If you do your job right, fraud isn’t much of an issue at your company. Still, it’s good to keep an eye on what the crooks are planning.

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Tags: Fraud prevention, Internal controls, Resource

Wages for most jobs are barely keeping pace with inflation, but Accounting workers are bucking that trend.

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Tags: A/P, Career outlook, Economic outlook, Payroll

Even if your position is secure, it’s natural to be a little skittish in our stuttering economy. It begs the question: Just how safe are Accounting jobs?

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Tags: A/P, Career, Economic outlook, Payroll, training

Keeping other department’s errors from creeping into Accounting is a never-ending battle. Get a handle on these three mistake breeding grounds and you can sleep easier at night.

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Tags: Communication, Reducing errors, Resource

Once you’ve gotten internal buy-in to upgrade or replace your Accounting system, the hard work begins: choosing the options you need without busting the budget.

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Tags: A/P, Accounting, Payrol, Resource, Technology

The recent increase in the standard business mileage rate was a welcome change for most. But folks still clamoring for more could affect your company.

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Tags: Congress, Economic outlook, IRS, mileage rate, T&E

Outsourcing some of your payroll processing can be a huge time and money saver. Assuming it doesn’t leave you in legal hot water.

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Tags: Employment Taxes, Outsourcing, Payroll, Resource, Tax compliance

Be careful: You can’t use the “fluctuating workweek” method to calculate overtime pay for certain employees.

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Tags: Court rulings, Exempt/Nonexempt, FSLA, Overtime, Payroll

For the first time since 1979, IRS released new instructions for Form 990 filing for 2008 (for ’09 filing).

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Tags: E-filing, IRS, Payroll, Resource, Tax compliance, Tax filing, Tax-exempt organizations

Add one more to the list of tax forms you’ll be required to file electronically:

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Tags: E-filing, Excise taxes, IRS, Tax compliance, Tax filing