Wed.Oct 25, 2023

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Understanding the Down Round in Tech Companies: Accounting & Tax Implications

Shay CPA

Going through a down round isn’t ideal, but plenty of startups have successfully leveraged one — or several — on their way to success. Whether you’re considering this option because of internal factors (like lackluster financial performance) or external ones (like market conditions), you want to maximize benefits and mitigate risks. And that means carefully evaluating what the down round will mean for your company.

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Leading analyst IDC recognizes innovation in procurement solutions.

Airbase

If any finance process is overdue for innovation, it’s procurement. For decades, the many steps and stakeholders in large enterprise purchasing meant procurement teams had to rely on heavyweight, expensive solutions, while mid-market companies either had to adopt one of those overly cumbersome solutions or throw some ad-hoc procedures together to try to control spend.

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Annual Financial Planning for Startups: Part-One, Preparation

BurklandAssociates

Welcome to the first article of a three-part series focused on helping growing startups budget and plan for success in the new year. The post Annual Financial Planning for Startups: Part-One, Preparation appeared first on Burkland.

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7 hot takes on AI from SuiteWorld.

Airbase

AI was a constant presence at SuiteWorld this year, whether it was the focus of the presentation itself or folded into the topic. AI even featured in the high-octane opening session with a spoof about hallucinations from Evan — NetSuite’s not-quite-ready-for-prime-time AI assistant. There were at least three sessions specifically on AI-powered solutions, plus NetSuite had an AI Center on the floor in case you wanted more information.

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Less Stress, More Success: Accounting Best Practices & Processes for 2025

Speaker: Amanda Adams, Fractional CFO, CPA

Are you ready to elevate your accounting processes for 2025? 🚀 Join us for an exclusive webinar led by Amanda Adams, a seasoned fractional CFO and CPA passionate about transforming back-office operations for finance teams. This session will cover critical best practices and process improvements tailored specifically for accounting professionals.

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No One Will Be Surprised to Hear CPA Exam Candidate Numbers Are Down in Every Way the Numbers Can Be

Going Concern

As you may already know the 2023 AICPA Trends report is out , here’s our earlier write-up on how many accounting degrees were completed for the 2021-22 period covered in the new report (saving you a click: it’s 65,035). Today we’re going to look at CPA exam candidate numbers. In a vacuum the 2022 numbers aren’t terrible — 30,251 new CPA candidates, 67,336 unique CPA candidates, and 18,847 CPA candidates who passed their 4th section that year.

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Tax Strategy: Year-end 2023 tax planning

Accounting Today

In spite of the lack of new tax legislation so far this year, taxpayers and tax preparers have plenty to focus on in preparing 2023 returns.

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Can Taxpayers Deduct Losses on Abandoned or Worthless Cryptocurrency?

Withum

Since their creation in 2009, cryptocurrencies have been polarizing, especially when it comes to taxes, bringing both opportunities and challenges. While you must pay income taxes on income and gains made from cryptocurrency investments, the question of whether you can deduct losses from abandoned or worthless cryptocurrencies is still a hot topic. Understanding Abandoned and Worthless Cryptocurrency Abandonment or worthlessness happens when you give up ownership and control over a cryptocurrenc

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Tax Benefits of 2023 Year-End Charitable Gifts

CPA Practice

Are you feeling generous during this holiday season? If so, you may be inclined to increase your charitable gift-giving at the end of the year. Generally, you can reap some tax rewards for your benevolence, but you must contend with several special rules. Notably, you can claim deductions for charitable donations only if you itemize instead of taking the standard deduction on your personal return.

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The Rundown: Third Quarter 2023

Cherry Bekaert

After a period of relative inactivity, standard setters have issued four new standards. The Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) has issued Accounting Standard Update (ASU) 2023-03 through ASU 2023-06. However, three of the four ASUs pertain to SEC guidance contained in the Codification and there were no new standards issued by the Government Accounting Standards Board (GASB) this quarter.

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Employers to Target Healthcare and Mental Health Costs in 2024

CPA Practice

More than six out of 10 U.S. employers are in agreement about plans to manage company healthcare costs and enhance mental health programs. With these matters top of mind for the foreseeable future, 62% of employers are implementing initiatives to address both, balancing cost and talent considerations as they set a “go-forward” health and well-being strategy, according to a new survey by WTW, a global advisory, broking and solutions company.

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Avoiding Lease Accounting Pitfalls in 2025: Lessons Learned from Spreadsheet Errors

Speaker: Abdi Ali, Sr. Lease Accounting Consultant

Join this insightful webinar with industry expert Abdi Ali, who will discuss the challenges that can arise from managing lease accounting with spreadsheets! He will share real-world examples of errors, compliance issues, and risks that may be present within your spreadsheets. Learn how these tools, while useful, can sometimes lead to inefficiencies that affect your time, resources, and peace of mind.

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Sustainable Manufacturing: Harnessing Energy Tax Credits

Cherry Bekaert

Recent legislation, through the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), greatly enhanced and created energy tax credits and incentives available to many industries through the U.S. For the industrial manufacturing industry, two energy tax credits that stand to provide incredible advantages are the Advanced Manufacturing Production Credit: Section 45X and Advanced Energy Project Credit: Section 48C.

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IRS Starts Business Tax Accounts

CPA Practice

As part of its continuing effort to improve taxpayer services and make the agency more technology-friendly, the IRS said on Oct. 20 that it has launched new business tax accounts , with the initial version geared toward sole proprietors. Over time, companies will be able to check their tax payment history, make payments, view notices, authorize powers of attorney, and conduct other business with the IRS.

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Winning Solution for BPOs: NetSuite BPO Program

Insightful Accountant

If you are a BPO or CAAS provider struggling with your current desktop or cloud accounting systems to support all of your clients, it might be time to look at NetSuite.

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Anders Names 2024 Partners

Anders CPA

Anders is proud to announce that Julia Deien , Jason Gotway , Jane Maddox, CPA , and Sean McKenzie, CPA are being named partners of the firm, effective January 2024. The new group of partners was announced at the annual all-firm meeting in October, which the entire firm attends. They will join the rest of the partner group in guiding the firm and identifying new opportunities in addition to developing and maintaining client relationships.

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Back to Basics with Reconciliations

Join us in this webinar, where we share best practices on how to think about the reconciliation work each month, when best to do reconciliations, how they should be prepared, and some common pitfalls to avoid. Learning Objectives: This course objective is to understand how to properly prepare and review balance sheet reconciliations and its impact on the financial statements.

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Process Maturity Modeling for Modern Manufacturing

Cherry Bekaert

As a vital part of the global economy, modern manufacturing continues to provide a course to rising incomes and living standards, innovation and competitiveness. Despite the disrupting factors of the past decade such as pandemic lockdowns, supply chain issues, and environmental and economic events, manufacturing is an evolving industry marked by both ongoing challenges and significant opportunities.

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Boomer's Blueprint: Elevating the client experience

Accounting Today

A firm's strength lies in its dedicated team of professionals committed to ensuring client satisfaction, regulatory compliance, and streamlined operations.

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New Employer Rules for 401(k) Catch-Up Contributions

CPA Practice

Does your small business provide a 401(k) plan for your employees? If it does, the employees can contribute to their accounts within generous limits, building up funds for their retirement. Furthermore, the tax law allows 401(k) participants to make additional “catch-up contributions” when they’re past the prime of their careers. Even better the new retirement planning last passed late last year—dubbed SECURE 2.0—generally enhances the rules for catch-up contributions.

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EY member firm faces inquiry by Indian regulator over Adani audits

Accounting Today

The NFRA has requested files and communications related to S.R. Batliboi's audits on some companies going as far back as 2014, sources said.

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Usage-Based Monetization Musts: A Roadmap for Sustainable Revenue Growth

Speaker: David Warren and Kevin O’Neill Stoll

Transitioning to a usage-based business model offers powerful growth opportunities but comes with unique challenges. How do you validate strategies, reduce risks, and ensure alignment with customer value? Join us for a deep dive into designing effective pilots that test the waters and drive success in usage-based revenue. Discover how to develop a pilot that captures real customer feedback, aligns internal teams with usage metrics, and rethinks sales incentives to prioritize lasting customer eng

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Accommodating State Sales Tax Changes in Your Skagit County Business

SkagitCountyTaxServices

Loading the dishwasher is a daily job in most households. And, to get clean dishes and not melt your plastic to-go containers, you’ll need to arrange things well. And, according to Consumer reports , there actually is a right way to load yours. While doing the dishes the right way means cleaner dishes, doing things the wrong way won’t have any kind of crazy consequences.

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NetSuite beefs up AI capabilities

Accounting Today

While marking its 25th anniversary at its annual user conference, the accounting software vendor announced a number of new products and capabilities.

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CPE Webinar November 13, 2023: What to Expect in the Upcoming Tax Season

CPA Practice

Date: Monday, November 13, 2023 Time: 3 PM ET / 2 PM CT / 12 PM PT / 7 PM GMT Sponsor: Drake Software Duration: 1 Hour Receive 1 hour of free CPE credit for participating in this live webinar. Already registered for this webinar? Click here to log in. Are you ready for the upcoming tax season? Join John Sapp, CPA and Chief Revenue Officer at Drake Software and Isaac O’Bannon, Managing Editor for CPA Practice Advisor for a live webinar covering key topics that will affect tax preparers and paye

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Practice Profile: A CPA 'Shark Tank'

Accounting Today

Lauterbach & Amen's innovation competition has enhanced firm creativity and team spirit.

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Harness the Potential of Your Enterprise Knowledge

The first Market Momentum Index: AI and Unstructured Data Management, conducted by Deep Analysis with support from AIIM and M-Files, surveyed 500 enterprises across various industries to assess their readiness to employ AI. The results reveal that AI is already far more embedded into organizations' operations than previously realized. These findings and more insights have been brought to you in the "Market Momentum Index: AI and Unstructured Data Management.

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The Technology Lab Podcast – Should You Upgrade Your Firm? – Oct. 2023

CPA Practice

Technologists Randy Johnston and Brian Tankersley, CPA, have a chat about firm technologies, and which upgrades they see as beneficial to firms, allowing them to accomplish more even if facing talent shortages. Use the podcast player below to listen. Transcript (Note: There may be typos due to automated transcription errors. Also, due to the intro to the podcast, add apx. 10 seconds to the time stamps below.

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Newest board member sworn in at PCAOB

Accounting Today

George Botic succeeds the commission's longest-serving member, Duane DesParte, whose second term ended Tuesday.

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Tax Changes for Your 2023 Filing and a Brand New 2024 Reporting

LSLCPAs

It’s never too early to think about filing your taxes. For the 2023 tax year filing, we summarize below the changes relating to Business Meals, RMDs, CA Enterprise Zone Credits, and Bonus Depreciation. Starting in January 2024, the new “Beneficial Ownership” reporting requirement takes effect. Give our offices a call if you have any questions. The post Tax Changes for Your 2023 Filing and a Brand New 2024 Reporting appeared first on LSL CPAs.

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Bill Adds New Purchase Order Capabilities

CPA Practice

Bill, a financial operations platform for small and midsize businesses, has has added automation technology to help SMBs and accounting firms get better control and visibility of their accounts payable workflows. SMBs and accountant customers of BILL using Intuit QuickBooks Desktop software, including QuickBooks Enterprise, QuickBooks Premier, and QuickBooks Pro, now have the ability to view purchase orders, as well as match and pay invoices in one workspace.

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Solve Your Firm's Automation Complexities Once and For All

Speaker: Mark Stovel

When it comes to automating, many firms focus on finding the latest tech, believing that efficiency is something achieved through new tools. Yet true efficiency is achieved by delivering real value to clients, not merely by upgraded systems. Without a clear approach, no level of automation can overcome the complexities of serving every client’s needs.

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The Impact of Canopy

Canopy Accounting

Having statistics to back up the success of a company's product or service is crucial in today's data-driven business environment. It aids in validating the company's claims and reaffirming its credibility in the eyes of consumers, stakeholders, and competitors alike.

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The Power of Sage Intacct Dashboards for Financial Reporting

Cherry Bekaert

In the ever-evolving landscape of financial reporting, organizations are constantly seeking innovative ways to extract meaningful insights from their data. The advent of cloud-based technology has introduced a game-changing approach to financial reporting through advanced dashboards and reporting systems. Systems like Sage Intacct offer a robust platform that redefines how organizations approach data analysis and strategic decision-making.

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Accounting Seed Sponsors AppExchange Live in Amsterdam

Accounting Seed

Are you ready to embark on an incredible journey of innovation and transformation in the heart of Amsterdam? The countdown to AppExchange Live has begun, and Accounting Seed is proud to be a key sponsor of this exceptional event. Why attend AppExchange Live in Amsterdam? AppExchange Live is Salesforce’s premier, one-day event for connecting with experts, partners, and peers in the Salesforce ecosystem.

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Vendor Spotlight: Infinite Group Inc.

Accounting Today

In this Vendor Spotlight we talk to Andrew Hoyen, CEO of cybersecurity solutions provider Infinite Group Inc.

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It Takes Two to Tango

With automation, you’ll reduce errors and save valuable time, allowing you to focus on what really matters: strategic analysis and insightful decision-making. Picture accurate financial reports ready at your fingertips, giving you the confidence to tackle business challenges head-on. Embracing automation not only boosts productivity but also elevates your role from number cruncher to closing rockstar.