All across America, hard-working people receive their personal income tax returns and wonder why they still owe money at tax time.

Small business employment recovered in June, more than making up for a slight decline in May, according to new figures from the payroll giant Paychex.

My partner, Frank Boutillette, just completed his term as president of the New Jersey Society of CPAs. I was asked for some reflections and want to share them with you. I think there are interesting things here that could add insights in how we ran our practice.

Every accounting firm leader knows you are only as good as your talent.

Accounting firms need to rethink the roles and expectations of their partners, according to industry consultant Allan Koltin – and changes to traditional partner compensation models can help.

The Accounting MOVE Project has released its annual list of the Best CPA Firms for women.

Pay increases for CFOs and controllers increased an average of 4 percent this year, but that was slightly less than a year ago, according to a new salary survey.

In my two previous columns, I wrote about CPAs who leave public accounting and go to work in private industry. Based upon the comments and emails I received, this is an involved topic and I would like to delve into it further.

The Internal Revenue Service released further details Friday on how a business entity can become certified under the IRS’s new certified professional employer organization program.

Employers added a disappointing 38,000 jobs in May, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Friday, including 5,400 in accounting and bookkeeping services, although the unemployment rate declined three-tenths of a percentage point to 4.7 percent.

Private sector employment grew by 173,000 jobs in May, according to payroll giant ADP, in a sign of slowing job growth.

When I engage in planning workshops, the subject of succession and exit strategies is front and center in the long-term vision of the firm: forcing current partners to look at potential future partners and consider their ability to grow the firm and fund an exit.

The pace of small business job growth dropped slightly in May after a strong start earlier in the year, according to a new report from the payroll giant Paychex.

Last week I wrote about a CPA going to work for a small client that was creating a controller’s position. Today I’ll talk about going to work for a client that already has a controller or working for a large company.

Firms and vendors are taking payroll to the next level

Decades of effort have yielded underwhelming results

Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu has introduced Deloitte Pixel, a new service that leverages “crowdsourcing” technology to allow outside people to help the firm develop new services and projects for Deloitte and its clients.

I know many CPAs who left public accountancy to take a “better” job. For many of them this was a mistake. For some it worked out, so if you are one of the lucky few, you can stop reading what I have to say.

Bruce Tulgan shares the best ways to keep your young stars

The Obama administration expanded overtime eligibility for millions of workers Thursday, releasing a long-awaited rule change that the Labor Department estimates will extend overtime pay to 4.2 million more workers.