Small Business

CPAs have close relationships with their clients (especially in smaller accounting practices) and rightfully so. Who else is better to understand their client’s financial and business affairs than their trusted CPA? And the relationship generally remains close…

Small business optimism dropped from 93.9 to 91.6, largely due to a precipitous decline in hiring plans and expectations for future small-business conditions.

Bill.com today announced that it has closed $38 million in financing. Bill.com provides integrated bill payment, invoicing and cash flow management solutions for businesses.

Thomson Reuters Releases ACA Decision Support Tool for Tax and Employee Benefits Professionals

This month, we'll look at state unemployment tax, or SUTA. Unlike FUTA, SUTA offers employers in many states a way to reduce their tax rates in 2014. It's called a "voluntary contribution."

The 2013 holiday shopping season is underway, with ICSC survey results showing some unexpected trends. As in most years, the top shopping day of the year is expected to be Black Friday. However, Cyber Monday will follow close behind across most demographic groups, overtaking Super Saturday as the second busiest holiday shopping day of the year.

Highland Fresh Produce in Munster, Indiana, tried to make a go of it in a strip mall off a busy street selling a variety of healthy fare, including acorn squash, aloe leaves and papaya.

A woman was arrested last week on suspicion of embezzling more than $150,000 from a Farmington, New Mexico, business.