As uncertainty continues to surround the economy, companies of every size are seeking new ways to maintain high operating standards and stay competitive, while keeping bottom lines from shrinking further.

The New Jersey Society of CPAs has released an accounting compensation survey to help accounting firms determine compensation of employees and partners.

Democrats on the House Ways and Means Committee have introduced a bill to provide tax credits to businesses that brings jobs and business operations back to the U.S. from abroad.

Cloud-based accounting provider Xero has released a general ledger integration with the Run Powered by ADP cloud-based payroll platform for small-business owners.

Jennifer Wilson, co-founder and partner at ConvergenceCoaching, discusses how accounting firm leaders and staff members need to be more "count-on-able" so they can be relied on by each other.

Looking for ways to run your accounting firm more efficiently and effectively? It starts with people.

Intuit has made available Snap Payroll, a free mobile app for the iPhone, iPad and iPod touch that handles paycheck calculations for small businesses.

For accountants, “crunch time” comes around every year, from February to April and then again from June to September.

The unemployment rate remained unchanged at 8.2 percent in June, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, as employers added a disappointing 80,000 jobs.

CBIZ is reporting solid gains in small business employment in the month of June among the small businesses using its payroll service.

Employment in the private sector increased by 176,000 from May to June on a seasonally adjusted basis, according to the latest monthly employment report from payroll giant ADP, indicating that the recent slowdown in hiring may be reversing.

Hiring at small businesses fell 0.2 percent last month, but paycheck size was up 0.1 percent, according to payroll provider SurePayroll Inc.

U.S. small businesses experienced gains in their employment rates, average compensation and hours worked in June, while revenue figures declined in May, according to Intuit.

Two employees from Anderson ZurMuehlen & Co. PC, a multi-office firm based in Helena, Mont., with 240 employees. Generation X senior software engineer Luke Muszkiewicz, born in 1978, and Baby Boomer shareholder Kevin Kelley, born in 1949, shared their views on the following question: "How important is employee coaching to the success of the firm?"

Future firm leaders need a mix of personal guidance and outside support to keep them on track.

When its younger staff speak, Houston-based accounting firm MaloneBailey listens -- and acts

Congressional Democrats on the House Ways and Means Committee have introduced a pair of bills to extend the production tax credit for wind energy manufacturers through the end of 2013 and provide a 10 percent income tax credit for employer payroll increases this year.

The Internal Revenue Service needs to do a better job of estimating its staffing needs for implementing the Affordable Care Act, according to a new government report.

Hiring and spending levels at small businesses remained depressed in May, as did plans to do more in the near future, according to a new survey.

Payroll and benefits outsourcing provider Paychex Inc. has released the Paychex Mobile smartphone application for iPhone, Android and BlackBerry devices.