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Employers increasingly center recruitment on workers with soft skills. Tactics include paying consultants to develop psychological tests and adding interview rounds.

Starting salaries for US accounting and finance positions will range from 3% to 4.3% higher in 2017 than they were in 2016, according to a salary guide published Tuesday. The predicted rise reflects strong competition for skilled professionals.

S&P 500 companies are shifting reporting techniques to conform with Securities and Exchange Commission guidance calling for generally accepted accounting principles to be given more weight. Of the companies that have reported results since July 1, 81% gave prominence to […]

Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen signaled growing support for an interest-rate increase during the central bank’s annual gathering in Jackson Hole, Wyo. “In light of the continued solid performance of the labor market and our outlook for economic activity and […]

The Labor Department has published its final rule smoothing the path for states that want to create workplace retirement-savings plans. The rule guarantees that the plans won’t have to comply with the federal Employee Retirement Income Security Act as long […]

Americans may wonder whether paying for a long-term care policy makes sense, as insurance companies have exited the market and rates have increased. Here’s a look at the risks involved with this type of insurance and which factors to consider […]

The Social Security Administration has temporarily eliminated a security measure that required online users to sign in with a special code sent via text message. Users complained that they had difficulty accessing their accounts. The extra security is still available […]

CPA practitioners can easily get frustrated when working with clients who pay their bills late, fail to provide information in a timely fashion or treat people rudely. But there are ways to manage troublesome clients and keep your sanity.

With the arrival of the back-to-school season, criminals are using a variety of telephone scams to demand money to pay nonexistent taxes, including a “federal student tax,” according to the Internal Revenue Service. “Although variations of the IRS impersonation scam […]