Small business hiring increased in February, according to payroll giant Paychex, following a gain in January.

For the second consecutive year, ADP is offering accountants and their small-business clients free access to the ADP HR HelpDesk this tax season.

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Now that 2016 is well underway, organizations across the country are looking for opportunities to boost their business and consolidate their spending through annual budgeting processes.

I have always loved accounting and tax season, but I have worked with many people who did not.

Accounting, tax, bookkeeping and payroll businesses have been growing sales at a healthy rate this past year, according to the latest numbers from the financial information company Sageworks.

The unemployment rate dipped one-tenth of a percentage point to 4.9 percent as employers added 151,000 jobs in January, to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Friday, including 5,800 jobs in accounting and bookkeeping services.

Private sector employment grew by 205,000 jobs in January, according to payroll giant ADP, in another healthy sign of employment growth despite a turbulent stock market.

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Paychex reported Tuesday that its index of small business job growth rebounded in January.

Crowe Horwath recently instituted two new policies giving its employees the option to dress more casually and work remotely.

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How you travel for work depends on how old you are.

Workers who switched jobs to go from part-time to full-time employment experienced a decline in average hourly earnings in most industries in the fourth quarter, according to a new report from payroll giant ADP.

The younger generation is beginning to gain more influence at accounting firms.

American Institute of CPAs president and CEO Barry Melancon said the AICPA is pushing the Internal Revenue Service to improve its services for both taxpayers and CPAs while preparing to become a more international organization.

One time, one of my young and very bright staff people asked me in the beginning of June if he could take off the months of July and August so he could travel by car throughout the United States. After asking him to repeat this three times, I gulped and told him he could.

Paychex has compiled a list of what the payroll giant considers to be the top 10 regulatory issues that will have the biggest impact on businesses this year.

What’s good for the overall economy doesn’t bode well for winning the race to recruit great accounting talent.