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Unlock Your Worth: Finding Better Pay and Camaraderie in the Accounting Industry

Going Concern

TL;DR: FloQast is hiring! Check it out. Remember your first job? Not your first real job, the one you took in high school before you were saddled with student loans, rent, and monthly bills. If you graduated in the last 10-15 years, it was no more than $15, likely closer to $7.25. When you grow up and score your first internship, $25 an hour is a lot of money (p.s.

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Optimizing Accounts Payable: Avoiding Common Mistakes for Financial Success

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Efficient accounts payable management is vital for businesses, as it directly influences cash flow, vendor relationships, and overall financial stability. Unfortunately, many organizations fall prey to common mistakes in this area, leading to inefficiencies, errors, and financial losses. By recognizing and rectifying these errors, businesses can optimize their accounts payable processes and enhance their financial health. 1.

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The Surviving “Busy Season Accounting” Guide

Ryan Lazanis

Busy season accounting can in many ways seem unavoidable, but it can be manageable with the right approach. In this post, I’ll lay out 10 simple tips your firm can implement to keep yourself sane and to avoid you from working long hours during the busiest time of the year. Table of Contents Why Does Busy Season Accounting Happen? 10 Tips to Master the Busy Season 1.

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Using Real-Time Data to Reduce Staffing Costs and Boost Staff Retention

Menzies

Menzies LLP - A leading chartered accountancy firm. Hospitality & Leisure Outlook According to Barclays’s 2023 Hospitality and Leisure Outlook , in 2022, many businesses in the hospitality and leisure sector reported upward of 100% growth vs 2019. However, with reduced labour supply, the decline of cash (and subsequent increase in bank fees), a slow recovery from the supply chain crisis, and inflation, that growth has been slowing.

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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 Increased Urgency of a Modern Accounts Receivable Function

CPA Practice

By Bob Purcell, CFO, Billtrust. The global economy remains on rocky footing, challenging businesses across industries and thrusting the financial professionals tasked with preserving their financial health into the eye of the storm. One area that’s felt an acute impact is the B2B sector, where organizations across industries are grappling with an influx of delayed payments at a time where predictable cash flow has become both more important and harder to come by.

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The Three Spending Controls You Should Consider for Your Business

Summit CPA

Most businesses have a process to handle expenses incurred by their employees. These expenses can range from fees associated with a business trip (e.g., flight tickets, lodging) to fringe benefits (e.g., reimbursed costs for purchasing home office equipment). Establishing controls for this spending is necessary to properly track each transaction and ensure that the business banking information remains secure.

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How to get support as you make the switch to new reports

Xero

There’s now a little over a month to go before old reports in Xero are retired. Our new reports are packed with powerful customisations that will help you get quick access to answers and streamline your financial analysis. As you finish up your work in old reports and prepare for the big day, it’s a good idea to understand where you can find information on new reports and get support from our team if you need a hand.

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4 Tax Challenges You May Encounter If You’re Retiring Soon

RogerRossmeisl

Are you getting ready to retire? If so, you’ll soon experience changes in your lifestyle and income sources that may have numerous tax implications. Here’s a brief rundown of four tax and financial issues you may contend with when you retire: Taking required minimum distributions. These are the minimum amounts you must withdraw from your retirement accounts.

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A Definite Guide to Demand Planning: Exploring the Whats, Whys, and Hows

Acterys

In the face of global economic turbulence causing widespread disruptions to supply chains, companies are diligently scrutinizing market dynamics to gain insights into consumer behavior and improve demand prediction. Amidst these uncertain times, in-depth demand planning analytics emerges as a crucial strategy for controlling operational expenditures, guaranteeing pleasing customer experiences, and securing long-term profitability.

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States ease nexus thresholds

TaxConnex

Almost five years ago, the Supreme Court’s Wayfair decision was heralded as a revenue gateway for almost all states to require remote sellers to collect and remit sales tax. Thresholds were established, filing forms and deadlines fixed and one by one states waited for the money to roll in (with Florida and Missouri among the latest of the 45, with Alaska perhaps soon to join them).

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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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Unveiling the Enrolled Agent: Unlocking the Realm of Tax Expertise and Services

MyIRSRelief

Tax matters can be complex and daunting, and navigating the ever-changing tax landscape can be a challenge. In such a scenario, having a qualified tax professional on your side is invaluable. The Enrolled Agent (EA) – a tax specialist authorized by the U.S. Department of Treasury to represent taxpayers before the Internal Revenue Service (IRS).

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Business Valuation Pros Can Wear Two Hats

RogerRossmeisl

In adversarial situations — such as divorces, contract breaches and shareholder disputes — you might need to hire an outside business valuator to evaluate complex financial matters. To get the most from these professionals, it’s important to understand the two key roles they can play in conflict resolution. Keeping these roles separate helps prevent valuators from being seen as “hired guns” by judges, juries, arbitrators and mediators.

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A Definite Guide to Demand Planning: Exploring the Whats, Whys, and Hows

Acterys

In the face of global economic turbulence causing widespread disruptions to supply chains, companies are diligently scrutinizing market dynamics to gain insights into consumer behavior and improve demand prediction. Amidst these uncertain times, in-depth demand planning analytics emerges as a crucial strategy for controlling operational expenditures, guaranteeing pleasing customer experiences, and securing long-term profitability.

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Happy fifth birthday, Wayfair, as your rules keep changing

TaxConnex

It’s been five years since the U.S. Supreme Court’s Wayfair decision gave tax jurisdictions the power to require out-of-state companies collect and remit sales tax. Those governments jumped on the chance of such revenue and continue to do so. Some facets related to economic nexus are changing in certain states – sometimes for the better for remote sellers, sometimes for the worse.

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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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The Right Runway: Why Breakeven Will Be Among 2024’s Top Startup Metrics

BurklandAssociates

Startups are quickly adapting to a new normal of constrained VC support and lower valuations. As part of this process, however, founders should also take care to adapt, or at Read More The post The Right Runway: Why Breakeven Will Be Among 2024’s Top Startup Metrics appeared first on Burkland.

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Financial Statement Fraud: Don’t Believe Everything You Read

RogerRossmeisl

Financial statements are central to understanding any business. A public company’s balance sheet, income statement and cash flow statement enable investors, lenders, the media and other stakeholders to value the company, forecast short- and long-term performance, and determine potential credit risk, among other purposes. To ensure analysis of a company is accurate and insightful, financial statements must be reliable.

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What to Know About the Tax Deductibility of Funeral Expenses

CPA Practice

By Anthony Martin, Kiplinger Consumer News Service (TNS) The passing of a loved one is always a difficult burden to bear—physically, emotionally, mentally and monetarily. Most, if not all, of the time, death and passing come as a surprise, with family members left behind having to carry the burden of shouldering funeral expenses, which often come at a costly price, especially in the absence of burial insurance.

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Rumor: BDO USA Is Switching From a Partnership to a Corporation on July 1

Going Concern

For those who have been paying attention and noticed us teasing a big story coming out of BDO for months now I’m sorry to say this is not it. I’d also like to say that while I totally understand the accusations of “clickbait” and “b t” (I see you, Fishbowl), that’s not why we can’t report on it yet. Just getting those ducks in a row, thank you for understanding.

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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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Small firm, big impact: Tennick Accountants win hotly contested Xero Award

Xero

You win, or you learn – that’s one of Tennick Accountants’ internal mottos, and one that encouraged the firm to put themselves in the running and enter the 2023 Xero Awards UK & Ireland. For Graeme Tennick and his team that belief paid off, with the firm taking home the Small Firm of the Year award, the most hotly contested category of the programme.

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The IRS Has Just Announced 2024 Amounts for Health Savings Accounts

RogerRossmeisl

The IRS recently released guidance providing the 2024 inflation-adjusted amounts for Health Savings Accounts (HSAs). HSA fundamentals An HSA is a trust created or organized exclusively for the purpose of paying the “qualified medical expenses” of an “account beneficiary.” An HSA can only be established for the benefit of an “eligible individual” who is covered under a “high-deductible health plan.

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What is a ‘Boot’ in a 1031 Exchange?

CPA Practice

By Edward E. Fernandez, Kiplinger Consumer News Service (TNS) In the context of a 1031 exchange, “boot” refers to the portion of a transaction that doesn’t meet the tax-free criteria and thus becomes subject to immediate capital gains tax. Forms of boot might include cash proceeds, mortgage reduction and non-transaction costs. Although boot won’t disqualify a 1031 exchange, understanding its implications is crucial for optimizing tax benefits and preventing unnecessary liabilities.

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Marcum Took On Too Many Clients and Totally Wrecked Their Quality Control, Says the PCAOB in Disciplinary Order

Going Concern

About an hour ago the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB) announced a settled disciplinary order [ PDF sanctioning Marcum for violations of PCAOB rules and quality control standards. This order imposes a $3 million civil penalty against the firm, this is on top of a $10 million penalty from SEC proceedings around the same conduct. The PCAOB’s penalty is the largest it has imposed on a “non-affiliate firm,” meaning an audit firm that is not a member of a global network.

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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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CLA Summer Internship Underway

Insightful Accountant

CliftonLarsonAllen LLP has kicked off its high school summer internship program in 15 select cities across the country with 60 students chosen from more than 400 applicants.

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Keep These DOs and DON’Ts in Mind When Deducting Business Meal and Vehicle Expenses

RogerRossmeisl

If you’re claiming deductions for business meals or auto expenses, expect the IRS to closely review them. In some cases, taxpayers have incomplete documentation or try to create records months (or years) later. In doing so, they fail to meet the strict substantiation requirements set forth under tax law. Tax auditors are adept at rooting out inconsistencies, omissions and errors in taxpayers’ records, as illustrated by one recent U.S.

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Most Small Business Owners Don’t Want Their Kids to Inherit and Run Their Business

CPA Practice

Many Americans consider starting and running a successful business to be a key part of the “American Dream,” but these entrepreneurs don’t necessarily want their own children to take up where they left off. When it comes to succession planning, half (52%) of business owners say they do not want their children to inherit and run the business, according to a recent Wells Fargo study.

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How to Protect Sensitive Client Data When Your Pathetic Staff is Bringing Shady Ladies Home to Bang

Going Concern

This guy showed up when I searched for “dork” on the stock photo site, not the actual guy in the story. The description is “Peeping tom, Staring man, Creepy man image.” Good enough. H. Dennis Beaver, Esq. (great name btw), I don’t know who you are but I do know I’m glad you wrote this article for Kiplinger. Somewhere out there there’s a firm managing partner asking himself what he should do if he finds out a treasured but lonely manager is tangled up wit

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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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Belgium Ends Sharing Information With the IRS on U.S. Persons Resident in Belgium

Withum

On May 24, 2023, Belgium’s Data Protection Authority made a decision that complying with the U.S. Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (“FATCA”) to be a violation of the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”). The FATCA rules require foreign countries to share U.S. persons’ information with the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”). Belgium will no long share the tax data required under FATCA with the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”).

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Being a Gig Worker Comes with Tax Consequences

RogerRossmeisl

In recent years, many workers have become engaged in the “gig” economy. You may think of gig workers as those who deliver take-out restaurant meals, walk dogs and drive for ride-hailing services. But so-called gig work seems to be expanding. Today, some nurses have become gig workers and writers in Hollywood who recently went on strike have expressed concerns that screenwriting is becoming part of the gig economy.

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Working from Home Drops to Once Per Week at Some Big Companies

CPA Practice

By Jo Constantz – Bloomberg News (via TNS). A small but growing list of big-name companies like BlackRock Inc., Walt Disney Co. and Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc. are taking their return-to-office mandates up a notch, calling employees back to their desks four days a week. It’s a form of RTO creep, as companies test what has emerged as the post-pandemic norm of two to three days in the office and fan the debate over remote work.

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EY and PwC Among the Many Entities Caught Up in the MOVEit Cybersecurity Breach Ransom

Going Concern

On the 15th, CNN broke the story of a “global cyberattack by Russian cybercriminals” (guys, we only need one “cyber” here) that exploited a vulnerability in file transfer software MOVEit. The breach affected numerous federal agencies as well as “several hundred” companies, per a senior CISA official. According to Tech Crunch , a dozen or so US agencies have active MOVEit contracts, among them the Department of the Army, Air Force, and the FDA.

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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.