Payroll

Payroll service provider Paychex has teamed up with the research firm IHS to produce a new Small Business Jobs Index, which shows the Mountain region of the country leading the way in employment gains among small businesses.

When President Obama announced the myRA program during his State of the Union Address this year, it likely raised several questions among those in the accounting community: What is this new program? How will it work? How does it compare to the retirement benefits businesses already provide to their employees? What do I need to share with my clients about this?

The U.S. Supreme Court decided in favor of the Obama administration in a dispute over taxes on severance compensation, overturning a lower court decision that could have forced the IRS to refund more than $1 billion.

Online payroll provider SurePayroll Inc. is seeing strong optimism among its small business clients about the economy.

Payroll software provider SurePayroll blamed the cold winter weather for an apparent hiring freeze at small businesses in February.

Private sector employers added 139,000 jobs in February, according to payroll giant ADP, with the cold winter weather sapping the hiring numbers.

Employment at small businesses in the U.S. stayed stagnant in February, while the average number of hours worked and monthly wages both increased. However, overall, small business revenue declined 0.09 percent in January.

Tax season has begun and clients are heading into accounting offices across the U.S. in the hopes of getting their tax returns filed as quickly and efficiently as possible. How can you address your clients’ needs, meet the government’s ever-changing requirements, and still maintain a manageable workload during this busy time? The answer is simple: embrace technology.

The states of Arizona, Washington and New Jersey showed the strongest rates of growth in private sector employment in January, while New York lagged behind, according to payroll giant ADP.

Businesses with a strong employment-related tax and payment compliance program report greater profitability and employee satisfaction, according to a new survey.

The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Friday that nonfarm payroll employment increased by only 113,000 jobs last month, as severe winter weather took a toll on hiring.

Small businesses in the U.S. added 10,000 jobs in January, according to QuickBooks maker Intuit, although the pace of growth slowed slightly.

Employers in the private sector added 175,000 jobs from December to January, according to payroll giant ADP, as the harsh winter weather apparently put a damper on some hiring.

Payroll giant ADP has introduced additional tools to enable small businesses to comply with the complicated provisions of the Affordable Care Act.

Keeping an eye on all of the legislative and regulatory changes that occur throughout the course of the year is no easy task.

Texas and Florida led the way among the largest U.S. states in hiring by private sector employers last month, according to a new report by payroll giant ADP.

Payroll giant ADP is offering a new Protective Claims Service for employers to preserve their right to a refund of FICA taxes they remitted for certain types of severance pay, pending a final decision in a case that the Supreme Court heard this week.

Cloud accounting provider FreshBooks has partnered with cloud payroll service ZenPayroll, aiming at providing a joint service to small business owners and sole proprietors.

Online payroll provider SurePayroll said it is seeing a significant increase in optimism among small business owners, indicating a better year ahead for small businesses, despite recent declines in hiring and paycheck size.

Employment at small businesses in the U.S. increased in December, although the amount of compensation and the number of hours worked indicated slight declines, according to figures from QuickBooks maker Intuit.