February 24, 2014
The Pennsylvania state Department of Community and Economic Development and the Pennsylvania Industrial Development Authority have done just that. DCED and PIDA said Wednesday they have sharply cut the interest rates and waived fees they charge on loans to businesses, to spark demand.
February 24, 2014
Beginning with the 2013 tax year, an individual taxpayer filing the IT 1040 is allowed a deduction amounting to 50 percent of the taxpayer's Ohio small business income of up to $250,000.
February 21, 2014
According to a new survey, the job market is improving and putting additional demands on human resource managers to find the talent they need.
February 21, 2014
Accounting, tax and payroll software developer Thomson Reuters has announced that registration is open for its third annual Payroll Summits, which will offer two days of first-hand insight to help accounting firms capitalize on new opportunities in the rapidly evolving payroll space.
February 20, 2014
Chris Frederiksen, CPA.CITP, the CEO and Chairman of 2020 Group USA, has been inducted into CPA Practice Advisor’s Accounting Hall of Fame.
February 18, 2014
Thomson Reuters has released the latest Checkpoint Learning CPE courses for Apple iPads. With the entire learning experience available on the iPad, from course browsing and purchasing, to course completion and submission, accounting and tax professionals can train while traveling, waiting in line, or whenever they have time and internet connectivity.
February 17, 2014
This year's streak of nasty weather is wreaking havoc on the economy, causing plunging worker productivity, soaring heating bills, canceled flights, damaged crops and frozen hiring.
February 17, 2014
Business startups have a better opportunity for getting financing these days.
February 17, 2014
The burgeoning marijuana industry yesterday hailed a new road map the Obama administration gave banks for doing business with legal pot sellers without getting into trouble, but some financial institutions said it still leaves them in a difficult position.
February 17, 2014
Rather than taking a break after the busy holiday retail season, small businesses continued to expand through January 2014, according to the Small Business Lending Index released by Direct Capital, a leading national small business lender.
February 13, 2014
A new study by executive staffing firm Robert Half International shows that web surfing and water cooler chatter top the list when it comes to non-productive employee time at work.
February 12, 2014
Trends like big data and mobile media are translating into growing paychecks for some professionals, according to the recently released 2014 Salary Guides from Robert Half Technology and The Creative Group.