September 12, 2013
Poll Finds that Financial Fraud is Widespread in U.S.
Financial fraud is widespread in America, with more than four of five people in a new poll saying they've been targeted by scammers in one form or another.
September 12, 2013
Calif. Man Convicted of Embezzling $550K from Payroll Service
A 35-year-old Watsonville, California man was convicted of felony embezzlement Tuesday after he skimmed money from two San Jose companies and left them delinquent on their taxes.
September 12, 2013
AICPA Survey: Business Executives Plan to Increase Hiring in the Coming Year
Business executives may still be cautious about the state of the economy, but they are raising their expectations for hiring in the coming year, according to the third quarter AICPA Economic Outlook Survey.
September 12, 2013
Cincinnati Accounting Show Prepares CPAs for Business Challenges
Two new CPE tracks and networking opportunities for accounting students and women CPAs will debut this year at the Cincinnati Accounting Show presented by The Ohio Society of CPAs (OSCPA) September 17 – 18 at the Duke Energy Convention Center.
September 11, 2013
New App Provides Small Business Owners with a Virtual CFO
Unleash recently announced the availability of its “Cloud CFO” solution, designed to help small business owners assess the health of their business and make better decisions faster by providing business owners with a real-time overview of the fitness of their business.
September 10, 2013
Thomson Reuters Acquires CPA Education Division of Bisk
The tax and accounting branch of Thomson Reuters has acquired the continuing professional education and CPA exam preparation division of Bisk.
September 10, 2013
New Cloud Solution Helps Detect and Deter Bribery and Corruption
In response to customer demand and increased regulatory scrutiny and enforcement, ACL has launched a new Anti-Bribery and Anti-Corruption Solution.
September 10, 2013
xTuple 4.1 Features Open Source Business Intelligence Integration
xTuple, developers of open source enterprise resource planning software, announced the release of an updated version of its accounting, CRM and ERP software. xTuple 4.1 adds sales to the mobile web offering and includes new manufacturing and distribution features.
September 10, 2013
SMB Optimism Stays Flat in August
Small-business optimism remained flat in August, dropping 0.1 points from July for a final reading of 94.0, showed NFIB’s Small Business Economic Trends, a monthly survey of small business owners’ plans and opinions.
September 9, 2013
Detroit pension fund pays out nearly $1B in bonuses
One of Detroit's two pension funds handed out nearly $1 billion in bonus cash payments over two decades to retirees and active employees' retirement accounts instead of reinvesting the extra earnings for the future, according to a Free Press review of city records.
September 9, 2013
The Benefits and Challenges of Cloud Accounting
Accounting firms across the country are looking to the cloud to transform their client accounting services. They are looking to move from simply transactional bookkeeping services to higher value advisory services more in line with the CFO function.
September 5, 2013
Upcoming Xero Launch Integrates Full Payroll with Accounting Apps
Xero announces the upcoming launch of their complete US payroll feature at inaugural U.S. Xerocon.