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
GoDaddy, best-known for its website tools and hosting services, has added to its new small business suite with the launch of Get Paid, which designed to help small businesses ‘get paid’ anytime, anywhere, and by any digital method.
July 1, 2014
Positive workplace policies have long been uncontroversial. Typically, these policies set the expectation for employees that they will represent their employer in a positive light, and won’t make negative comments or engage in gossip about the company, customers, or fellow employees. This seems common sense—what could go wrong?
July 1, 2014
When people think of heat stress or exhaustion, they normally think of how it might affect them while working outside or enjoying outdoor summer pastimes. However, even indoor workers can be affected.
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
Thomson Reuters has released a special report, Cause and Effect of the Changing Broker-Dealer Audit Landscape, which provides an overview of the PCAOB's new standards affecting broker-dealer audits.
June 30, 2014
Food prices are rising. And inflation, that word common in American conversation 25 years ago, is eating up wage gains.
June 27, 2014
The Second Circuit Court of Appeals has held that federal agents can’t hold onto a CPA’s computer data indefinitely while they sift through the data looking for dirt.
June 27, 2014
Attracting a more diverse pool of members is a goal for many professional associations today, especially those competing for the attention and commitment of top students in science, technology, engineering and math.
June 27, 2014
A weekly roundup of professionals in the tax and accounting profession that have changed jobs and/or been promoted.
June 26, 2014
Small business accounting and tax company Intuit has partnered with cloud document storage and sharing firm SmartVault, which will provide integrated cloud-based document management for Intuit's two professional tax systems, Lacerte and ProSeries. The combination of these professional programs is intended to further automate tax preparation workflow, from receiving source files securely from clients to…
June 26, 2014
Governor Deval Patrick signed legislation to increase the minimum wage in increments to $11 per hour by 2017. The law also lowers unemployment insurance costs.