Small Business Trends
Small business is not only the engine of the economy, but also an important component of many accountants’ client base. Find out the latest trends in small business, including cash flow, small business lending, the SBA, contracting, and accounting software aimed at small businesses.
Intuit Sees Small Business Compensation and Revenues Dropping
Small business employment in the U.S. increased in April, according to figures from Intuit, while average compensation and the hours worked decreased. Read more »
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Freed Maxick Adds PCI Data Security Service
April 11, 2013Freed Maxick CPAs has expanded its technology consulting practice, offering a new PCI data... Read more »
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Simplified Cash Method Keeps Taxes Simple
April 11, 2013Owning your own business is about doing the one thing you love to do, and 99 other things you... Read more »
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Small Business Sales on the Rise
April 5, 2013Signs seem to be mixed these days on how well we're doing in the wake of the economic turmoil... Read more »
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Small Business Paychecks Declined in March
April 4, 2013Month-over-month hiring declined 0.2 percent in March at small businesses and the average... Read more »
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Job Creation up at Small Businesses, but Not Hiring Plans
April 4, 2013While small businesses again appear to be hiring, plans to create more jobs appear to be... Read more »
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Small Businesses Increase Employment Slightly in March
April 4, 2013Employment at small businesses in the U.S. grew a slight amount in March, with employees earning... Read more »
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Whose Workers Are They, Anyway?
April 1, 2013Worker classification has long been an area only vaguely understood by many employers. Read more »
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Private Companies Grew Sales in February
March 25, 2013U.S. privately held companies saw their sales grow approximately 9.7 percent in February,... Read more »
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Laptops and Smartphones Top Sage Mobile User Survey
March 19, 2013A recent Sage North America survey of small to midsized businesses found that laptops and... Read more »
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Small Businesses Tried to Deduct SpaghettiOs and Dog Clothes from Taxes
March 19, 2013Some small businesses have shown questionable judgment in claiming SpaghettiOs, dog clothes,... Read more »
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SBA Backs Extension of Small Business Debt Refinance Program
March 15, 2013A top official at the U.S. Small Business Administration prodded lawmakers at a congressional... Read more »
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Ways and Means Chairman Camp Proposes Small Business Tax Reforms
March 12, 2013The chairman of the tax-writing House Ways and Means Committee, Dave Camp, R-Mich., released a... Read more »
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Small Business Owners Want Lower, Simpler Taxes, but Don’t Expect to Get Them
March 11, 2013Small business owners prefer a Tax Code with low rates and fewer deductions, according to a new... Read more »
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Survey Finds Finance Industry Going Cloud and Mobile
March 7, 2013A recent Bill.com survey of CFOs and finance managers found that 66 percent of respondents are... Read more »
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A continued conversation with Marcum’s Nanette Lee Miller and Janis Cowhey McDonagh about the obstacles women in the accounting profession face when trying to make their way into leadership positions.
IMA’s Jeff Thomson on the Role and Skills of Management Accountants
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Institute of Management Accountants president and CEO Jeffrey Thomson discusses why accounting students should consider management accounting as a career, and the IMA's partnership with John Wiley & Sons.
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Top 10 Tech Initiatives -- 2013
May 5, 2013
The AICPA's annual list of IT priorities for accounting firms.
Common E-mail Security Mistakes
April 23, 2013
These five bad habits can make your confidential information -- and that of your clients -- easy to steal.
The Art of the Tax Cartoon
April 9, 2013
A selection of tax cartoons from Philly tax firm Drucker & Scaccetti's 'Finding Humor in Taxes' exhibit.
