP Procure-to-Pay Solutions platform now includes invoice collaboration tools, better visibility into accounts payable data and added control over approvals
November 18, 2013
Workers in Manufacturing and Logistics Confident in Future of Employers
The latest Randstad Manufacturing and Logistics Employee Confidence Index, which measures confidence among manufacturing and logistics workers, held steady in Q3, actually rising 0.3 points to 52.2.
November 17, 2013
Will the Rise in the Federal Unemployment Tax Affect Your Clients?
Your payroll clients are already paying FUTA, a federal tax levied on employers that are covered by their state's unemployment insurance program. Depending on where they're located, your clients may face an increase in FUTA when they file their 2013 taxes.