February 6, 2014
With tax season in full swing, payroll and human resources provider Paychex, Inc. is highlighting resources to help accounting professionals stay on top of critical payroll, tax, and HR issues that could impact their small business clients.
February 5, 2014
Although about 80 percent of small businesses expect to be profitable in 2014, less than half of them expect to create new jobs next year, according to a new survey.
February 3, 2014
In his annual State of the Union Address last week, President Obama mentioned several policy initiatives he plans on advancing that could have an impact on the small businesses across the country.
February 1, 2014
The number of Kansas City area payroll jobs slipped slightly in December from November, but 2013 ended with about 7,000 more jobs in the metro area than in December 2012.
January 29, 2014
The annual government tally of union membership found little change in the percentage or number of American workers who hold union cards.
January 29, 2014
Cloud accounting application Xero announced new partnerships today with personal bill tracking application Manilla and web hosting company Squarespace. The company’s announcement comes close after the December launch of Xero Payroll, the announcement of the product’s support for file attachments, and integrations with non-traditional lending sources like Kabbage and FundBox.
January 29, 2014
Now is a great time to sort out any anomalies that could complicate year-end and W-2 processing. And two of the most common are overpayments and repayments.
January 23, 2014
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.
January 22, 2014
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.
January 21, 2014
You probably know that non-exempt employees are covered under FLSA, which imposes requirements for overtime and other aspects of employment. Exempt employees, on the other hand, are not subject to FLSA.
January 16, 2014
U.S. Supreme Court Arguments Held Yesterday; Businesses Have Until April 15, 2014, to Reserve the Right for a Refund of FICA Taxes Remitted on Severance Pay in 2010
January 14, 2014
Intuit Inc. announced on Monday that it will acquire privately-held Prestwick Services, a subsidiary of Prestwick Holdings. The Massachusetts-based company is a provider of payroll-based billing and payment solutions for the workers’ compensation industry.