October 17, 2013
The American Institute of CPAs is urging Congress to consolidate and simplify the types of tax-favored retirement plans now available to small business owners.
October 17, 2013
With demand for alternative assets accelerating, CPAs have an opportunity to engage with a growing number of investors making investments in illiquid – and high potential – alternative assets held in an Individual Retirement Account (IRA).
October 9, 2013
Bangor, Maine, joins cities such as Daytona Beach, Fla., Pocatello, Idaho and Greenville, S.C., as a top spot in this year's AARP list of places to retire affordably.
October 7, 2013
As this column goes to print, provisions of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (also known as the “ACA,” or ObamaCare) will change accountants and tax preparers from “trusted advisors” to a more derogatory status:
September 30, 2013
For 27 year-old Paul McCarrier, selling marijuana pays the bills and grows his career. But McCarrier doesn't meet clients on street corners or in dimly lit parking lots.
September 30, 2013
Small business owners are worried about healthcare, retirement and general finances, but it seems they are achieving an increased work-life balance, according to a recent survey by online marketing company Yodle.
September 26, 2013
The Baby Boomers are about to retire en mass. A new report on age and retirement benchmarks in the U.S. shows that as much as 18% of the U.S. workforce could retire within the next five years.
September 12, 2013
Employers with 50 or more full-time equivalent employees on their payroll during the previous calendar year have a "shared responsibility" under the Affordable Care Act (aka, ObamaCare) to offer minimum essential coverage to their full-time employees.
September 10, 2013
To help business owners stay on top of health care reform, Paychex, Inc., a leading provider of payroll, human resource, insurance, and benefits outsourcing solutions for small- to medium-sized businesses, has outlined below, provisions of interest to business owners and their employees that are expected to take effect in 2014 or sooner, and those delayed…
September 9, 2013
Accounting firms across the country are looking to the cloud to transform their client accounting services. They are looking to move from simply transactional bookkeeping services to higher value advisory services more in line with the CFO function.
August 20, 2013
Thomson Reuters has entered into an agreement with Claims-X-Change to provide benefits administrators, insurers, brokers, attorneys and advisors with a web-based tool to perform nondiscrimination testing of employer-sponsored benefit plans. The tool is accessible through Thomson Reuters Checkpoint, the industry-leading and award-winning online research platform.
August 20, 2013
Paychex, Inc. and São Paulo-based Semco Partners today announced a joint venture agreement to expand Paychex’s services into Brazil. Paychex is a provider of payroll, human resources, insurance and benefits services for small and medium-sized businesses.