Transition Advisors president Joel Sinkin talks about what firms should do after a merger to retain their clients and staff members, in an interview with Accounting Today editor-in-chief Daniel Hood.

Check out the digital edition of the April 2014 issue of Accounting Today.

Private sector employment increased by 191,000 jobs in March, according to payroll giant ADP, as companies ramped up their hiring as the weather improved.

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.

Firms are taking new approaches to new partners

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.

As the NBA season enters its critical stretch of the remainder of the regular season and tax season winds down, the natural question to ask is this: would LeBron James be as great a CPA as he is a basketball player?

The representation of women within the leadership of public accounting firms is too low, according to Jeanette Franzel, a member of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board.

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

Almost everyone uses Facebook to connect with friends and family. And YouTube is the place for sharing and watching videos. Great for fun, but not for real work. Have you ever considered bringing people together “socially” like YouTube or Facebook—but for getting work done, instead of avoiding it?

Deloitte held its board meeting in New York this past week and also took time to meet with some members of the press to discuss its diversity and recruiting efforts.

U.S. CFOs’ confidence in the U.S. economy increased more than 10 percent in the first quarter of the year, reaching a two-year high, according to a new survey by Financial Executives International and Baruch College’s Zicklin School of Business.

The Private Companies Practice Section of the American Institute of CPAs recently issued its annual Top Issues Diagnostic Report. For the fifth consecutive year, owner/partner accountability and unity has been cited among the top two issues for CPA firms comprising more than 21 professionals.

Organizations will be facing problems finding the right employees and leadership in the years ahead, according to a new report from Deloitte.

Check out the digital edition of the March 2014 issue of Accounting Today.

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

Business executives who are CPAs intend to do more hiring and business expansion in the year ahead, according to a new survey from the American Institute of CPAs.

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

CPAs come in all shapes, sizes and colors. Each one has their strengths and weaknesses. And each one bases success off of what they see as success.