Economy

If you’re a bookkeeper, it’s time to embrace evolution.

Minimum wage increases in states across the country are helping drive up wages, although the rate of job growth at small businesses has slowed down, according to payroll giant Paychex.

President Donald Trump could benefit from some of the business provisions in the tax bill that could be headed for his signature this week, White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders said Tuesday.

Congress is close to lifting a 40-year-old ban on energy development in Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, but drilling for oil in that frozen wilderness may still be years away as the effort faces exhaustive environmental reviews and likely lawsuits.

More than 50 percent of New Jersey CPAs are in favor of legalizing recreational marijuana in the Garden State, but 47 percent are opposed, according to a new poll by the New Jersey Society of CPAs.

The last few weeks of the year can be a stressful time both personally and professionally for everyone, including small business owners preparing for both the New Year and the tax year.

A deal meant to preserve a key source of financing for wind and solar developers in the Republican tax bill contains some hidden pitfalls that could undercut its benefit.

Now that Republicans in Congress have released their final tax bill, two big questions remain. What will companies do with all that cash, and who will benefit the most?

Lawmakers scrambling to lock up Republican support for the tax reform bill added a complicated provision late in the process—one that would provide a multimillion-dollar windfall to real estate investors such as President Donald Trump.

Senator Bob Corker wrote to Senate Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch asking for an “explanation” of how a provision on pass-through businesses that would benefit real estate investors came to be included in the final version of the Republican tax bill.

Congressional leaders have reached a deal preserving a $12 billion source of financing for U.S. wind and solar developers.

Congressional tax negotiators have reached a tentative deal that would mostly shield the renewable energy industry from a provision that threatened to dry up a $12 billion tax-equity market, said Senator John Thune, the chamber’s No. 3 Republican.

KPMG International reported Thursday its worldwide revenue grew 5 percent in local currency terms to a record level of $26.4 billion the fiscal year ending Sept. 30, 2017.

Some brokerage firms are concerned that the tax overhaul could lead to upheaval, pushing their employees to set up their own shops or switch firms to lower their tax bills.

House and Senate negotiators have agreed to spare the electric-vehicle tax credit and wind production tax credit in their compromise package, according to a Republican familiar with process.

U.S. commercial real estate is a likely winner in the evolving Republican tax overhaul, which is poised to lower rates for property owners, spur new investment and increase demand for rental housing, according to a new report.

While Congress irons out the differences between the tax bills proposed by the House and Senate, taxpayers have been living in limbo, and putting year-end tax planning on hold.

Here’s an overview of how going internally cashless might benefit (or hurt) your clients and a few talking points you can offer if they ask for your insight.

Accountants and tax pros share the most questionable ventures they were asked to advise clients on.

Ceterus, a Charleston, S.C., firm that provides managed bookkeeping and tax services for quick-service restaurants, has acquired Sandwich Math, an accounting and bookkeeping firm that focuses on sandwich restaurant franchises.