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With 2024 here, finding and keeping talent remains a top priority for many business leaders. That's largely due to lasting impacts on the professional landscape over the past few years: many employees are continuing to reevaluate their priorities and values, emerging Gen Z workers are making business owners evaluate benefits and recruitment strategies, and mass resignations and a highly competitive talent marketplace have created both challenges and opportunities for employers.

The Internal Revenue Service today issued the 2024 optional standard mileage rates used to calculate the deductible costs of operating an automobile for business, charitable, medical or moving purposes.

As accounting firms are increasingly targeted with cyberattacks, cybersecurity has become essential for every professional. Between data breaches, phishing attacks and malware, criminals are going after the sensitive financial data held by accountants. Modern accountants, then, must take their cyber defenses seriously for the sake of themselves and their clients.

Effective Jan. 1, 2024, an employee’s receipt of severance pay will now result in disqualification from receiving unemployment compensation benefits for the period of time covered by the payment.

Following a partly sunny summer forecast for the U.S. economy, the outlook among CPA decision-makers again clouded in the latest quarterly survey released Thursday by AICPA & CIMA, together as the Association of International Certified Professional Accountants.

Most finance teams are aware of poor data quality, but still use it to make decisions, according to a new survey.

Finance can stay prepared for a potentially bumpy 2024 by focusing on controllable factors, being agile, and carefully managing cash, capital, and expenses.

Since March, when the weekly Vendor Spotlight feature first launched, we have showcased 34 accounting solutions providers of all shapes and sizes — a wide variety of companies that, despite their differences, all focus on providing the tools that have become a necessity for any professional looking to guide their clients through the slings and arrows of this outrageous modern economy.

Treasury's Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) issued a final rule (RIN 1506-AB62) Wednesday extending the deadline for companies created or registered in 2024 to file initial beneficial ownership information (BOI) reports to 90 calendar days from the original 30 calendar days.

Human resources (HR) analytics offers the opportunity to evaluate HR strategies using quantifiable metrics. Also referred to as people analytics or workforce analytics, HR analytics collects and examines data to help assess the performance of the human resources functions within a company.

Good pay, global job opportunities, and job security topped the list of reasons, according to a ShareFile survey of accountants.

More than 10,000 jobs seeking wherewithal in generative AI have been posted so far this year.

Pivotal culture changes are ahead, as Gen Z workers become a more dominant presence in the workplace.

mployees frustrated with their CEOs’ return-to-office mandates have tried arguing that remote work is linked with greater productivity. That it helps the environment with fewer commutes and improves diversity by broadening the talent pool. Now, they may have another argument to get their CEOs’ attention: Higher revenue growth.

The average small business loan interest rates range from 5% to more than 11%. High-interest rates and limitations on traditional loans can impede small business owners’ ability to borrow money to reinvest in or expand their businesses. Supported by the Connecticut Department of Economic & Community Development (DECD), the Connecticut Small Business Boost Fund is focused on helping small businesses and nonprofits thrive. This low interest, fixed 4.5%, loan program provides access to flexible funding for capital expenditures and working capital and connects business owners with free support services. Supported by the Connecticut Department of Economic & Community Development (DECD), the Connecticut Small Business Boost Fund is focused on helping small businesses and nonprofits thrive. This low interest, fixed 4.5%, loan program provides access to flexible funding for capital expenditures and working capital and connects business owners with free support services.

Finance leaders are more likely to be watching and learning about AI tools versus implementing them, according to Gartner.

The financial outlook of large-company leaders in business and industry continues to brighten.

Within HR and employment law AI will change the way we work, but it will not eliminate the need for expert, professional advice on specialist or complex issues.

But a large majority of employees say their companies need to be more transparent about how it can improve workflows.

Connecticut has passed four directives regarding CPA Exam credit retention.