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 How Firms Can Better Prepare for Next Tax Season

May 12, 2015 

How Firms Can Better Prepare for Next Tax Season

Imagine you are sitting in your office one day and a business client came in and dropped a six inch thick stack of paperwork and receipts on your desk and asked you to help make enough sense of it to submit a tax filing to the IRS. Your first reaction ...

 “Where Do I Start?”

May 12, 2015 

“Where Do I Start?”

I recently attended the New York Accounting Show put on by Flagg Management, generally acknowledged as the annual kickoff event for nationally recognized accounting conferences that provide continuing professional education and networking opportunities fo

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 The Best and Worst Cities to Work for a Small Business

May 11, 2015 

The Best and Worst Cities to Work for a Small Business

Small businesses collectively make up 99.7 percent of all U.S. employer firms, employ nearly 49 percent of the private workforce, pay about 42 percent of the private payroll, and created 63 percent of all new jobs added during the past 20 years.

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May 11, 2015 

Rankings Show the Best and Worst Cities to Start a New Career

The struggles endured in recent years by America’s young people pale in comparison to those suffered by their peers in Spain and Greece, where youth unemployment in excess of 50 percent has spawned great social unrest. Still, finding a job in the U.S. — l

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May 11, 2015 

Women and Generation Xers Take Lead in Creating New Startups

Women are more likely to found startups than men (57 percent versus 43 percent), and contradicting conventional wisdom about the conflict woman face when it comes to business and family, most women (55 percent) reported a "great" work-life balance.

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May 10, 2015 

Sage One Accounting Gets New Features, Subscription Pricing Model

New features and a new pricing model are now available to small businesses who use Sage One Accounting, a cloud-based small business accounting, invoicing and management system from Sage North America. Sage One Accounting is available in free and premium subscription versions, offering features for electronic invoicing, cash flow management, and financial analysis. Designed for...…

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May 4, 2015 

Guide Helps Firms Comply with New Accounting Standard

Thomson Reuters has introduced PPC’s Guide to SSARS Preparation Engagements in response to the new financial statement preparation service introduced by the Accounting and Review Services Committee of the AICPA.