Small Business July 17, 2025
Back-to-School Season Gets Early Start
The early start is up from 55% last year and is the highest since NRF started tracking early shopping in 2018.
April 9, 2014
CFOs Focusing More on Financial Planning for Strategy
A new survey of the top financial leaders in America's businesses shows that they are becoming more strategic in their decision-making, and also relying more on financial planning when developing and guiding their corporate strategy.
April 4, 2014
Financial Planner Shares 3 Smart Tips for Retirement
With home ownership, job opportunity and retirement security in decline, an Allstate/National Journal Heartland Monitor poll shows that most Americans agree with what the experts have said. Seven in 10 think that tomorrow’s adults – today’s kids – will have less financial security than adults today.
March 31, 2014
Square Expands Partner Program, Integration with Xero & QuickBooks
Mobile credit card acceptance vendor Square has launched a new software partner platform that includes integration with Xero and QuickBooks. The collaboration is focused on building new applications that complement Square’s set of business services.
March 18, 2014
New York Firm Named Best Accountancy by Hedgeweek for 4th Year
For the fourth straight year, the New York-based accountancy Anchin, Block & Anchin has again been named the Best North American Accounting Firm in the annual Hedgeweek awards.
March 11, 2014
FICO to Release New Credit Scoring System
Credit and business analysis company FICO has announced a change to the well-known FICO Score, the most commonly-used measure of U.S. consumer credit risk. The new scoring system will be available beginning this summer.
March 3, 2014
Small Businesses Missing Out on Time-Saving Tech
The results show that more than half of small businesses surveyed still use manual processes, such as a spreadsheet or pen and paper, to track finances. In addition, almost 40 percent of these businesses are spending multiple days on tax preparation.
February 27, 2014
How to Increase Retirement Savings
It’s never too late to begin. The sooner you start contributing to your employer-sponsored retirement plan or IRA, the better your chances for building a significant savings cushion.
February 27, 2014
Income Taxes for Retirees: Easier, But Still Complex for Some
Think taxes get a lot easier when you retire? Like everything else in life, it depends, especially since the tax aspects of Social Security, 401(k) withdrawals and IRAs can get pretty confusing.
February 24, 2014
America Saves Week Reminds Everyone to be Prepared
Are you saving enough for retirement and overall financial security? Now many be a good time to examine just how prepared you are.
February 19, 2014
Think Twice About Once-a-Year IRA Rollover Rule
Under the federal income tax law – specifically, Section 408(d)(3)(B) of the Internal Revenue Code – a taxpayer can roll over funds from one IRA to another only once a year.
February 13, 2014
Reality Bites: The New 3.8% Net Investment Income Surtax
The specter of the dreaded new surtax on “net investment income” (NII) has turned into reality. For the first time ever, some upper-income taxpayers will have to pay the 3.8% surtax on their 2013 income tax returns. This could be a harrowing experience for some of your clients.
February 11, 2014
Introducing the MyRA: Boom or Bust?
President Obama didn’t drop any bombshells in his State of the Union address delivered on January 28. But he did unveil a new retirement-saving concept called the “MyRA” (a wordplay on IRA). As the president explained, this account will be designed to encourage retirement savings by workers who don’t have access to employer plans like…