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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001628280-21-017686
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	CORRESP
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
FILED AS OF DATE:		20210827

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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<title>Document</title></head><body><div id="i98ca01b5d85f4436a788fa5ba5e2afc9_33"></div><div style="min-height:72pt;width:100%"><div><font><br></font></div></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:700;line-height:112%">CBIZ, INC. </font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%">6050 Oak Tree Boulevard, South </font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%">Suite 500 </font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%">Cleveland, Ohio 44131 </font></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%">August 27, 2021 </font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:700;line-height:112%">VIA EDGAR </font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%">United States Securities and Exchange Commission </font></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%">Division of Corporation Finance</font></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%">Office of Trade &#38; Services </font></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%">Mail Stop 3561 </font></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%">100 F. Street, N.E. </font></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%">Washington, D.C. 20549 </font></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%">Attn&#58; Abe Friedman and Theresa Brillant</font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%">Re&#58; CBIZ, Inc.</font></div><div style="text-indent:18pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%">Form 10-K for Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 2020</font></div><div style="text-indent:18pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%">Filed February 26, 2021</font></div><div style="text-indent:18pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%">File No. 001-32961</font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%">Ladies and Gentlemen&#58; </font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%">Set forth below are the responses of CBIZ, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the &#8220;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:700;line-height:112%">Company</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%">&#8221;), to the comments received from the staff (the &#8220;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:700;line-height:112%">Staff</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%">&#8221;) of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#8220;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:700;line-height:112%">Commission</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%">&#8221;) in a letter dated August 18, 2021 with respect to the Form 10-K submitted to the Staff on February 26, 2021 (the &#8220;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:700;line-height:112%">Form 10-K</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%">&#8221;). </font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%">For your convenience, the Company has set forth below each Staff comment followed by the Company&#8217;s response. Capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined in this letter have the meanings ascribed to such terms in the Form 10-K. </font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:700;line-height:112%;text-decoration:underline">Form 10-K for the Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 2020</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:700;line-height:112%"> </font></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:700;line-height:112%;text-decoration:underline">Item 7. Management&#8217;s Discussion and Analysis</font></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:700;line-height:112%;text-decoration:underline">Operating Practice Groups, page 25</font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div style="padding-left:36pt;text-indent:-18pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:700;line-height:112%">1.</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:700;line-height:112%;padding-left:9pt">We note your presentation and discussion of operating results for your individual &#8220;Operating Practice Groups.&#8221; When presenting segment measures within MD&#38;A, please separately discuss the reconciling items on a consolidated level, or discuss the reconciling items specific to each particular segment. Refer to Question 104.02 of the Staff&#8217;s Compliance &#38; Disclosure Interpretations (&#8220;C&#38;DIs&#8221;) on Non-GAAP Financial Measures.</font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div style="padding-left:36pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:700;line-height:112%">Response&#58;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%"> The Company acknowledges the Staff&#8217;s comment and advises the Staff that &#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;when the Company updates the MD&#38;A disclosure contained in its Annual Reports on Form 10-K and Quarter Reports on Form 10-Q as indicated in the response below to the Staff&#8217;s second comment, the Company will provide a discussion of the reconciling items on a consolidated level. </font></div><div style="height:72pt;position:relative;width:100%"><div style="bottom:0;position:absolute;width:100%"><div><font><br></font></div></div></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><div style="min-height:72pt;width:100%"><div><font><br></font></div></div><div style="padding-left:36pt;text-indent:-18pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:700;line-height:112%">2.</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:700;line-height:112%;padding-left:9pt">Please provide a discussion of segment profitability that is consistent with your ASC 280 disclosure. In this regard, we note the measure of segment results presented in MD&#38;A in the Form 10-K for the period ended December 31, 2020 appears to be gross margin&#59; however, per Footnote 21, performance of the practice groups is evaluated on operating income. We also note in Footnote 12 in the Form 10-Q for the interim period ended June 30, 2021 that performance of the practice groups is evaluated on income (loss) from continuing operations before income tax expense (benefit). Please advise.</font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div style="padding-left:36pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:700;line-height:112%">Response&#58;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:700;line-height:112%"> </font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%">The Company acknowledges the Staff&#8217;s comment and advises the Staff that the Company evaluates the performance of the practice groups on the basis of income (loss) from continuing operations before income tax expense (benefit). The ASC 280 disclosure contained in each of the Company&#8217;s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2020 and the Company&#8217;s Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended June 30, 2021 provides segment information for income (loss) from continuing operations before income tax expense, which is consistent with manner in which these segments are evaluated. In future filings, the Company will ensure that the disclosure clearly indicates that the performance of the practice groups is evaluated on income (loss) from continuing operations before income tax expense (benefit). Additionally, the Company will provide a discussion of segment profitability in the MD&#38;A section of the Company&#8217;s Annual Reports on Form 10-K and Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q that is consistent with the Company&#8217;s ASC 280 disclosure.</font></div><div style="padding-left:36pt"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%">* * * * *</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-indent:36pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%">If you have any questions with respect to the foregoing, please do not hesitate to call me at (216) 447-9000.</font></div><div style="text-indent:36pt"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-indent:36pt"><font><br></font></div><div style="padding-left:288pt;text-indent:36pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%">Sincerely</font></div><div style="padding-left:288pt;text-indent:36pt"><font><br></font></div><div style="padding-left:288pt;text-indent:36pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%;text-decoration:underline">&#47;s&#47; Ware H. Grove          </font></div><div style="padding-left:288pt;text-indent:36pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%">Ware H. Grove</font></div><div style="padding-left:324pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:112%">Senior Vice President and &#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Chief Financial Officer</font></div><div style="text-indent:36pt"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-indent:36pt"><font><br></font></div><div style="height:72pt;position:relative;width:100%"><div style="bottom:0;position:absolute;width:100%"><div><font><br></font></div></div></div></body></html>
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