Payroll

Payroll provider SurePayroll saw hiring and wages at small businesses flatten in April, with both down 0.1 percent from March, according to its SurePayroll Small Business Scorecard.

Private sector businesses added 179,000 jobs in April, according to payroll giant ADP.

Payroll and benefits outsourcing provider Paychex has acquired online 401(k) administrator ePlan Services.

ADP has introduced a new system that helps companies quickly find the correct local tax information for newly hired or transferred employees.

Small businesses posted a modest increase in hiring in April, according to figures from Intuit’s online payroll service.

Discount small business software provider Halfpricesoft.com has released an updated version of its payroll software ezPaycheck to address customers’ custom reporting needs.

Red Wing Software has released CenterPoint Payroll Software version 7, with enhancements across the entire program, from processes and setup to over 35 expanded reports.

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A bipartisan pair of senators has introduced a bill that would require most employers to file their W-2 forms electronically.

Greatland Corporation subsidiary Nelco has launched a new Web Reporting Center as part of an enhanced set of tools for developers of accounting and payroll software.

One-third of small-business owners spends two full work weeks every year dealing with federal taxes, and 87 percent need to pay an outside accountant or other tax return preparer to do their taxes, according to a new survey.

Optimism among small business owners fell in March, according to a survey by SurePayroll.

Nonfarm payroll employment increased by 216,000 in March, and the unemployment rate dipped a tenth of a percent to 8.8 percent, the lowest level in two years, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Friday.

Small businesses added 102,000 jobs in March, according to payroll giant ADP, out of a total of 201,000 jobs gained in the private sector.

Small business employment continued to grow in March, according to Intuit, with employers adding 50,000 new jobs.

Payroll and benefits outsourcing provider Paychex reported that third quarter profits rose 17 percent to $130.6 million, on a 5 percent rise in total service revenue to $520 million for the period ended February 28.

Accounting software developer CYMA Systems has released CYMA Business Insight, a Microsoft Excel-based financial reporting tool that integrates with CYMA’s existing payroll and HR database to allow users to extract wage, benefit, tax and other labor costs for reporting purposes.

Optimism among small business owners increased since the previous month, according to SurePayroll’s Small Business Scorecard for February 2011, reaching 71 percent in February 2011.

The February CBIZ Small Business Employment Index, a barometer for hiring trends among companies with 300 or fewer employees, increased by 0.25 percent through the month, after posting a decrease of 2.62 percent in January, almost a 3 percent upswing in net month over month hiring.

The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Friday that nonfarm payroll employment increased by 192,000 in February, and the unemployment rate dipped by one-tenth of a percentage point to 8.9 percent.