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Small businesses created 25,000 new jobs in May, based on the latest figures from Intuit’s Online Payroll customers, which also indicate 240,000 new jobs created since October 2009.

MaloneBailey has merged in local firm John M. Thomas PC, building its presence in the Houston area.

A top Internal Revenue Service official outlined the agency’s plans for tax preparer registration and testing at the National Society of Accountants’ board of directors meeting.

Microsoft Corp. has introduced a corporate performance management system for its Dynamics ERP products that will provide real-time financial reporting for midsized businesses looking to achieve greater visibility across their organizations.

Contest alert – Aurora, Ill.-based Sikich has launched something cool and innovative – follow the firm on Twitter between now and June 30 and be entered to win an Apple iPad.

IMGCAP(1)]By law, we have a duty to protect our client data. It’s important that we understand our physical security risks, know what risk points exist for exposure of client data and enforce a plan to keep key systems properly updated and staff up to date on security best practices.

The Securities and Exchange Commission has proposed a new rule that would require self-regulatory organizations such as the stock exchanges and the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority to establish a consolidated audit trail system for tracking all the trading orders that are received and executed across the securities markets.

Small business owners are seeing signs of progress in the economy, according to a new survey, but remain concerned about winning new customers to grow their business.

President Barack hosted a group of award-winning small business owners from around the country in the White House Rose Garden and used the occasion to prod Congress to pass the administration’s Small Business Jobs Package.

The Financial Accounting Standards Board has issued an eagerly anticipated exposure draft of a proposed accounting standards update for financial instruments, a major sticking point in FASB’s efforts to converge U.S. GAAP with International Financial Reporting Standards.