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N.Y. Congressman Requests Trump’s Support For Tax Cap Elimination
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Chicago Aldermen Give Mayor Brandon Johnson’s $300M Property Tax Plan the Boot
FASB Issues Guidance On Employee Share-Based Payments
Accounting for employee share-based awards was identified by the Private Company Council (PCC) as an area of concern among private company stakeholders. The PCC worked with the FASB to discuss and analyze the issues that private companies have ...
STEM Grads Starting Salaries Top List At $64K
Business majors land in the fourth spot, with a projected starting average of $52,236, an increase from the projected $51,508 for Class of 2015 graduates.
73% of U.S. Companies Report Payment Fraud Attempts in 2015
BEC scams, short for business email compromise, are an increasingly common type of fraud which greatly impacts wire fraud. In 2015, 64 percent of organizations were exposed to BEC scams. Though checks continue to be the payment method most targeted by ...
KPMG Tops Rankings for Forensic, Investigations, Data & Tech Management and Litigation Valuation
KPMG's Forensic practice helps organizations achieve the highest level of integrity and manage the cost and risk of litigation, investigations, and regulatory enforcement actions by assisting with the prevention, detection and response to fraud ...
Midsized Businesses Struggling With Tax Compliance
The research revealed that nearly half of business owners do not know how many fines they incurred in the past 12 months or how much they cost their organizations.
Aplos Releases New Nonprofit Fund Accounting System
Advanced Accounting includes features for nonprofits to manage budgets for each of their designated funds, enabling tight controls for managers. Organizations can also build custom reports by department, campaign, project or custom segment.
Entrepreneur Survey Shows Confidence in Business Outlook
Compared to last year's March 2015 GEI survey, EO's year-over-year global data reveals a sustained entrepreneurial optimism across the globe. In the U.S., more than half of the 2,954 businesses surveyed also reported an increase in full-time (60%) and ...
Debit Cards Gaining on Cash for Small Purchases
There's a clear generational divide: 41% of people under age 50 prefer cash for small transactions and 40% like debit. Among those 50 and older, cash is the runaway winner (74%). Millennials are the most likely to use debit (46%) and credit cards (18%).