Accounting June 28, 2025
Nominations Open for 2025 Innovation Awards
The Innovation Awards highlight technologies that are shaping the profession and small businesses through increased collaboration and productivity.
September 8, 2015
Celebrate Yourself – It’s National Payroll Week!
September brings a special treat to payroll practitioners and the payroll profession at large: National Payroll Week, which celebrates both wage earners and payroll practitioners.
July 22, 2015
New Overtime and Payroll Regulations May Affect Millions of Americans, Employers
The newly proposed regulations from the U.S. Department of Labor includes expansion of overtime protections that may impact millions of American workers and their employers.
July 11, 2015
Making the Right Payroll Choices for Your Firm and Your Clients
For many accountants, payroll=plague, and should be avoided at all costs. Others have discovered that there are antibiotics, and a clean, safe way to handle payroll where there are notable recurring profits to be made while improving client relationships. Industry accountants who need accurate payroll information automated for integrated costing or benefits can self-medicate. Public...…
July 10, 2015
Succession Planning: Running Your Firm After Retirement
All good things must come to an end, and the same is true for careers – even for those in payroll. Though it may be hard to picture the end of your career, or your employees’, it will eventually come. As a payroll practitioner, this is something you ...
July 8, 2015
Where’s Your Accounting Firm’s Business Plan?
A business plan will help you effectively communicate your value to potential clients and staff as you start and grow your practice. A good business plan lays out the goals for your practice and your plans for achieving them.
July 7, 2015
Setting Up Payroll for Your Clients
As you bring on new clients, one of the first things you will need to do is help them set up their payroll systems and processes. This is especially important for clients that may have new businesses themselves, as well as anytime you or your ...
June 30, 2015
Mobile Payment Company Square Launches Payroll App
Square Payroll is designed to work on mobile devices and includes time clock management features. When employees clock in and out, the information is shared with the payroll app. The payroll system can also handle bonuses, tipped workers and ...
June 16, 2015
On-Demand Services and the Ongoing Employee vs. Independent Contractor Debate
If you’ve been following the news lately, then you’ve probably heard of the lawsuits against some of the on-demand service providers which beg the question: are workers employees or independent contractors? On-demand services providers hire workers to provide a service “on demand” to customers. For companies like Lyft and Uber, workers provide their own vehicles...…
May 7, 2015
How to Market to Payroll Clients
Running a successful payroll practice is about more than just the services you provide; it’s also about selling those services. A great marketing campaign will consist of both digital and print collateral and target existing and prospective clients.
April 16, 2015
Should Accounting Firms Manage Payroll or Use an Outsourced Solution?
Accurate and timely payroll management is paramount to the successful operation of any business, whether a company has five employees or 5,000. If employees are not paid on time — and if employers fail to follow state and federal directives for employee classification, payroll tax filing, and other regulatory issues—management can soon find itself facing...…
March 5, 2015
11 Federal Budget Proposals and What They Mean for Business Payroll
It's time for President Obama's 2016 budget proposal, and time to reflect on the numerous items that affect payroll and payroll departments.. Here are the potential proposals that would have the greatest direct impact on payroll professionals.
March 4, 2015
Freelancers Get Tax Help with QuickBooks Self-Employed
Filing taxes can be daunting, especially for those with complicated tax situations, such as small business owners or freelancers. That’s where Intuit’s QuickBooks Self-Employed comes in.