Red Wing Software Inc., a developer of financial management and software for the agribusiness and municipal sectors, has released advanced payroll modules for its flagship CenterPoint Payroll.

The Internal Revenue Service has issued information to help employers claim credit for the COBRA medical premiums they pay for former employees under provisions of the recently passed stimulus bill.

The stimulus bill signed into law this week includes significant tax savings of up to $1,000 per year for workers who commute by mass transit.

CFOs and senior-level executive CPAs see the domestic economic downturn as lasting longer than previously expected, according to a survey by the American Institute of CPAs and the University of North Carolina’s Kenan-Flagler Business School.

Intuit has updated its payroll service with the latest tax changes, forms and credits to comply with the newly passed economic stimulus bill.

There is probably something in humans and in every generation that makes us think that the problems we face are uniquely difficult.

Education tax credits can help offset the costs of higher education for yourself or a dependent.

CCH has signed a deal with the American Institute of CPAs to sell and distribute AICPA publications to the undergraduate and graduate college market.

The American Institute of CPAs has opened a free online job finder to help accountants find work during the recession.

The Center for Audit Quality has published a free online reference source for public company auditors with lessons on performing audits of internal control over financial reporting.

Private sector employers slashed 522,000 jobs last month, according to the latest report by payroll giant ADP.

A survey of small business owners showed signs that some are less worried about the economy than they were three months ago.

The Maryland Association of CPAs has created an interactive job board, the MACPA Career Center, to give its members and the CPA profession at large a targeted way to make employment connections.

A new report from Ingenuity Marketing (IM) offers some eye-opening insights into what "millennials," or twenty-something staffers, expect from their existing or potential firm.A series of questions with four possible answers, covering such categories as recruitment, online branding, office space, and work style, among others, reveals some of the likes and dislikes of millennials.

New York Governor David Paterson has signed a bill expanding the regulation of CPAs throughout the state.

Accountant David Sarnowski, 50, has been arrested for stealing $1.6 million from a law firm client to support a gambling habit.

TaxTalent has introduced a new contract-staff Web site, TaxForce.com, aiming to match the top 20 percent of tax professionals with companies in need of their high-level services.

KPMG has named a new chief information officer and a new leader of its tax restructuring and corporate recovery practice.

Florida plans to cut the amount of time it takes to process exam scores for CPAs by more than half, reducing what had been a three-month process to less than a month.

Henry R. Keizer is global head of audit for KPMG International and also serves as U.S. vice chair, audit, for the U.S. member firm, KPMG LLP.