February, 2022

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4 Reasons to Outsource Sales and Use Tax

TaxConnex

When is it worth getting a business problem off your plate? Businesses outsource tasks every day, from marketing to operations to finance. But is there more you should be outsourcing? Does it make sense to keep things in-house if you don’t have an expert on staff? A ccording to TaxConnex’s recent market survey of 100 top finance professionals, this could be the year to outsource sales tax.

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Don’t Discount the Key Person Discount

RogerRossmeisl

In the fourth quarter of 2021, CEO resignations were up 16% over the prior year, according to executive outplacement firm Challenger, Gray & Christmas. Recent and announced high profile departures include Twitter’s Jack Dorsey, Amazon’s Jeff Bezos and American Airlines’ Doug Parker. This trend is expected to continue into 2022 as executives swap high-stress positions for more family time.

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What to Look for When Hiring a Fractional CFO for Your Startup

BurklandAssociates

Hiring a fractional CFO is a significant milestone and an important strategic move for your startup. Even on an outsourced basis, your CFO is one of the pillars of your Read More. The post What to Look for When Hiring a Fractional CFO for Your Startup appeared first on Burkland.

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How to Use the Data Storytelling Approach for FP&A Success

Acterys

For every organization, FP&A mandates professionals to have first-rate analytical thinking and numerical analysis skills to interpret financial data and produce insights surrounding business performance. However, crunching numbers and compiling insights is only the first part of the process. To paint the complete picture, they need to understand how those disjointed figures come together and put them in a cohesive narrative to effectively translate insights into game-changing decisions and r

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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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The Trouble with Tribal Knowledge: How to Document Your Accounting Process

Accountant Advocate Submitted Articles

Tribal knowledge can be a big problem – especially for accounting departments if you don't know how to spot it, capture it and correct it. Learn the best practices for capturing tribal knowledge.

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5 FAQ When Choosing a Los Angeles CPA or EA

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One of the most important aspects of a company to the owner or operator is the financial side. It is very important to know the financial condition of your business. For most businesses, this falls on the Accounting department. For smaller businesses, where there is not an option, a CPA or EA firm may be a better choice. A CPA or Certified Public Accountant, or EA Enrolled Agent is a specially trained professional who knows all of the necessary rules and regulations regarding business finances.

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Valuing a Business for Divorce

RogerRossmeisl

When divorcing spouses own a private business interest, it complicates the settlement process. The value of a business isn’t necessarily as straightforward as the values of other marital assets. And it’s often impractical to sell the business and split the proceeds, because there may be other owners who aren’t interested in selling and it takes time to sell a business.

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What’s a Good LTV:CAC Ratio for a SaaS Startup?

BurklandAssociates

Summary: LTV, or Lifetime Value of a Customer, is the average total revenue one customer generates for your business over their lifetime. CAC, or Customer Acquisition Cost, is simply the Read More. The post What’s a Good LTV:CAC Ratio for a SaaS Startup? appeared first on Burkland.

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Learnings & Tips For Implementing Extended Planning & Analytics (xP&A) with Power BI

Acterys

In this post, I will cover some of the learnings from implementing large-scale xP&A (Extended planning & analytics) projects that include the handling of 2-way (read and write operations) within Power BI beyond the typical reporting and visualization aspects. In particular I will focus on analytical applications that include data collection, workflows, and more advanced calculation logic.

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Managing Payroll Mistakes in Your Organization

Accountant Advocate Submitted Articles

Payroll is a complex business function that comes with minutia, and as businesses grow, payroll can get harder to manage. Avoid these expensive mistakes in your payroll.

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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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NFTs for NFPs: Crypto Concerns for Charities

Withum

Welcome to the future! Cryptocurrency continues to gain popularity (see our previous article here ), the Metaverse is constantly expanding, and NFTs (Non-Fungible Tokens) are trending. Blockchain technology is on track to become the most impactful innovation since the internet (and for charities specifically, since the “donate now” button) and has been a catalyst in creating recent generational wealth.

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Sales tax and M&A: Don't wait until it's too late

TaxConnex

Mergers and acquisitions (M&A) capture a lot of headlines. The right merger or acquisition can spell fortunes for execs and shareholders and offer great chances to cut costs or snap up a valuable but distressed prize company. But sometimes, the deal is held up for various reasons – including sales tax exposure within the company being acquired. Not looking for the unexpected.

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SB 113 Provides Additional Relief from SALT Deduction Limits

RogerRossmeisl

Back in 2017, the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act was signed into law which instituted a cap on the amount of state and local taxes (SALT) that individuals could report as Itemized Deductions on Schedule A. Starting with the 2018 tax year, the maximum SALT deduction available was $10,000. Previously, there was no limit. Since then, roughly 20 states have come up with workarounds intended to negate, or at least mitigate the effect of the SALT limitation.

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Fintech Landscape in 2022: Insights from a Fintech Co-Founder

BurklandAssociates

In 2021, few industries received more venture capital investment than fintech, and many industry observers predict 2022 will be another banner investment year for the sector. To guide you through Read More. The post Fintech Landscape in 2022: Insights from a Fintech Co-Founder appeared first on Burkland.

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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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Steps to Clean Up Accounting Records: A Checklist

xendoo

Taking steps to clean up accounting records can be a big undertaking for small business owners. Hopefully, you started your business on the right foot financially. You may diligently record your accounting transactions or have hired someone to take care of accounting for you. If that is not the case, you will need to take steps to clean up accounting records or use a catch-up bookkeeping service. .

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7 ways to attract and win new tax clients

ThomsonReuters

1) Communicate clearly to win new tax clients. When you seek to win new tax clients, it’s best to start at the beginning. Do you know what your clients and prospects want, especially in terms of communication? With so many generations in need of tax and accounting services in the market today, it can be a challenge to discover what a client truly wants or needs, or how they want to connect with you.

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Owe Taxes? You May Lose Your Passport!

Withum

Federal Courts continue to reject constitutional challenges under the 5th Amendment to Section 7345, passed as part of the “Fixing America’s Surface Transportation Act” in 2015. The law gives the U.S. government the authority to revoke U.S. passports or reject passport applications for individuals who have delinquent tax debts in excess of $52,000, provided such debts have been certified by the Internal Revenue Service.

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Software, SaaS and Sales Tax

TaxConnex

If your business sells software or software-as-a-service (SaaS), you deal with one of the most complex sales tax situations, potentially without even realizing it. Your sales tax obligation and liability begin with where you have nexus , a connection between your company and a taxing authority or jurisdiction. Sales tax nexus was once defined only as a substantial physical presence but for almost four years – ever since the Supreme Court’s Wayfair ruling – sales tax nexus can also be defined as

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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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Are You Ready for the 2021 Gift Tax Return Deadline?

RogerRossmeisl

If you made large gifts to your children, grandchildren or other heirs last year, it’s important to determine whether you’re required to file a 2021 gift tax return. And in some cases, even if it’s not required to file one, it may be beneficial to do so anyway. Who must file? The annual gift tax exclusion has increased in 2022 to $16,000 but was $15,000 for 2021.

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How to Lower Your Investment Risk in a Startup

BurklandAssociates

1. Who is the Startup’s Banking Partner? A startup should have a business account with a bank that specializes in startups. Startup Banking Dos & Don’ts Open a bank account Read More. The post How to Lower Your Investment Risk in a Startup appeared first on Burkland.

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How Much Is a Tax Consultant?

xendoo

If you own a business or earn a significant income, you may be wondering how to manage your tax situation and how much a tax consultant costs. There is a lot to consider when weighing the costs and benefits of hiring a tax consultant. You might need help mitigating tax exposure and ensuring tax planning, charitable giving, and other complex tax needs.

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What is IRS Form 941?

ThomsonReuters

Highlight: The IRS Form 941 is one of the most important payroll-related tax returns used by businesses to report employment taxes, including federal income tax withholding, Social Security tax, Medicare tax, and Additional Medicare tax. What is the IRS Form 941? On January 1, 1950, a new plan took effect to collect taxes due under the Federal Insurance Contributions Act (FICA) and under the federal income tax withholding provisions of the Internal Revenue Code (IRC).

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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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Withum Awarded on the Forbes America’s Best Tax and Accounting Firms 2022 List

Withum

Withum has been awarded on the Forbes list of America’s Best Tax and Accounting Firms 2022. This prestigious award is presented by Forbes and Statista Inc., the world-leading statistics portal and industry ranking provider. Previously, Withum received this designation in the Tax category. Now named for both Tax and Accounting, the respective teams are proud of the accolades.

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What's New in State Sales and Use Taxes - Monthly Update

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. Oh Joy, oh revenue! State sales tax revenues and their local portions are reported up from Auburn, N.Y., to Colorado Springs, Colo., from Santa Barbara, Calif., to Mukilteo, Wash., defying predictions of the pandemic’s effect on government coffers – and delighting officials.

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Why Would Married Couples File Separate Tax Returns?

RogerRossmeisl

If you’re married, you may wonder whether you should file joint or separate tax returns. The answer depends on your individual tax situation. In general, it depends on which filing status results in the lowest tax. But keep in mind that, if you and your spouse file a joint return, each of you is “jointly and severally” liable for the tax on your combined income.

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Intuit QuickBooks Launches New Revenue Share Program in Beta

SchoolofBookkeeping

At QuickBooks, accountants and bookkeepers are Intuit's most valued partners. Intuit is committed to working with them to help small businesses thrive. Now, to recognize accountants who help their small business clients use QuickBooks Online, they’re launching the new QuickBooks ProAdvisor Preferred Pricing Revenue Share program. Thanking accountants for shared success, the new program recognizes the work accountants do to recommend, set-up and onboard new clients onto QuickBooks.

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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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How Savvy Firms Free Up Capacity, Without Adding Staff

CTP

Talent has always been something that firm leaders have had to manage carefully, but this year seems especially difficult and many firms are wondering what to do about it. Per Monster.com, accounting roles were ranked in the top 10 hardest positions to fill in 2021. And it looks like it might get tougher as we go along. According to the AICPA , over 75% of CPAs will retire in the next 15 years.

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COVID-19 Testing Provider Sues Plans and TPAs for Violating Group Health Plan Coverage Mandate

ThomsonReuters

Diagnostic Affiliates of N.E. Hou, LLC v. United Healthcare Servs., 2022 WL 214101 (S.D. Tex. 2022). A COVID-19 testing laboratory alleged that numerous health plans and TPAs violated the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA) and the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES Act) by failing to cover the laboratory’s diagnostic tests at a publicly disclosed price of $900 per test.

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George Washington Investment Strategy

Withum

I call it the Ed Mendlowitz George Washington Investment Strategy. George Washington basically fought the American Revolution not to win, but to not lose. However, this is not about George Washington but about a current investment strategy that I would like to suggest. The idea is not to grow your investments an excessive amount, but rather to not lose.

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Evolution of the Sales Tax Audit: Have Audits Changed with Economic Nexus?

TaxConnex

Sales tax has evolved a lot in recent years. So has the sales tax audit. Examiners can still show up and go over your books in person, and tax agencies will still send audit notices via snail mail. And why not? According to the Tax Policy Center, money collected from sales tax can be the leading source for many jurisdictions, constituting 25% to 35% of a state’s revenue.

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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.