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Payroll service provider SurePayroll reported Friday that optimism among small business owners declined slightly in August, with 60 percent of the small business owners it surveyed feeling optimistic about the economy, compared to 62 percent last month, with both hiring and average paycheck size declining as well.
August 31 -
Staff members at privately held companies are less likely to receive information from management about how the business is performing than employees at publicly traded companies, according to a new survey.
August 31 -
The best time to leave public accounting is after the three- to six-year mark, recommends a new report that relies on advice from alumni of the Big Four firms and Minneapolis-area CFOs.
August 28 -
To reach their full potential, individuals who have been promoted to new leadership roles in their firms, whether they are partners, shareholders or principals, must master both technical and soft skills.
August 27 -
Deloitte opened its Deloitte University facility about a year ago and its already using the campus to host forward-looking discussions on talent development.
August 14 -
Joe Rotella, chief technical officer of Delphia Consulting, talks with Accounting Today senior editor Danielle Lee about how to measure the worth of an accounting firm's Web site.
August 6 -
Employers added 163,000 jobs last month, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Friday, but the unemployment rate nevertheless increased a tenth of a percentage point to 8.3 percent.
August 3 -
Employment in the private sector increased by 163,000 in July, with gains in businesses of all sizes, according to payroll giant ADP.
August 1 -
Odds have now turned against those hoping that the health care law passed in 2010 will "just go away."
August 1 -
Intuit reported Tuesday that small businesses added 35,000 new jobs in July, but revenue and the number of hours worked declined.
July 31 -
As uncertainty continues to surround the economy, companies of every size are seeking new ways to maintain high operating standards and stay competitive, while keeping bottom lines from shrinking further.
July 27 -
The New Jersey Society of CPAs has released an accounting compensation survey to help accounting firms determine compensation of employees and partners.
July 23 -
Democrats on the House Ways and Means Committee have introduced a bill to provide tax credits to businesses that brings jobs and business operations back to the U.S. from abroad.
July 19 -
Jennifer Wilson, co-founder and partner at ConvergenceCoaching, discusses how accounting firm leaders and staff members need to be more "count-on-able" so they can be relied on by each other.
July 16 -
Looking for ways to run your accounting firm more efficiently and effectively? It starts with people.
July 15 -
For accountants, crunch time comes around every year, from February to April and then again from June to September.
July 11 -
CBIZ is reporting solid gains in small business employment in the month of June among the small businesses using its payroll service.
July 5 -
Employment in the private sector increased by 176,000 from May to June on a seasonally adjusted basis, according to the latest monthly employment report from payroll giant ADP, indicating that the recent slowdown in hiring may be reversing.
July 5 -
Hiring at small businesses fell 0.2 percent last month, but paycheck size was up 0.1 percent, according to payroll provider SurePayroll Inc.
July 3 -
U.S. small businesses experienced gains in their employment rates, average compensation and hours worked in June, while revenue figures declined in May, according to Intuit.
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