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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001193125-18-352089
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	CORRESP
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
FILED AS OF DATE:		20181218

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			CBIZ, Inc.
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000944148
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	SERVICES-BUSINESS SERVICES, NEC [7389]
		IRS NUMBER:				222769024
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		CORRESP

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		6050 OAK TREE BOULEVARD, SOUTH
		STREET 2:		SUITE 500
		CITY:			CLEVELAND
		STATE:			OH
		ZIP:			44131
		BUSINESS PHONE:		2164479000

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		6050 OAK TREE BOULEVARD, SOUTH
		STREET 2:		SUITE 500
		CITY:			CLEVELAND
		STATE:			OH
		ZIP:			44131

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	CENTURY BUSINESS SERVICES INC
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19980218

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	INTERNATIONAL ALLIANCE SERVICES INC
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19961031
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>CBIZ, INC. </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">6050 Oak Tree Boulevard, South </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">Suite 500 </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">Cleveland, Ohio 44131
</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">December&nbsp;18, 2018 </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>VIA EDGAR </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">United States Securities and Exchange Commission </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Division of
Corporation Finance </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Mail Stop 3561 </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">100 F. Street, N.E. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Washington, D.C. 20549 </P> <P STYLE="font-size:18pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">Attn:</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">Diane Fritz, Staff Accountant </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">Christine Dietz, Assistant Chief Accountant </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">Re:</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">CBIZ, Inc. </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">10-K</FONT> for the Fiscal Year Ended December&nbsp;31, 2017
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">Filed March&nbsp;1, 2018 </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">10-Q</FONT> for the Quarterly Period Ended September&nbsp;30, 2018
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">Filed November&nbsp;1, 2018 </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">File <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">No.&nbsp;001-32961</FONT> </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Ladies and Gentlemen: </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Set forth below are the
responses of CBIZ, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the &#147;<B><I>Company</I></B>&#148;), to the comments received from the staff (the &#147;<B><I>Staff</I></B>&#148;) of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the
&#147;<B><I>Commission</I></B>&#148;) in a letter dated December&nbsp;10, 2018 with respect to the Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">10-K</FONT> submitted to the Staff on March&nbsp;1, 2018 and the Form
<FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">10-Q</FONT> submitted to the Staff on November&nbsp;1, 2018 (collectively, the &#147;<B><I>Periodic Reports</I></B>&#148;). </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">For your convenience, the Company has set forth below each Staff comment followed by the Company&#146;s response. Capitalized terms used but
not otherwise defined in this letter have the meanings ascribed to such terms in the Periodic Reports. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B><U>Form <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">10-Q</FONT> for the Quarterly Period Ended September</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;30, 2018</U> </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B><U>Notes to the
Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements</U> </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B><U>Note 3. Revenue, page 12</U> </B></P>
<P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><B>1.</B></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left"><B>We note from your response to prior comment 1 that you do not consider your Benefit and Insurance Services
practice group&#146;s commissions to be incremental costs of obtaining a contract. Please tell us how you arrived at this conclusion. Refer to ASC
<FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">340-40-25-2.</FONT></FONT></FONT> In addition, tell us the total amount of commissions expense recorded for contracts with terms in excess of one year
during the nine months ended September&nbsp;30, 2018. </B></P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">December&nbsp;18, 2018 </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"> Page
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Response 1a:</B> The Company acknowledges the Staff&#146;s comments. ASC <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">340-40-25-2</FONT></FONT></FONT> states that the incremental costs of obtaining a contract are those that an entity incurs to obtain a contract with a
customer that it would not have incurred if the contract had not been obtained (for example, a sales commission), but as discussed in the FASB Transition Resource Group memo number <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">57-16,</FONT> there could be other
fact patterns that need to be considered within different commission plans that affect the determination of whether the costs are incremental to obtaining the contract. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">As noted in our previous response, the Company pays commissions monthly over the term of the underlying contract
and requires the recipient of the commission to be employed by the Company at the time of payment (i.e. service vesting condition). Failure to remain employed at the date the commission is payable results in the forfeiture of commissions that would
otherwise be due. Therefore, the Company has determined that the requirement of continued employment is substantive and accordingly does not consider such commissions to be incremental costs of obtaining the contract. As a result, a contract
acquisition asset is not recognized for such commissions. </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Response 1b:</B> As noted in our previous response, the
majority of the Company&#146;s contracts have an original specified duration of one year or less. Certain contracts related to the Company&#146;s group health and benefits consulting and property and casualty insurance businesses have an original
specified contract duration in excess of one year. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The total amount of commissions expense recorded for contracts with terms in excess of
one year during the nine months ended September&nbsp;30, 2018 was approximately two hundred sixty thousand dollars. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left"><B>We note your response to prior comment 5. Please revise in future filings to disclose that advisory services
revenue is calculated on the estimated value of assets under management and is adjusted when the actual value is provided. </B></P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Response 2: </B>The Company acknowledges the Staff&#146;s comment. The Company will enhance the footnote disclosure related to advisory
services revenue in future filings. </P>
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&nbsp;*&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;* </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">If you have any questions with respect to the foregoing, please do not hesitate
to call me at (216) <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">447-9000.</FONT> </P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><DIV ALIGN="right">
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Ware H. Grove</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Senior Vice President and
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">Diane Fritz, Division of Corporation Finance </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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