Accounting Insight

JUNE 3, 2024

Accountants are often juggling multiple responsibilities when working with clients. For those working in-house, in finance teams or departments, it might well be that payroll has simply fallen within their remit, and so accountants who are less familiar with the nuances of payroll find themselves tasked with completing this very important task. While there’s no doubt that accountants are experts in finance, payroll can pose new challenges.

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Accounting Today

JUNE 3, 2024

Test your accounting knowledge on Gen Z employees, big four AI partnerships, and more. No. 2 pencil not required!

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MyIRSRelief

JUNE 3, 2024

Tax Audit Representation Learn how to navigate tax audits with confidence. Our step-by-step guide highlights the benefits of working with an Enrolled Agent for expert representation. Facing a tax audit can be a daunting experience, but with the right representation, you can navigate the process with confidence. In this comprehensive guide, we’ll walk you through the essential steps of tax audit representation, highlighting the benefits of working with an Enrolled Agent (EA).

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Accounting Today

JUNE 3, 2024

Where are residents the most giving? Check out this ranking, which tracks the states with the most charitable donations, as well as volunteering and service.

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Speaker: Danny Gassaway and Wayne Richards

Finance leaders are prioritizing efficiency and digital transformation, yet many hesitate to automate due to uncertainty. Without a clear understanding of its impact, organizations risk falling behind competitors who are leveraging automation to drive productivity and cost savings. Join Wayne Richards and Danny Gassaway from AvidXchange for a practical guide on bringing accounts payable (AP) automation to your organization.

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CPA Practice

JUNE 3, 2024

Accounting, financial and tax professionals continue to face challenges related to talent, data security, regulations, and rapid changes in technology and firm culture. As the annual AICPA ENGAGE conference was set to convene in Las Vegas, dozens of firm leaders, educators, consultants and advisors to the profession met on Sunday, June 2, 2024, for a day-long pre-conference Thought Leader Think Tank to discuss these and other issues.

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Accounting Today

JUNE 3, 2024

The Section 121 exclusion and the step-up in basis are well known to financial advisors and tax professionals, but their clients will need to plan carefully to net the biggest potential savings.

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Accounting Today

JUNE 3, 2024

The Governmental Accounting Standards Board released a post-implementation review report on its pension standards and found they mostly accomplished their goals.

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CPA Practice

JUNE 3, 2024

Ledgible has made available new functionality for specific identification tax calculations, the crypto tax and accounting platform said on May 29. Ledgible’s specific identification support enables users to identify and mark digital assets of noted sales to calculate tax based on the designated tax lots. Using specific identification, Ledgible users can optimize tax calculations tailored to their specific needs, the company said.

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Accounting Today

JUNE 3, 2024

Stacie Kwaiser is setting the direction of the Top 100 Firm based on her own vision — and the collective ideas of the firm

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Canopy Accounting

JUNE 3, 2024

We were thrilled to see your excitement and participation. Despite several people responding to your questions in real-time, so many still came in. Thank you for your curiosity and requests. Our shared roadmap is incomplete but focused on our most prominent features that have been fully committed to and prioritized.

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Accounting Today

JUNE 3, 2024

Agency veteran Fumino Tamaki and her staff will work with other IRS units to apply customer service best practices.

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Anders CPA

JUNE 3, 2024

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Accounting Today

JUNE 3, 2024

CPAs do very good jobs helping clients build wealth, but many do not do so good with themselves. Here are some tips to help you grow your wealth.

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Insightful Accountant

JUNE 3, 2024

ShareFile recently introduced several new features tailored to the evolving needs of accounting professionals.

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Speaker: Jennifer Hill

Payroll compliance is a cornerstone of business success, yet for small and midsize businesses, it’s becoming increasingly challenging to navigate the ever-evolving landscape of federal, state, and local regulations. Mistakes can lead to costly penalties and operational disruptions, making it essential to adopt advanced solutions that ensure accuracy and efficiency.

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Accounting Today

JUNE 3, 2024

The global accounting network will have a combined $5 billion in revenue, 40,000 employees and nearly 1,800 partners in 103 different countries.

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Insightful Accountant

JUNE 3, 2024

It's time for most QuickBooks Online ProAdvisors ('Core' or 'Advanced') to Recertify. June 30, 2024 is the deadline for Recertification Exam completion.

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Accounting Today

JUNE 3, 2024

Laura Sprouse, the new CEO of Top 100 Firm Brown Edwards, shares her path to leadership, and where she's taking her firm in the future.

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Withum

JUNE 3, 2024

In this episode of Civic Warriors, we speak with Rob Zochowski, President and CEO of International Foundation for Valuing Impacts (IFVI) on the importance of impact accounting.

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Speaker: Sierre Lindgren

Fraud is a battle that every organization must face – it’s no longer a question of “if” but “when.” Every organization is a potential target for fraud, and the finance department is often the bullseye. From cleverly disguised emails to fraudulent payment requests, the tactics of cybercriminals are advancing rapidly. Drawing insights from real-world cases and industry expertise, we’ll explore the vulnerabilities in your processes and how to fortify them effectively.

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Accounting Today

JUNE 3, 2024

The software maker's shares soared by the most in more than a year after the company reassigned its chief financial officer, resolving an internal accounting investigation that delayed filings for weeks.

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ThomsonReuters

JUNE 3, 2024

Managing tax compliance is challenging enough with changing global regulations and tight staff limitations. Combine those challenges with manual data entry and disparate systems, and it becomes an inefficient quagmire of time-consuming, tedious tasks. The problem with ad hoc tax compliance workflows Companies are trying to address these challenges with technology, but too often, they’re not creating the desired efficiencies.

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Accounting Today

JUNE 3, 2024

Making the most of artificial intelligence requires leadership, project management and process management.

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Withum

JUNE 3, 2024

In the vast and intricate tapestry of Earth’s dynamic ecosystems, natural disasters emerge as awe-inspiring yet devastating phenomena that have changed how we approach our day-to-day lives and manage our property. In recent years, there seems to have been an uptick in the frequency and devastation from the earth-shattering tremors of earthquakes, the emptiness left behind by fires and flooding, and the majestic fury of hurricanes and tornadoes, to name a few.

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Speaker: Debra L. Robinson

CPAs know the drill: taxes, compliance, rinse, repeat. But what about the sneaky cash flow that’s quietly messing with your organization’s success? It’s time to step into the spotlight and expose the “dirty little secrets” of cash flow to fuel strategic growth. By upskilling your accounting practices and shifting focus from tax compliance to the strategic movement of money, you can transform your role from reactive accountant to proactive financial strategist.

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Accounting Today

JUNE 3, 2024

Former Baker Tilly member firms in Mexico joined CliftonLarsonAllen Global to create CLA Mexico; Marcum Technology acquired CLA's IT Enhanced Managed Services Division; Doeren Mayhew acquired Nearman, Maynard, Vallez CPAs; and Rea & Associates merged in Koontz & Parkin, CPAs.

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Dent Moses

JUNE 3, 2024

The meals and entertainment deduction has gone through several revisions in recent years. Before 2018, meals and entertainment were eligible for a 50% tax deduction. Beginning with the 2018 tax year, the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act eliminated the deduction for entertainment expenses altogether, while most meals remained 50% deductible. In 2021 and 2022, the Consolidated Appropriations Act temporarily gave taxpayers a 100% deduction for certain meals in an effort to support restaurants impacted by COV

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Accounting Today

JUNE 3, 2024

The Washington, D.C., attorney general's office sued Saylor in August 2022, alleging the crypto billionaire had failed to pay more than $25 million in income taxes.

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CPA Practice

JUNE 3, 2024

Top 200 accounting firm Hancock Askew & Co. hit a milestone on May 31, as it admitted nine professionals to the partnership—the biggest new partner class in the Savannah, GA-based firm’s 114-year history. Hancock Askew has experienced significant growth, increasing from $20 million in revenue, four offices, and about 140 team members in 2020 to $60 million in revenue, seven offices, and 300 professionals in 2024.

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Speaker: Aaron Berson

Managing spend is more than a cost cutting exercise – it's a pathway to smarter decisions that unlock efficiency and drive growth. By understanding and refining the spending process, financial leaders can empower their organizations to achieve more with less. Explore the art of balancing financial control with operational growth. From uncovering hidden inefficiencies to designing workflows that scale your business, we’ll share strategies to align your organization’s spending with its strategic g

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FraudFiles

JUNE 3, 2024

In this one minute video, Tracy explains how Ponzi schemes work. They are also called pyramid schemes because the constant recruitment of new "investors" creates the shape of a pyramid, with many new investors required at the bottom of the pyramid to pay "returns" to the earlier investors. The hallmarks of a Ponzi scheme include: [.

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CPA Practice

JUNE 3, 2024

Top 100 accounting firm Rea & Associates has merged in Sarasota, FL-based CPA firm Koontz & Parkin, effective June 1. Financial terms of the deal weren’t disclosed. Koontz & Parkin and Rea & Associates will be one firm under the Rea name, continuing to operate out of the Koontz & Parkin office in Sarasota, in addition to Rea’s Ohio offices.

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Accounting Insight

JUNE 3, 2024

John is Tech Advisory Lead at Beever & Struthers, Chartered Accountants and Business Advisors and also hosts the UK’s fastest-growing accounting tech podcast. How did you get into the profession? I kind of fell into accounting. I was expecting to pursue a career in sports science but gave up on going to university after working for PGL and other outdoor companies for 3 years.

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CPA Practice

JUNE 3, 2024

Business planning software provider Vena recently introduced Vena for Microsoft PowerPoint, a native integration with Microsoft 365 that enables strategic finance and operations teams to provide insightful financial presentations. Vena for Microsoft PowerPoint combines Vena’s reporting and analytics capabilities with the advanced productivity and collaboration features of Microsoft 365 and Microsoft PowerPoint’s familiar interface to help finance teams build presentations that turn data into imp

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