April, 2022

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What’s new for state sales and use taxes

TaxConnex

There’s always something changing in the world of tax, especially sales tax. Here’s a review of some of the recent changes and updates. Give us a break. Inflation and other spiraling prices have driven states’ lawmakers to consider relief via sales and other taxes. Florida seems to be leading the way, proposing sales tax holidays and other short- and long-term tax relief on a broad range of products.

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What to Know if Your Business Barters

RogerRossmeisl

In today’s economy, many small businesses are strapped for cash. They may find it beneficial to barter or trade for goods and services instead of paying cash for them. Bartering is the oldest form of trade and the internet has made it easier to engage with other businesses. But if your business gets involved in bartering, be aware that the fair market value of goods that you receive in bartering is taxable income.

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Top Ten: Why email makes accountants’ lives difficult

Lockstep

Accounting teams rely on email for so much, it’s ridiculous. These teams depend on email to communicate internally with their teams, and externally with customers, sometimes managing four or more inboxes at a time. Managing today’s accounting email inboxes with limited collaboration capabilities means teams are using Slack, Teams, productivity tools, phone calls, IMs, and smoke signals to close the books.

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When Should My Startup Raise Series A Funding?

BurklandAssociates

Your startup should raise Series A funding once you’re beyond the MVP stage, have a proven product-market fit, and are ready to accelerate growth. The post When Should My Startup Raise Series A Funding? appeared first on Burkland.

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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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IRS Tax Representation Help in Connecticut

MyIRSRelief

If you are an individual or a business taxpayer who is facing tax problems, you can end your nightmare now. Our tax firm assists, helps and represents taxpayers facing tax problems such as unfiled tax returns, unpaid delinquent back taxes, IRS and state audits , payroll 941/940 problems, tax levies, liens, garnishments and other collection issues. Get tax relief representation and complete resolution today!

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How to Overcome Accounting Challenges Most Small Businesses Face

VetCPA

Perhaps the number one action you can take to support the financial health of your small business is to stay on top of accounting. Make sure you’re aware of most small businesses’ accounting challenges and learn how to overcome them. We’ll tell you how here! Banking. You’ve been banking for years, and you know how to manage the task.

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When Inheriting Money, Be Aware of “Income in Respect of a Decedent” Issues

RogerRossmeisl

Once a relatively obscure concept, “income in respect of a decedent” (IRD) may create a surprising tax bill for those who inherit certain types of property, such as IRAs or other retirement plans. Fortunately, there may be ways to minimize or even eliminate the IRD tax bite. Basic rules For the most part, property you inherit isn’t included in your income for tax purposes.

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2022 Pocket Tax Guide

Withum

The goal of minimizing tax liability likely drives a desire to discover new advantages in the tax law. If this sounds familiar to you, when planning for the upcoming tax year, a great place to start is with the basics. We can help. As you navigate our complicated tax code, you need a partner and important information in order to make the appropriate adjustments.

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Six Key Things Crypto Startups Should Know About Finance

BurklandAssociates

The last two years have seen explosive growth in the number and size of crypto startups. The startup ecosystem experiences the normal ebbs and flows of mood and macroeconomics over Read More. The post Six Key Things Crypto Startups Should Know About Finance appeared first on Burkland.

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Free Small Business Expense Tracking Spreadsheet

xendoo

Small business expense tracking can be a tedious task. But, it’s one that all companies–from “mom and pop” shops to international enterprises–must do. Fortunately, business expense tracking apps make the job easier. If you have a business with many employees, sales, and tax considerations, an app is ideal. For some small businesses, however, paying a subscription fee for an expense tracker may not be feasible in the beginning.

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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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Can Employers Pay Wages in Cryptocurrency?

ThomsonReuters

In November of 2021, Miami, Florida Mayor Francis Suarez responded to a tweet that asked who would be the first U.S. politician to receive their first paycheck in Bitcoin. “I’m going to receive my next paycheck 100% in Bitcoin,” Suarez wrote. Recently elected New York City Mayor Eric Adams added to the tweet responses on November 4, 2021, by writing that he would receive his first three paychecks via Bitcoin after being sworn in as mayor.

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Crypto, NFTs and sales tax: What we know so far

TaxConnex

Sales tax has a universe of changing conditions. Now we can add more: cryptocurrency (such as bitcoin) and what seems to be its cousin, non-fungible tokens (NFTs). Already the IRS is turning a bright light on these assets as more transactions take place in a virtual world. What are the sales tax ramifications? Few know for sure – yet. Big, and getting bigger.

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2022 Q2 Tax Calendar: Key Deadlines for Businesses

RogerRossmeisl

Here are some of the key tax-related deadlines that apply to businesses and other employers during the second quarter of 2022. Keep in mind that this list isn’t all-inclusive, so there may be additional deadlines that apply to you. Contact us to ensure you’re meeting all applicable deadlines and to learn more about the filing requirements. April 18 If you’re a calendar-year corporation, file a 2021 income tax return (Form 1120) or file for an automatic six-month extension (Form 7004) and pay any

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How Paying Off Your Student Loans Could Increase Your Retirement Benefits

Withum

The House recently passed H.R. 2954 Securing a Strong Retirement Act , being referred to as the SECURE 2.0 Act, which has overwhelming bi-partisan support, with a vote of 414 in favor and only 5 opposing. The Act includes a great benefit for those individuals who are working on paying off their student loan debt but have limited resources to invest towards retirement.

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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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Sales & Operations Planning (S&OP) Process for Startups

BurklandAssociates

This article is the second installment of a two-part series on supply chain challenges and Sales & Operations Planning (S&OP) for startups. In last week’s article we examined cash management Read More. The post Sales & Operations Planning (S&OP) Process for Startups appeared first on Burkland.

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The Fortune 100 Best Companies to Work For: PwC #63 (2022)

Going Concern

The last of the Big 4 to be ranked in the 2022 Fortune BCTWF and the one that took the biggest drop over the last year is the proudest and trustiest firm of them all, PwC. Fortune doesn’t reveal why a particular company fell so many spots in its ranking from one year to the next, so why the best public accounting firm to work at dropped 25 positions from 2021 to 2022 is anyone’s guess.

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IRS Information Letter Explains Requirements for Expenses to Qualify as Medical Care

ThomsonReuters

IRS Information Letter 2022-0005 (Feb. 25, 2022). Available at [link]. The IRS has released an information letter regarding the requirements for expenses to qualify as medical care under Code § 213. The letter responds to a request for guidance on when the cost of health and wellness coaching is medical care that can be reimbursed under health FSAs, HSAs, and other tax-favored accounts.

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The new breed of audit

TaxConnex

In years past, auditors could show up at your door asking to look at your records. Now that’s much less common. Usually, you learn about an audit through a notice or letter from the state or jurisdiction in question with instructions on how the audit will proceed. Many audits are conducted remotely, and an auditor never visits your office. Audits remain an important tool for tax jurisdictions to evaluate the level, or lack thereof, of sales tax compliance within a business.

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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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Preventing and Detecting Fraud in the C-Suite

RogerRossmeisl

Executives often receive lucrative compensation packages. But for some, it isn’t enough and they engage in illegal activities to line their own pockets. The Association of Certified Fraud Examiners (ACFE) has found that owners and executives commit 20% of occupational fraud. However, they’re responsible for the largest median loss of $600,000. (In comparison, rank-and-file employees who steal are responsible for a median loss of just $60,000.

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Congress Set to Replenish the Restaurant Revitalization Fund

Withum

On Thursday the House passed H.R. 3807 , Relief for Restaurants and other Hard Hit Small Businesses Act of 2022, which would add an additional $42 billion to the Restaurant Revitalization Fund (RRF) and fund $18 billion to a newly created Hard Hit Industries Award Program (HHIAP). If passed by the Senate, the bill would ensure funding for more than 177,000 restaurants whose applications were placed on hold when the fund was exhausted in July of 2021.

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Cash Management & Supply Chain Challenges of Startups

BurklandAssociates

This article is the first installment of a two-part series on cash management and supply chain challenges of startups. Check back next week for the second installment, where we’ll explore Read More. The post Cash Management & Supply Chain Challenges of Startups appeared first on Burkland.

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4 Reasons Why the Profession Is Struggling to Convince Students to Become CPAs, #4 Will Not Shock You

Going Concern

I buried the link I’m about to share with you all in Footnotes last Friday ; however, since its author intended for it to spur a conversation about the profession’s pipeline problem, I thought it best to highlight it in its own post should any of you feel like discussing it. “In my view, the future of the CPA profession is at risk,” writes Yigal Rechtman, CPA, CFE, CITP, CISM in a letter to the editor published by The CPA Journal.

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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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Are Employer-Paid Retirement Planning Services Taxable?

ThomsonReuters

QUESTION: Our company has always shied away from providing advice to participants regarding their personal retirement planning. We are concerned, however, that employees may not have sufficient information and professional advice to make good retirement planning decisions, so we would like to start making retirement planning services available. If we do, will those services be taxable, adding to our cost and administrative burden?

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The Risks and Repercussions of Non-Compliance

TaxConnex

Not paying attention to your sales tax obligations is never wise. True, it’s a relatively new requirement to collect sales and use tax from remote customers, but it’s one the taxman has always taken seriously from businesses – and that seriousness is only intensifying. It’s also mostly up to you to determine your sales tax obligation, and the rules for complying change frequently.

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Lost Your Job? Here are the Tax Aspects of an Employee Termination

RogerRossmeisl

Despite the robust job market, there are still some people losing their jobs. If you’re laid off or terminated from employment, taxes are probably the last thing on your mind. However, there are tax implications due to your changed personal and professional circumstances. Depending on your situation, the tax aspects can be complex and require you to make decisions that may affect your tax picture this year and for years to come.

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They’ve Got Mail: IRS Suspends Mailing Notices Until After It Opens Its Own Mail

Withum

On Friday, March 25, 2022, the IRS announced that it will suspend sending the notices that they generally mail to tax-exempt organizations resulting from what its systems believe is the late filing of tax returns. The IRS explained that the suspension of notices results from it not yet processing millions of tax returns, many of which were timely filed, and other pieces of mail, resulting from erroneous notices.

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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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Ethical Considerations for Tax Professionals: Standards and Penalties for Tax Positions

CTP

When tax professionals prepare a tax return, they are typically aiming for the return to be correct “beyond a reasonable doubt.” However, this is hardly a black-and-white matter. In the eyes of tax law, the reality is that almost nothing can be dubbed “always correct” or “always incorrect.” Rather, tax professionals must learn to navigate a world of gray.

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Listicle of the Day: Firms That Have Topped the Vault Accounting 50/25 Through the Years

Going Concern

Except for 2012 when the Purple Rose of Chicago shockingly was named the best accounting firm to work for , a Big 4 firm has been ranked No. 1 in all the other Vault Accounting 50s. And even though Vault’s latest ranking for 2023 , released earlier today, includes only 25 firms instead of 50, a Big 4 firm is still the leader. Which firm has led the most through the years?

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Avoid burnout before you’re already burned out

ThomsonReuters

Tax season is a stressful time of year for anyone who works at an accounting firm. Burnout is commonplace and sometimes it’s hard to get back into the swing of things when the busy season dies down. From the time tax season starts to when it ends, many professionals find they’re burning the candle at both ends, missing valuable time with their families, and giving their all to their clients.

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The Evolving Taxability of SaaS

TaxConnex

Tangible personal property has historically been subject to the collection and remittance of sales tax while many services have been non-taxable (or exempt). More and more services are becoming taxable and represent a potential big wave of tax changes and updates in the years ahead. If your business sells?software or software-as-a-service?(SaaS), you deal with one of the most complex sales tax situations today.

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Travel and Expense Policy Success: Your Essential Checklist

Setting the stage for successful organizational change always begins with clear, thoughtful communication. When it comes to rolling out a new travel and expense (T&E) policy, establishing a well-structured communication plan is key to ensuring that all employees understand the changes and their impact. By following a step-by-step approach, you can guide your organization through the transition, fostering smooth adoption from the outset and improving compliance.