With the New Year right around the corner, business owners are likely scrambling to identify tax credits they can take advantage of or a tax professional to help them ensure they’re properly reporting their tax information for 2013.

’Tis the time of year when children daydream of possibilities. And, if you have ever seen a letter to Santa written by a seven-year-old, you know that the little ones often swing for the fences.

Launching a payroll practice does not have to be overwhelming, in fact if the right business model is adopted, starting a payroll venture can happen faster than one might think…and with far less stress.

Xero has officially released an integrated payroll offering as part of its cloud accounting platform, just months after announcing a beta version.

The digital edition of the December 2013 issue of Accounting Today is now available.

Employers in the private sector added 215,000 jobs from October to November, according to payroll giant ADP, in a sign of increasing strength across broad segments of the economy despite challenges like health care reform and the lingering effects from October’s government shutdown.

Five firms share their experiences making payroll pay

The past couple of weeks have been a period where you have to ask, “what didn’t happen?” Rebranding, major financings, practice growth, practice closures; we had it all.

Payroll continues to be one of the most talked about topics in the profession and CPA firm owner Sean Manning attempts to dispel the myths about this oft avoided, yet potentially profitable service offering.

Last week I moderated an Accounting Today Webinar, sponsored by SurePayroll, on the 2014 Tax Season Toolkit.

Online payroll provider SurePayroll Inc. has found the government shutdown had a significant impact on businesses with 10 or less employees, causing them to rethink expectations for the future and question their leaders.

U.S. small business employment declined in October, as did compensation and hours worked for their hourly employees, according to figures from Intuit.

ADP has enhanced the electronic invoicing offering from its ADP Procure-to-Pay Solutions (P2P) platform to help boost productivity for midsized and large businesses.

A couple who owned a Hollywood-area movie post-production company have pleaded guilty to fraud and theft charges after admitting to embezzling their employees’ payroll taxes and failing to remit the money to the Internal Revenue Service.

Lateral hiring of partners and leaders by accounting firms from competing accounting firms is on the rise, according to a new study.

Ernst & Young has been making a greater effort this Veterans Day and in recent years to increase its outreach to veterans and hire more members of the military to bring their leadership skills to the firm.

The staffing company Robert Half is projecting a 3.4 percent uptick in salaries for accountants next year, according to the 2014 edition of its annual salary guide.

Look for the nuances in inter-generational generalizations

To develop the next generation of leaders, firms must learn the new rules of the road

Aquila and Grissom on finding solutions to the feuds between different age groups in the workplace