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The Best Tech for Accounting Firms: The 2024 Tax and Accounting Innovation Awards Announced!

CPA Practice

CPA Practice Advisor has announced the 2024 Tax and Technology Innovation Award winners and finalists. Now in their 21st year, the awards highlight technologies that advance the profession. as they promise to dramatically improve client services, firm management, small business accounting and many other areas of operations.

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Accountants Emerge At The Intersection Of Corporate Finance And IT

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This shift has been so acute that small business cloud accounting firm Xero is even petitioning the Oxford English Dictionary to change the definition of “accountant” to one that includes the word “advise.” Changing Demand. That demand for human talent, by the way, hasn’t decreased.

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Three Years On, Open Banking Broadens For Business Banking

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marked its third anniversary of adopting its open banking framework, making it the leading market to drive the concept of unlocking customers’ bank account data for integration with third-party solution providers. HashCash Brings Blockchain Tech To Unnamed Bank. Last week, the U.K. where there is no open banking regulatory mandate.

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4 Priorities for Finance Teams in Late 2023

CPA Practice

The lingering (although receding) risk of a recession, stubborn inflation trends, economic policy debates, and geopolitical instability all create challenges for businesses and their finance teams. This unpredictability requires businesses to ensure maximum efficiency in their finance operations.

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5 Small Business Accounting Trends for 2023

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Technology is constantly evolving, so there are many small business accounting trends. Accountants must understand how to make the most of these new trends to provide clients with the best possible services. Automation will not be the subject of debate. How many accounting firms are now automated?

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How the Accountant Shortage Is Rippling Through the Startup World

CPA Practice

(TNS) Where have all the accountants gone? Between 1990 and 2021, the number of people sitting for the Certified Public Accountant exam plunged by almost 50 percent , according to the Association of International Certified Professional Accountants. Small businesses are out there going: I need this help.

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Small Businesses At The Center Of Bots Vs Accountants

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One way this shift has materialized is in how small businesses seek and hire financial professionals to join their companies. In a 2017 report from job hunting site Indeed , researchers found that “small business accountant” was nowhere to be found in the top-10 job positions sought after by most small business employers.