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Payroll trends to watch in 2022 (Part 2)

ThomsonReuters

Part 2 of this blogpost explains how prevalent payroll is in our daily lives with a focus on key issues in 2022, including unemployment, disaster relief, paid sick leave, and international. The Payroll Guide for Checkpoint Edge has detailed information on unemployment for each state, the District of Columbia, and territories like the U.S.

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Do Accounting Firms Care if You’re On Drugs? Part III

Going Concern

12 years ago my former colleague Caleb Newquist published a post titled “Do Accounting Firms Care if You’re On Drugs?” I mean, yeah, everyone is critically understaffed and there are no spare people to stick on engagements in place of the druggies on the payroll but whatever, hard times call for hard drugs.

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Professionals on the Move – Jan. 2024

CPA Practice

PKF Mueller Joins Cherry Bekaert to Expand Chicago Market Reach Cherry Bekaery, an assurance, tax and advisory firm, recently completed an acquisition transaction with PKF Mueller , a full-service certified public accounting and business advisory firm located in the metropolitan Chicago area.

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Prager Metis Merges in Goldsmith Molis & Gray

CPA Practice

Top 60 accounting firm Prager Metis has expanded its presence in North Carolina by combining with Asheville-based Goldsmith Molis & Gray, a full-service tax, accounting, payroll, and consulting firm. The firm also has U.S. Financial terms of the deal, which became official on Jan. 1, weren’t disclosed.

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Redefining Success: What It Looks Like When Growth Isn’t the Top Priority

CPA Practice

But there is another story, another path that we’re seeing more and more that isn’t talked about as much: The lifestyle firm. A Different Definition of Success The idea of a “lifestyle” accounting firm is not a new one — lifestyle models have been around for a long time. To me, that was a success.”

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2023 Readers’ Choice Awards – The Readers Have Voted!

CPA Practice

2.3%) Wasp Barcode Technologies (0.8%) Other (13.4 %) ————– – Payroll Insight : There are dozens of payroll systems on the market, but not all provide accounting firm modules for managing multiple clients, or at least accountant access to reporting tools. WINNER: TheTaxBook – Tax Materials Inc.

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Accountants Behaving Badly: Police Department Accountant Couldn’t Be Bothered, PPP Loan Fraud, and a Creepy Tax Preparer

Going Concern

Court records show that Urban is currently in custody in Florida, serving a prison sentence for defrauding a previous employer of more than $283,000, and using the embezzled money to pay for court-ordered restitution for a prior embezzlement. Tracy Mitchell, the owner of House of Deals, Inc., and House of Furniture and Mattress, Inc.,