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The Power of Collaborating with Client Accounting Services for Business Growth

AccountingDepartment

Business growth is a key objective of any entrepreneur, but it is not always easy to achieve. There are many components, including having the appropriate financial infrastructure in place. This is where outsourced client accounting services come in.

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Why Are Most High-Growth Startups C-Corps?

BurklandAssociates

In the realm of high-growth, venture-funded startups, the C-Corp reigns supreme. This article explains five reasons why. The post Why Are Most High-Growth Startups C-Corps? appeared first on Burkland.

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IRS move narrowing access to tax data sparks lender outrage

Accounting Today

The agency plans to restrict access to a system that provides borrower tax returns to mortgage lenders beginning June 30. Left out of the loop, small-business lenders say getting credit to borrowers will become more difficult as a result.

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Stat of the Day: 42% of Firms Are Turning Down Work Because There’s No One to Do It

Going Concern

That’s according to preliminary results from the CPA Trendlines Outlook 2024 Emerging Issues, Opportunities and Trends survey which you can take here. While this may seem like a scary statistic on its face, perhaps it’s a good thing. CPA Trendlines says it’s a “big ouch” for firms putting in work (and marketing costs) into bringing clients in only to have to turn them away.

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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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Global firms face radical tax changes if minimum levy bites

Accounting Today

The global 15% minimum tax will deliver a significant boost to government revenues and reshape the landscape for multinationals that shift profits around the world.

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New Year, New Outlook: 4 Ways to Grow Your Firm

Insightful Accountant

After a break with too many desserts and not enough gifts, it's time to get back to work. Instead of focusing on losing weight or setting a budget, let's concentrate on helping teams and clients prosper. Take action with these four growth strategies.

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BDO USA Adds 60 New Principals for 2024

CPA Practice

Lost in the holiday hubbub was an announcement from BDO USA that it had promoted 60 professionals to principal, the first such milestone since the top six accounting firm ditched the traditional accounting firm partnership model to become a professional services corporation last July. “Congratulations to each of the new principals on this significant milestone,” BDO USA CEO Wayne Berson said in a statement.

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Green tax promoter gets 25 years in $1.4B fraud case

Accounting Today

Jack Fisher, 71, pioneered an industry that gave inflated tax deductions to syndicates of investors who promised not to develop land.

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IRS Continues to Issue Guidance for Implementing Clean Energy Tax Credits

Cherry Bekaert

The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) issued proposed regulations for two Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) provisions at the end of 2023. Additionally, the IRS opened access to the pre-filing registration tool for taxpayers and tax-exempt entities looking to monetize IRA and Creating Helpful Incentives to Produce Semiconductors (CHIPS) Act related eligible tax credits.

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“Old School” Methods to Reach Innovative Achievements in Business

Summit CPA

As a business owner looking to scale your company, it's easy to assume that today's technological advances will ensure your enterprise's longevity. With the volume of new, ever-evolving software regularly thrust in our faces, it's hard not to be tempted to try the latest applications that promise results. However, you don't have to turn to the newest digital platform to take your company to the next level.

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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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10 Outsourcing Predictions for 2024

GrowthForceBlog

6 min read Nearly 60% of businesses look to outsourcing as a strategy for lowering costs. Outsourcing is also a solution for accessing industry or departmental expertise while also mitigating staffing and employee retention problems.

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Liberty Tax to pay $750K over 'cash in a flash' promises

Accounting Today

The Washington, D.C., Attorney General's office accused the tax prep chain of illegally overcharged thousands of residents and misleading consumers.

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Tax Tips for Accountants With Gambling Clients

CPA Practice

The legalization of sports betting and online gambling has led to an explosion in gaming across America. With millions trying their luck, complex tax rules for reporting and deducting gambling winnings and losses present new challenges for taxpayers. From W-2Gs to 1099-Ks, the IRS reporting requirements leave much confusion. That’s why the deep expertise of Zachary Zimbile offers such a valuable perspective.

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AICPA & CIMA to recognize accounting educators

Accounting Today

The AICPA & CIMA have begun accepting nominations for their EDGE in Teaching Awards and Distinguished Achievement in Accounting Education Awards.

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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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Email Inbox Management for Skagit County Business Owners

SkagitCountyTaxServices

Now that we’re a week into the new year, all of last year’s broken things in your Skagit County biz have likely smacked you in the face a few times. Sadly, they didn’t magically get fixed while you were cleaning up wrapping paper and sneaking another sugar cookie. But it’s a new year, so why not make plans now to fix a few of those pain points? I’ve seen some pretty good — and really bad — new year’s resolutions from business owners over the years.

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Illinois CPA Society hosts 41 internship prep scholars

Accounting Today

The Illinois CPA Society and its affiliated CPA Endowment Fund of Illinois recognized the 12th and largest group of young people to date to complete its Mary T. Washington Wylie Internship Preparation Program.

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Long IRS Delays in Assisting Identity Theft Victims Are ‘Unconscionable,’ National Taxpayer Advocate Says

CPA Practice

At the end of fiscal year 2023, nearly half a million taxpayers with cases pending in the IRS’s Identity Theft Victims Assistance (IDTVA) unit were waiting an average of almost 19 months for the agency to process their tax returns and send them their refunds, according to National Taxpayer Advocate Erin Collins. Erin Collins “I’ll restate that for emphasis: Victims of identity theft have to wait more than a year and a half for the IRS to resolve their cases and receive the monies they are owed,”

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Cybersecurity for CPAs: Don't stop adapting

Accounting Today

In this month's cybersecurity for CPAs, we look at a small firm whose cybersecurity was not keeping up with the times.

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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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Las Vegas Restaurateur Bamboozled His Accountant Into Filing Phony Tax Returns

Going Concern

Today in clients behaving badly, the DoJ announced Friday that Las Vegas restaurateur Raul Gil, who owns and operates three Casa Don Juan restaurants in the city, is headed to prison for 37 months for evading his federal income taxes. According to court documents and statements made in court, Gil instructed his manager and internal bookkeeper to create false sales numbers for his restaurants that underreported cash sales by approximately $5.1 million.

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The best accounting software for small biz, and other tech stories you may have missed

Accounting Today

Plus, more 'best of' lists, talking to ChatGPT, and other things that happened in technology this past month.

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Taxpayer Advocate Delivers Annual Report to Congress, Identifies Top 10 Problems with Agency

CPA Practice

National Taxpayer Advocate Erin M. Collins released her 2023 Annual Report to Congress on January 10, describing 2023 as a year of “extraordinary transition for the IRS and therefore for taxpayers.” The report credits the Internal Revenue Service with substantially improving taxpayer services and developing plans to transform the taxpayer experience in the coming years, but it identifies paper processing as an area of continuing weakness.

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Hochul rejects New York tax hikes, touts NYC housing breaks

Accounting Today

Governor Kathy Hochul called for a new tax break to promote affordable housing and increase support for fighting crime in New York City.

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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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FASB Adds Members to Not-for-Profit Committee

CPA Practice

The Financial Accounting Standards Board ( FASB ) has announced the appointment of six new members to its Not-for-Profit Advisory Committee ( NAC ), effective January 1, 2024. The NAC serves as a standing resource for the FASB. Its role is to obtain input from the not-for-profit sector on existing financial reporting guidance, current and proposed technical agenda projects, and longer term or pervasive financial reporting matters affecting those organizations.

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Farmasi Income Statement Disclosures

FraudFiles

Farmasi was founded in 1950 and currently sells internationally. The company focuses on skin care and makeup products, but also has hair care, nutrition, and home care products. Farmasi Income Statement Disclosure 2020 Farmasi Income Statement Disclosure 2021 Farmasi Income Statement Disclosure 2022 If you have any income disclosure statements to add to the above, [.

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Your Words Matter

Ryan Lazanis

How others perceive you and your firm can be impacted by your choice of words. Discover which words you should and shouldn't use. The post Your Words Matter appeared first on Future Firm.

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PKF O’Connor Davies Picks Up Robert Philipson & Co.

CPA Practice

Top 30 accounting firm PKF O’Connor Davies has acquired Silver Springs, MD-based Robert Philipson & Co., an accounting, tax, and management advisory firm that specializes in serving private clients through sophisticated tax services. Financial terms of the deal, which became official on Jan. 1., weren’t disclosed. Managing Partner Richard Philipson, partners Samuel Philipson and Diane Porter, and the firm’s employees joined the staff of PKF O’Connor Davies last week and remain in their curre

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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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Crypto 101 for Accountants and Bookkeepers | Webinar Archive

Insightful Accountant

Cryptocurrency is continually evolving, that's why you need an expert who can not only understand the landscape but anticipate where it’s heading. Check out the archive of January 2023's Crypto 101 for Accountants and Bookkeepers webinar to find out!

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SEC OKs Bitcoin-Spot ETFs in Milestone for Digital Assets

CPA Practice

By Vildana Hajric and Katie Greifeld, Bloomberg News (TNS) U.S. regulators for the first time approved exchange-traded funds that invest directly in Bitcoin, a move heralded as a landmark event for the roughly $1.7 trillion digital-asset sector that will broaden access to the largest cryptocurrency on Wall Street and beyond. The Securities and Exchange Commission, whose three-part mandate includes investor protection, authorized 11 funds to begin trading Thursday.

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Multicurrency In QuickBooks Desktop | Webinar Archives

Insightful Accountant

Esther is the "go to" person for Multicurrency in QuickBooks and has "written the book", literally, on Multicurrency in QuickBooks Desktop. Check out the archive of January 2023's Multicurrency In QuickBooks Desktop webinar to find out more!

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Elevating your firm’s client services through automation

ThomsonReuters

Jump to: Optimize your strategy with client service automation Leveraging AI for predictive analytics Effective client communication Enhancing data accuracy and compliance for clients Navigating the future of tax automation By leveraging technology, tax firms can streamline their processes, enhance accuracy, and provide clients with a more personalized and efficient experience.

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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.