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Online payroll provider SurePayroll Inc. is seeing strong optimism among its small business clients about the economy.

Foreign banks and other financial institutions are facing a number of deadlines this year for complying with the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act, or FATCA, which is forcing many of them to wake up belatedly to the complex demands thrust upon them by the new reporting regime.

Prior to Scott & Co. Knause was an audit partner at Deloitte & Touche LLP for more than 20 years. He has experience in mergers and acquisitions of private and publicly traded companies.

The Internal Revenue Service has filed seven additional tax liens totaling nearly $867,000 against singer/songwriter Lauryn Hill only months after she was released from prison on tax charges.

Intacct announced that company CEO Robert Reid has been named Glassdoor’s Highest Rated CEO in the small and medium-sized business category.

The World Clock apps make sure you never wake up a business partner again.

A U.S. Senate investigative panel is examining Caterpillar Inc. and whether the company improperly avoided U.S. taxes by moving profits outside the country, said three people familiar with the inquiry.

Public Company Accounting Oversight Board member Jay Hanson said he would like to see the PCAOB change the format of its inspection reports, including reducing the use of terms such as “audit failures.”

The Internal Revenue Service has released its 2013 IRS Data Book, providing a snapshot of activities at the agency in relation to taxpayers for the fiscal year.

Accounting graduates of Canisius College in Buffalo, N.Y., ranked No. 1 overall among large academic programs statewide on the 2013 CPA exam.