Small business

Coronavirus is an opportunity for the accounting profession to make strides in two important areas.

The U.S. Treasury will be able to support smaller businesses impacted by the coronavirus through an economic relief plan that the House passed late Friday, Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said in a statement.

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The job gains were mainly at big companies and largely came before the outbreak of the coronavirus in the U.S.

The pace of small-business job growth accelerated for the third month in a row in February, according to payroll giant Paychex, but the rate of hourly earnings growth slipped.

The purpose of the SECURE Act is to incentivize employers to offer retirement plans as well as to improve individual retirement savings outcomes for the millions of Americans without adequate retirement savings.

The Internal Revenue Service and the Treasury Department released guidance Friday to help farmers deal with a provision of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act and reduce their taxes by leveraging a tax break for small businesses.

The Massachusetts-based firm will bring accounting and finance services to the office supply company’s small-business customers.

Private sector employers added 291,000 jobs in January, according to payroll giant ADP, in a strong showing for the economy, despite fears of the coronavirus.

Weekly earnings at small businesses continued to increase in January, while job growth went up only slightly.

The International Accounting Standards Board is considering an update to IFRS for SMEs, its stripped down version of International Financial Reporting Standards for small and midsize entities, the second major update to the standards since it was introduced in 2009.

As an accounting professional, you know there are potential tax-related upsides and downsides for every type of business entity.

With a little bit of data analysis, accountants can help small businesses develop more profitable approaches.

For the owner of a multimillion-dollar company, selling by the end of 2020 could result in a much smaller tax bill than striking a deal in 2021 under new rules.

The institute has asked the IRS and the Treasury to issue a notice clarifying that relief will also apply to S corporations.

The job numbers were boosted by employment in professional and business services.

The tight labor market prompted wage increases to accelerate at the end of the year.