Sat.Feb 19, 2022 - Fri.Feb 25, 2022

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Make Sure You Have Substantiation For Your Charitable Donations

RogerRossmeisl

If you donated to charity last year, letters from the charities may have appeared in your mailbox recently acknowledging the donations. But what happens if you haven’t received such a letter — can you still claim a deduction for the gift on your 2021 income tax return? It depends. The requirements To prove a charitable donation for which you claim a tax deduction, you need to comply with IRS substantiation requirements.

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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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10 Ways New Business Clients Can Keep Good Books

Accounting Web

Bookkeeping 10 Ways New Business Clients Can Keep Good Books.

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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 Long Does It Take an Accountant to Do Taxes?

xendoo

As tax season looms, you may be wondering whether you should have an accountant prepare your taxes. In addition to considering how much an accountant costs , you’ll also want to consider how long an accountant will take to do taxes compared to trying to do it yourself. How do you know when to bring in a tax professional? Complicated tax situations like inheritance, small business taxes , or other big life changes usually warrant bringing in a certified public accountant or CPA. .

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What Happens to Unused Amounts in Employees’ HRAs When Their Employment Terminates?

ThomsonReuters

QUESTION: Our company is thinking about adding an HRA that would be integrated with our major medical plan. Employees could carry over their HRA balances from year to year. What happens to those balances when an employee’s employment terminates? ANSWER: Your company has some choices about what will happen to HRA balances remaining at termination of employment.

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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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Small Business Mentoring For Your Skagit County Business

SkagitCountyTaxServices

Did you know that about 20% of small businesses fail in their first year? That’s a daunting statistic for anyone starting a new Skagit County business. And, even scarier, is the reality that companies with owners younger than 30 are even more likely to tank. The especially high failures of young owners indicate that inexperience coupled with the various functions required to OPERATE a business play a big part in a business closing its doors.

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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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Changes to Your Annual Employee Benefit Plan Audits Are Here: What You Need to Know

Withum

The AICPA Statement on Auditing Standards (SAS) No. 136, Forming an Opinion and Reporting on Financial Statements of Employee Benefit Plans Subject to ERISA, as amended, primarily addresses certain performance and reporting requirements for audits of retirement plans subject to the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) and changes the form and content of the auditor’s report.

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IRS Issues Form 8915-F for Reporting Qualified Disaster Distributions and Repayments, Provides 2021 Forms for Earlier Disasters

ThomsonReuters

Form 8915-F (Qualified Disaster Retirement Plan Distributions and Repayments) and Instructions; Form 8915-D (Qualified 2019 Disaster Retirement Plan Distributions and Repayments) and Instructions (2021); Form 8915-C (Qualified 2018 Disaster Retirement Plan Distributions and Repayments) and Instructions (2021); Form 8915-B (Qualified 2017 Disaster Retirement Plan Distributions and Repayments) and Instructions (2021).

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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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Prepare Yourself For Growth and Plan For a Strong Tomorrow

AccountingDepartment

During the COVID pandemic, growth slowed for some and accelerated for others. But now that we are in a post-pandemic world, it is time to kick the growth engine into high gear and accelerate towards a stronger tomorrow.

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Can You Deduct the Costs of a Spouse on a Business Trip?

RogerRossmeisl

If you own your own company and travel for business, you may wonder whether you can deduct the costs of having your spouse accompany you on trips. The rules for deducting a spouse’s travel costs are very restrictive. First of all, to qualify, your spouse must be your employee. This means you can’t deduct the travel costs of a spouse, even if his or her presence has a bona fide business purpose, unless the spouse is a bona fide employee of your business.

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You Can’t Fix Your Pricing Problem Without Doing THIS First

GrowthForceBlog

6 min read. In a retail business, pricing is fairly straightforward. You know how much you pay wholesale for a product, so you can add a markup to ensure you have an ample profit margin that allows you to cover your nut and still turn a profit. In a service business, however, pricing is not as clear-cut because determining the costs you actually incur when providing a service is challenging.

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AB150 Update – What do I do Now?

KROST

As previously communicated, recent updates to the State and Local Tax (SALT) workaround issued by California clarify some of the more troubling provisions of this law. This update should allow taxpayers to take advantage of the new deduction opportunity. The election and payment for 2021 are due by March 15th. The deduction related to this payment would reduce your federal income for 2022 (since the payment was made in 2022).

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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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Can Effective Bookkeeping Be Done Remotely?

AccountingDepartment

Of course, bookkeeping can be done remotely - We're the best at it! Remote bookkeeping is an option for business owners that is growing rapidly in popularity. Many companies have made the switch from in-house bookkeeping to remote bookkeeping since the COVID-19 pandemic and even now with offices and businesses opening back up, the benefits to remote bookkeeping outweigh an in-person option so significantly that many businesses are sticking with it.

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Tax Aspects of Operating Your Business as a Sole Proprietor

RogerRossmeisl

If you’re in business for yourself as a sole proprietor, or you’re planning to start a business, you need to know about the tax aspects of your venture. Here are eight important issues to consider: 1. You report income and expenses on Schedule C of Form 1040. The net income is taxable to you regardless of whether you withdraw cash from the business.

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How To Use Historical Data For Smarter Nonprofit Decision Making

GrowthForceBlog

6 min read. Nonprofits should be run like successful for-profit businesses. That starts with using financial insights to make data-driven decisions that will maximize your outcomes.

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My Unorthodox Life Lawsuit

FraudFiles

A couple of weeks ago I wrote about Julia Haart, the star of the Netflix series My Unorthodox Life , her divorce from Silvio Scaglia, and the argument over their company Elite World Group. It all started when Haart was fired from her position of CEO of Elite World Group on February 9. A few hours later, she filed for divorce from Scaglia. Scaglia then filed a lawsuit against Haart, alleging that she used Elite’s funds as her own personal piggy bank, paying for luxury travel, clothing, car

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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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New Alabama Legislation to Exempt Federal COVID Benefits from Alabama Income Tax

Dent Moses

Yesterday, Alabama House Bill 231 and Alabama Senate Bill 152 were forwarded to Governor Kay Ivey for signature. This legislation, when signed, will effectively exempt from state income taxes certain federal benefits that taxpayers received from the American Rescue Plan Act last year, a coronavirus relief bill passed by Congress. The exemption applies to the enhanced federal child tax credits, earned income tax credits, and dependent care tax credits that households received from ARPA, which was

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Protecting your Company from Cryptocurrency Fraud

RogerRossmeisl

According to blockchain data company Chainalysis, cryptocurrency transactions associated with illegal activity topped $14 billion in 2021. That’s almost double 2020 numbers — and the momentum shows no signs of slowing. In addition to outright cryptocurrency theft, these crimes include investment fraud and ransomware scams that affect businesses. Yet cryptocurrency offers several advantages to entrepreneurs and established companies, including instant, low-fee transactions and access to new sourc

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How to Keep Your Remote Employees Engaged

Basis 365

While remote work has become the norm since the pandemic in 2020, we here at Basis 365 are well accustomed to it. However, not having that in-person interaction requires us to do a few things differently. So we've detailed a list of ways that you can implement to help keep your remote team engaged and still feeling like part of the company no matter where they are located. 1.

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Utah State Tax Updates

Withum

For the latest news and updates on Utah state and local tax. February 25, 2022. Utah Seeks to Lower Income Tax Rates and Improve the State EITC Program. On February 11, 2022, Utah’s Governor Spencer Cox signed S.B. 59. This bill lowers the corporate and individual income tax rate to 4.85% from 4.95%. Additionally, it provides a nonrefundable EITC credit of 15% of the Federal EITC claimed.

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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.