Facing salary freezes and reduced hours, employees are going to great lengths to make ends meet -- often at your expense. (more…)
Accounting
While running internal audits has become a fairly common practice, some firms are taking it a step further. (more…)
Your finance staffers may go crazy trying to stay on top of ever-changing S&U tax laws. Understandable -- after you read these. (more…)
While many departments are still cutting jobs, accounting positions have actually increased recently. The economy, however, has changed the way these positions function. (more…)
Tell your A/P staff to be ready. Starting this November, the Service is planning the first of the 6,000 random employment tax audits that it will perform over the next three years. (more…)
There's no shortage of theories on when the economy will turn around. Here are 15 of the wackiest signals out there. (more…)
For floundering small businesses, June 15th -- the day the SBA started handing out the first of 10,000 deferred-payment loans -- couldn't have come soon enough. (more…)
As fraud continues to rise, more states are making businesses go to great (i.e., pricey) lengths to keep sensitive employee and customer data safe. (more…)
Our next president will have to deal with the economic crisis immediately. Here’s what his proposed stimulus plan would mean for your company — if it gets approved by Congress. President-elect Obama’s proposed stimulus package has several benefits in store…
"Recession fatigue," "the effects of overwork in lean times," call it whatever you want to, but it's real -- and it seems to be hitting U.S. workers harder than anywhere else. (more…)
Worried your firm may have overpaid on its state sales and use tax obligations? Having A/P run a reverse audit may alleviate your fears -- but is it worth the time and effort? (more…)
As firms continue to fight for their survival in the current recession, an increasing number of their employees have moved up a weight class -- or two. (more…)
