Small business optimism slumps in March, according to SurePayroll.
The index fell two percentage points from February to 69 percent in March, with hiring is down 2.2% year-to-date. “While large businesses, medium-sized businesses and even larger small businesses may be seeing improvements in hiring, the smallest of businesses aren’t,” the company said.
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What CPAs are reading this week: Top 100 revenue slump, when it’s NOT okay to check email, litigation consulting opportunities, and why clients don’t like you…
Hint: It’s not all about money. And your answers could help you to better understand your clients.
How do you define success? Join the survey, see what your peers are saying.
In a CPA Trendlines straw poll of accountants about their notion of “success,” the overwhelming majority are telling us that building a growing business or advancing in their career is not necessarily the most important goal. And career and business may not be as important as you think.
Real-time results:
One day at the offices of Frank J. Pavlica CPA in Inverness, Ill., it dawned on the folks that tax returns, like clients, have their own personalities. So far…
And it’s not about the money. It’s the people.
The key driver of accountants’ work happiness may not come in the form of a paycheck, but instead in a sense of accomplishment, the relationships with peers, and the daily tasks of the work.