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 Accounting Services App Bridges Gap Between Firms and Clients

January 28, 2014 

Accounting Services App Bridges Gap Between Firms and Clients

It’s an ongoing challenge for many small businesses owners: finding time to sit down with their off-site accountant to go through queries on financial documents. Now a company has come up with an innovative solution designed to bridge this gap between the business and their accountant.

 How Accounting Firms Can Protect Against Identity Theft

January 28, 2014 

How Accounting Firms Can Protect Against Identity Theft

In the wake of the recent identity theft of some 40 million accounts from retail merchant Target, and the potential for massive theft from the health care exchanges set up under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA), consumers are again left bewildered -- and looking for someone to take the lead in crafting…

Dave McClure

 The New Controller Checklist

January 27, 2014 

The New Controller Checklist

Anyone who has been hired into the controller position for the first time may feel overwhelmed, since the job description involves an enormous range of responsibilities.

Bethany O'Hoyt

 AICPA Accepting Applications for Accounting Scholars Workshop

January 27, 2014 

AICPA Accepting Applications for Accounting Scholars Workshop

Applications for the AICPA's Accounting Scholars Leadership Workshop are now being accepted. Now in their 20th year, the Workshops are an annual invitational program for minority accounting students who plan to pursue the CPA designation.

 Some Restaurants Dropping Automatic Tips For Large Groups

January 23, 2014 

Some Restaurants Dropping Automatic Tips For Large Groups

Like most other restaurants in Maine, DiMillo's On the Water in Portland says it will no longer charge automatic gratuities for most large groups now that a change in the federal income tax code has closed a long-standing loophole.

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January 22, 2014 

Report: December Was Strongest Jobs Growth Month in 2013

U.S. private-sector franchise jobs increased by 30,250 during the month of December 2013, according to the ADP National Franchise Report. BThe report measures monthly changes in franchise employment derived from ADP’s actual transactional payroll data.