Fewer college students are willing to put in the time and money to become accountants. Finance professionals are concerned about the dwindling talent in the pipeline as Baby Boomers retire. Now some states are getting serious about the problem and…
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Whether payroll professionals use the most current Excel in Microsoft 365 or an earlier version, they'll never find enough time to use all of the functions and shortcuts available to them. Even expert users of Excel will stumble upon a…
President Biden is calling for wealthy Americans and corporations to pay more in taxes. The president outlined a number of changes he believes will help reduce the budget deficit and level the playing field between the very rich and everyone…
A recent ransomware attack illustrates why an attacked company that pays ransom shouldn't expect the hackers to live up to their end of the bargain. Once upon a time, cyber thieves did exhibit a modicum of honor. They'd unlock a…
Before we get too far into the new year, double-check that all changes to state income tax rates and laws have been caught. Better for Payroll to uncover glitches as early as possible to avoid withholding and reporting headaches, especially…
The Internal Revenue Service has extended corporate, business and individual tax deadlines out to June 17 for San Diego, Detroit and dozens of counties throughout the U.S. Here's a rundown of areas that were declared disaster areas by the Federal…
Finance teams need to be checking expense reports and payment card bills in 2024 to prevent fraud. Employees who normally wouldn't try passing off bills as business expenses may be feeling more pressure to give it a shot. Current economic…
Year after year, surveys show about 70% of job applicants lie on their resumes or applications. People lie about their skills, employers, college degrees, you name it. The onus falls on hiring managers and HR to dig deeper during the…
If you've used Excel to create a database table with fixed formulas, and that table will be used by multiple people, there's a way to protect the sheet from being written over while still enabling editing in fields where people…
The high taxes, onerous regulations and quality-of-life woes of doing business in blue states is taking a toll on small business owners (SBOs). Fact: 40% of employers in California are actively looking to move, while another 27% wish they could,…
After the flood of new e-commerce sales tax rules in the five years since the South Dakota v. Wayfair Supreme Court decision, this may be the year when more economic nexus laws finally start getting simpler. The Streamlined Sales and…
Business groups complained loud and long about a first-of-its-kind climate change disclosure rule that's still in the works. The Biden administration clearly got the message. The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is reportedly axing a controversial "scope 3" emissions reporting…
