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Average paycheck size and cash on hand rose at small businesses in January, according to payroll service provider SurePayroll.

Louis Plung, managing partner of Louis Plung & Company LLP, believes in serving the community in which he lives and works.

WithumSmith+Brown can always be counted on to release a fun video every year to coincide with their annual State of the Firm celebration, and this year the firm pulled out all the stops.

Harriet Greenberg and Kim Dula of Friedman LLP encourage female CPAs to ask for what they want as it relates to their career growth, in an interview with Accounting Today managing editor Tamika Cody. Greenberg was recently promoted to co-managing partner at Friedman after this video was shot.

The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Friday that total nonfarm payroll employment rose by 252,000 in December, and the unemployment rate declined two-tenths of a percentage point to 5.6 percent. While job gains occurred in professional and business services, along with other industries such as construction, food services and drinking places, health care, and manufacturing, December's job losses in accounting and bookkeeping offset the gains in November.

Accounting and finance professionals who switched jobs last year saw an average salary increase of 13.24 percent, according to a new survey.

Employment and pay at small businesses continued to grow in December, although the number of hours worked by small business employees declined slightly last month, according to QuickBooks maker Intuit.

The House of Representatives passed the first piece of legislation of the 114th Congress on Wednesday, the Hire More Heroes Act of 2015 (H.R. 22), with overwhelming bipartisan support.

Employers in the private sector boosted their workforce by 241,000 jobs last month, according to payroll giant ADP, in a further indication of an improving economy.

The pace of small business employment growth slowed in December, according to payroll giant Paychex and the research firm IHS, but remains in positive territory.

Even as salaries rise, so do expectations

More companies are reporting an increased number of open accounting, finance and information technology positions, according to a new study.

Patricia Cummings, the co-managing partner of Citrin Cooperman's New York office, discusses how accounting firms should use diversity initiatives to enable more women and minority accountants to be hired and advance through the ranks, in an interview with Accounting Today managing editor Tamika Cody.

Patricia Cummings, the co-managing partner of Citrin Cooperman's New York office, talks about the obstacles that women face at accounting firms, and how that might finally be changing at some firms, in an interview with Accounting Today managing editor Tamika Cody.

KPMG International said it realized record revenues globally of US$24.82 billion for the fiscal year ending Sept. 30, 2014, a 6.3 percent increase over the previous year in terms of local currency.

The private sector added 208,000 jobs from October to November, according to payroll giant ADP, reflecting steady growth in the economy.

A number of years ago we purchased a practice in late February to get the business clients. However, we had to agree to service the individual tax clients, of whom there were about 180, with each paying a very low fee. The seller did not want to hang up his long-time clients.

New tools and approaches underscore the urgency of the accounting profession's bid to diversify itself.

The CFO role is continuing to expand, particularly to human resources and information technology, according to a recent survey.

CBIZ said it would close its current office in Miami, with a small number of the staff members relocating to CBIZ's office in Boca Raton, Fla. and the remainder joining a separate firm, Cherry Bekaert LLP, in its Miami office.