The Internal Revenue Service has posted a form on its Web site that employers can use to claim a payroll tax exemption for hiring new employees under the recently passed HIRE Act.

CompuPay has acquired another payroll service company, Priority Payroll.

This issue's Generational Viewpoints features two individuals from the Rochester, N.Y.-based multi-office firm EFP Rotenberg LLP (www.efprotenberg.com). Darla Wheaton, partner and head of the Attest Department, a Baby Boomer born in 1963, and Gen Y staff accountant Joe Barone, born in 1986, shared their thoughts regarding the following question:

Don’t expect things to just happen in your career or expect others, especially employers, to know what you are thinking.

Ben Franklin is credited with saying that the only sure things in life are death and taxes, so there's probably not going to be a way to make the payroll application pleasant. But the right software or service provider can make a big difference in both your clients' experience and your practice. There's no big secret - it's just a matter of helping your clients match their needs with the cost and capabilities of the available solutions.

Paychex has introduced a new Web page and online calculator to help businesses determine their tax savings if they take advantage of the recently passed HIRE Act to hire new employees.

Only 29 percent of CFOs and senior controllers at U.S. companies plan to increase their hiring in the next six months, while 22 percent say they will decrease hiring, according to a new survey.

The Internal Revenue Service has released a new form to help employers claim the special payroll tax exemption for newly hired workers under the HIRE Act.

Even with high unemployment, businesses are finding that it takes at least a month to fill open accounting and finance positions.

Universal Business Computing Co. is among the first to upgrade its payroll software to handle the provisions of the recently approved HIRE Act.

Small businesses have continued to hire more employees in March, extending a trend that began in mid-2009, according to a new payroll report by Intuit.

The biggest takeaway from the recession for employers could be taking better care of their workers, according to a recent survey of chief financial officers.

Payroll and benefits outsourcing provider Paychex Inc. said a combination of the shaky economy and a litigation expense charge of $18.7 million contributed to a 14 percent decline in third-quarter earnings, to $112 million, versus the year-ago period.

Intuit plans to update its Intuit Payroll service to reflect the HIRE Act that President Obama signed into law on Thursday.

President Obama has signed legislation that provides employers with tax incentives to hire unemployed workers.

The Senate has approved legislation that provides companies with a payroll tax exemption for hiring new employees.

A round of resumes for the upcoming season are beginning to circulate within our audit and consulting office. Undoubtedly, the traditional interviewing process will fall short, resulting in regrettable new hires.

Accounting firm Marcum’s recruiting arm Marcum Search has opened a temporary services division that will offer temporary employee placements for all types of industries.

The recession has affected many companies harder than they anticipated. Most organizations experienced some kind of impact from the financial upheaval, according to a survey by Burlingame, Calif.-based Accountants International of 3,500 accounting, finance and human resource executives nationwide.

Seven percent of CFOs plan to add full-time accounting and finance employees during the second quarter, the highest forecast since the first quarter of 2009, but 8 percent expect staff reductions.