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SafeSend Launches New AI-Powered Tools for Tax and Accounting Professionals
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AICPA Offers Comments to IRS on Domestic Content Bonus Credit Requirements
CBIZ Reaches Deal to Acquire Fellow Top 15 Firm Marcum
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Despite Covid, Imports Increase Ahead of Holidays
Imports surged to unexpected high levels this summer and may have hit a new record as the U.S. economy continues to reopen and retailers stock up for the holiday season, according to the monthly Global Port Tracker report ...
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CEO Pay Increased by 5.5%
The analysis found total earned pay for S&P 1500 CEOs increased 5.5% at the median in 2019, a sharp drop from a 13.7% jump in the previous year. The increase marks the smallest rise since a 2.2% increase in 2016.
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Small Businesses Still Being Shocked by Coronavirus
The Small Business Pulse Survey, launched on a weekly basis in mid-May, looks at issues such as employment, revenue and supply chain disruptions. In the survey’s first nine weeks, it found pervasive difficulties with business operations and ...
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QuickBooks Desktop 2021 Offers More Automation to Save Time and Boost Productivity
QuickBooks Desktop (QBDT) 2021 delivers enhancements to become even more of the ‘go-to solution’ for accounting firms who want to help their clients succeed and grow their businesses.
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Back-to-School Gen Z Shoppers Targeted by Scammers
In recent years, discount, vintage, and second-hand fashion buying apps targeted at Gen Z and Millennial customers with names like Depop, Poshmark, ThreadUp, and LetGo have been growing in popularity. These apps typically connect buyers and sellers of ...
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Fintech-Focused Startup Accelerator Seeks Applicants for 2021 Program
Launched in 2017, the accelerator is open to early-stage companies in the United States and abroad. Successful applicants can tap business intelligence about the accounting profession from senior leaders of ...
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Execs Optimistic on Their Own Business Growth, But Not on U.S. Economy Overall
Some 43 percent of survey respondents said their companies plan to expand in the next 12 months, up from 24 percent last quarter. Business executives’ optimism about their own companies’ prospects saw a similar rise from ...
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With Travel at Record Lows, Hotels Continue to Struggle Amid Covid-19 Pandemic
Almost two-thirds (65%) of hotels remain at or below 50 percent occupancy, which is below the threshold at which most hotels can break even and pay debt.