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A Career in Accounting Means Long Hours and Stress – But Also Purpose, Community and Meaningful Impact

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By Twyla Verhelst, CPA. Preparing and filing your taxes are unavoidable tasks that it’s safe to say most people don’t enjoy. Tax time can be especially daunting for small business owners and the self-employed, who must organize their financial information for the year and ensure they have set aside enough money to cover their tax liabilities.

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A Career in Accounting Means Long Hours and Stress – But Also Purpose, Community and Meaningful Impact

CPA Practice

By Twyla Verhelst, CPA. Preparing and filing your taxes are unavoidable tasks that it’s safe to say most people don’t enjoy. Tax time can be especially daunting for small business owners and the self-employed, who must organize their financial information for the year and ensure they have set aside enough money to cover their tax liabilities.

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Understanding Cash vs. Accrual Accounting

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Moreover, cash basis accounting is not compliant with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP), as established by the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB). GAAP mandates the use of accrual accounting, meaning businesses relying solely on cash basis accounting may face compliance issues.

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3 Tips to Avoid Tax Season Burnout

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Being an accountant means that work often comes in ebbs and flows. The tide moves in every quarter, and there is always tax season. It’s stressful; that’s just part of the business, right? Yes, stress is expected, but burnout is entirely different. From the Thomson Reuters blog. Republished with permission.] What is burnout?

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Beyond the Numbers

Intuitive Accountant

Sage's Ed Kless goes inside what the movement toward subscription-based accounting means for the industry.

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Elan On The Four Pillars Of A Successful Mobile Card App

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The shift toward interactive, joint (that is, consumers working with FIs) management of accounts means consumers are embracing digital DIY, said Miller. The days of hanging on the phone, navigating through prompts and waiting on hold are in the rearview mirror.

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Number of CPA Exam Takers Continues to Dwindle

CPA Practice

However, this rule change has no immediate effect on the individual state boards of accountancymeaning that each one would have to adopt the extra 12-month period before it takes effect in their state.

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