Employment at small businesses in the U.S. declined by 10,000 jobs in July, while average compensation and hours worked also dropped, according to figures from Intuit.

Employers in 17 states (and the Virgin Islands) may not be eligible to claim the maximum amount of state unemployment tax credits on their 2013 federal unemployment tax return, because their state has had an outstanding federal unemployment insurance loan for at least two years, according to tax analysts at Thomson Reuters Checkpoint.

Total nonfarm payroll employment increased by 162,000 in July, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Friday, sending the unemployment rate down by two-tenths of a percentage point to 7.4 percent, although many of the gains were in low-wage jobs.

Technology, as opposed to new hiring, is driving much of the growth at small businesses, with 72 percent of small businesses doing more business online than they did a year ago, according to a survey by payroll service provider SurePayroll.

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Accounting and finance professionals will need to have a global perspective in the years ahead, according to a new survey from Robert Half Management Resources.

Private sector employers added 200,000 jobs from June to July, with the job gains distributed across all sizes of businesses and in many industries, including professional and business services.

Coaching and consulting firm PartnersCoach has introduced a Partner-Pipeline program that provides a developmental approach to building future leaders within accounting firms.

Payroll giant ADP has introduced myAline, online and mobile financial management technology to give employees visibility, information and access to help them better manage their money and make more informed spending decisions.

There is no question that the most profitable firms (defined as high per partner income) in our profession have figured out that leverage and a well managed pyramid is one of the key ingredients. Why is it then that so many firms, and I would suggest the majority, are struggling with just the opposite – an upside-down or inverted pyramid where there are lots of partners and managers but few staff.

Nearly two-thirds of accounting professionals in a new poll believe the Affordable Care Act will make it less likely for businesses to hire new employees in the next year.

Carolyn Mazzenga, partner-in-charge of the High-Net Worth Individual Group at Marcum, sat down with Accounting Today managing editor Tamika Cody to discuss who should take responsibility for the lack of female leaders in the accounting profession.

I read an article recently on AmEx OpenForum that I found profoundly disturbing. It seems that if you aren't happy in your job, you are not alone. In fact, you are in the majority!

I believe that opportunity provides an open door to a limitless future. I also believe that every young person—no matter their race, gender, orientation or disability- should be afforded the exposure to these opportunities.

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Total nonfarm payroll employment increased by 195,000 in June, and job gains in April and May were revised upward, but the unemployment rate was unchanged at 7.6 percent, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Friday.

Private sector employment increased by 188,000 jobs from May to June, according to payroll giant ADP, providing further evidence that the economy is slowly recovering despite payroll tax increases and government spending cuts.

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One in four businesses anticipate increasing the size of their accounting, finance and IT staff in the third quarter compared with just 5 percent that expect to they would decrease the total number, according to a new survey.