Xero
JUNE 10, 2024
What’s your practice doing to keep up with apps and AI? As the business landscape evolves, the accounting industry must adapt to remain competitive and meet the changing needs of clients. We recognise that one key area of focus is the integration of app stacks and artificial intelligence (AI) into accounting practices so as to support future productivity and growth.
Accounting Today
JUNE 11, 2024
The Internal Revenue Service has announced several new policy updates now that tax season has ended.
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ThomsonReuters
JUNE 11, 2024
Employers and payroll professionals face a complex web of challenges while managing remote and hybrid work arrangements, particularly concerning state income tax withholding and compliance with varying state labor laws. However, implementing clear policies, fostering effective communication, and leveraging technology can help organizations navigate the ever-evolving landscape of remote and hybrid work.
Insightful Accountant
JUNE 9, 2024
A new feature rolling out this month allows firms using QBO-Accountant to manage their team member's access to their client's books.
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.
Summit CPA
JUNE 13, 2024
What is the ideal client concentration? How high is too high of a concentration? What do you do if your concentration is too high? Find out in this post.
Shay CPA
JUNE 12, 2024
Earlier this year, we teed up some accounting tips to help set you up for success. Bookkeeping tips, then, might seem a little redundant. But there’s a key difference. Accounting requires some level of analysis of your company’s financial situation. Bookkeeping focuses solely on keeping track of your financial data. In some ways, that makes it simpler.
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Cherry Bekaert
JUNE 10, 2024
Contributor: Mollie Carroll Financial reporting is an essential process for companies of all sizes, whether you’re a Large-Accelerated Filer or an Emerging Growth Company (EGC). External financial reporting helps investors and leaders within the company make educated decisions that are supported by financial data and business operations. Financial reporting also has compliance aspects across industry regulations and accounting frameworks.
Insightful Accountant
JUNE 11, 2024
Intuit recently launched something they are calling Accountant Approved Apps; I must say that I was somewhat disappointed by these 'groupings.
TaxConnex
JUNE 13, 2024
It seems like yesterday when only physical nexus ignited a company’s sales tax obligations in a state. Six years ago this month, that changed with one court decision. These days selling a certain amount remotely into a state or other tax jurisdiction (one that has a sales tax, anyway) means your company must collect and remit sales tax – a complication of doing business that’s probably going to only get more complicated in the years ahead.
BurklandAssociates
JUNE 11, 2024
A clear grasp of TAM can be the difference between securing essential funding and falling short. The post Estimating Your Startup’s Total Addressable Market (TAM) appeared first on Burkland.
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.
MyIRSRelief
JUNE 14, 2024
Receiving an audit notice from the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) can be a daunting experience for any taxpayer. However, understanding the audit process and knowing your rights and options can significantly ease the stress. This article will delve into the intricacies of IRS audits, outline the steps you should take upon receiving an audit notice, and explain how an Enrolled Agent (EA) can represent and assist you throughout the process.
Withum
JUNE 12, 2024
S Corporation shareholders and partners in a partnership could see their effective federal income tax rate increase by 30% by the end of December 31, 2025, due to the expiration of certain tax laws. With the sunsetting of the 199A deduction and an increase in individual federal income tax rates scheduled to occur as of December 31, 2025, the effective tax rate for pass-through entity owners will jump from 30% to 39.6%.
TaxConnex
JUNE 11, 2024
Do you need a state sales tax permit? How about a sales tax license? How about a sales tax certificate of authority? Did you know they’re all the same thing? How do you spell “FEIN” anyway, and when do you need one to sell into a state? Collecting and remitting sales tax after you hit economic or physical nexus in a state comes with a lot of questions – and you usually answer no small number of questions to register for sales tax.
CPA Practice
JUNE 9, 2024
Rosie Manins, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution (via TNS) The trade association for online marketplaces including Google, Amazon and eBay is trying to void a new Georgia law that extends requirements for collecting seller information, alleging it will hurt Georgia businesses. NetChoice filed a lawsuit Thursday against Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr, claiming Georgia’s “Combating Organized Retail Crime Act” is unconstitutional and conflicts with a federal law that already requires online mark
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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.
Accounting Today
JUNE 14, 2024
If you have clients with employees in more than one state, they must pay attention to the payroll-related rules and tax responsibilities in the states where those staff live and work.
Going Concern
JUNE 13, 2024
At least they said “attractive” and not “sexy.” According to a press release they put out yesterday , EY plans to invest a billion dollars over three years on talent and technology “to revolutionize the experience of early career accounting professionals and improve the attractiveness of the profession.” Let’s see what exactly they think that looks like: This investment includes a significant increase in early career compensation, artificial intelligence
Insightful Accountant
JUNE 13, 2024
The 2025 ProAdvisor Awards process will launch earlier than ever, so I can think of nothing to help motivate and prepare you than Matt Fulton's article setting forth the "right stuff" to becoming the 'Best of the Best.
CPA Practice
JUNE 13, 2024
By Daniel F. Rahill, CPA/PFS, JD, LL.M., CGMA. The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 (TCJA) brought about substantial changes to the tax landscape, significantly increasing the lifetime estate and gift tax exemption amounts ($13.61 million for individuals and $27.22 million for married couples). However, these exemption amounts are set to expire on Jan. 1, 2026, and—absent new legislation before then—will revert to approximately $7 million for individuals and $14 million for married couples, subject
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
Accounting Today
JUNE 13, 2024
The Corporate Transparency Act, ostensibly meant to address scams and other crimes, has ironically opened the door to new kinds of scams directed at small-business owners.
Going Concern
JUNE 11, 2024
So FT ran this yesterday: ‘ Private equity groups poised to own one in three top US accounting firms ‘ and in it, they paraphrased people familiar with the matter as saying “ten of the 30 largest US accounting firms could soon be in private equity hands.” The article goes on to say: The acquisitions by financial buyers of those two top-10 firms by revenue opened the floodgates to other deals, the people said, positioning private equity to increase its influence over the U
Cherry Bekaert
JUNE 10, 2024
For fast-growing companies, becoming a C corporation for income tax purposes can offer significant tax savings for their shareholders. Section 1202 of the Internal Revenue Code (IRC) is a powerful tool for attracting investors with funds to fuel a company’s growth. To qualify for these tax benefits, both the company and shareholder must meet specific requirements, and non-compliance can result in missed opportunities for savings.
CPA Practice
JUNE 9, 2024
More than 5,000 tax, accounting and financial professionals participated in-person and virtually in AICPA Engage 2024, the largest annual educational, technology and networking event. Engage 2024 was held June 2-6, 2024, at the Aria Resort and Casino in Las Vegas. On June 2, CPA Practice Advisor brought together more than two dozen of the profession’s most respected technology and professional influencers for the Accounting Thought Leader Think Tank, for discussions, demonstrations, and round-ta
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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.
Accounting Today
JUNE 11, 2024
A new PricewaterhouseCoopers survey reveals executives think reinventing the business model is essential for companies' survival amid an increasingly risky business environment.
Going Concern
JUNE 13, 2024
ConvergenceCoaching has opened up responses for their Anytime, Anywhere Work survey and you are invited to contribute. The survey is open to either of these: The Firm Leadership portion of the survey is designed for completion by one person for each accounting and consulting firm — usually the Managing Partner or a top HR professional. Those leaders are asked to provide information about their firm’s remote and flex work practices.
Withum
JUNE 14, 2024
Tips are a staple of the restaurant industry and are currently under scrutiny as there is a wave of frustration with customers that is resulting in less tipping or no tipping at all. This has a wide array of impact to restaurants, from the employees, in both the front and back of the house, all the way up to the owners and investors of the restaurant.
CPA Practice
JUNE 14, 2024
The Internal Revenue Service has issued a renewed warning about the rising threat of impersonation scams, which often target older adults by pretending to be government officials, in an attempt to steal sensitive personal information and money. By posing as representatives from agencies such as the IRS, or other government agencies, these fraudsters use fear and deceit to exploit their victims.
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.
Accounting Today
JUNE 14, 2024
The Institute of Management Accountants held its annual conference this week in San Antonio, Texas, where it discussed ways to attract more people to join the profession.
Going Concern
JUNE 11, 2024
The SEC announced today that current PCAOB Chair Erica Y. Williams has been appointed for a second term that begins on October 25, 2024 and ends on that same day in 2029. She’s been in the big chair at the PCAOB (no pun) since January of 2022 after she was brought in after a bit of a coup involving her predecessor William Duhnke. So this will be her first full five-year term.
CTP
JUNE 13, 2024
In a recent blog , we discussed the tax implications of converting a residence to a rental property. Once that rental property begins generating income, what else does a taxpayer need to consider for effective tax planning? First, real estate rentals classify as either long-term or short-term rentals. Long-term rentals typically qualify for traditional real estate tax deductions from mortgage interest, property taxes, insurance, and property management fees.
CPA Practice
JUNE 13, 2024
On Thursday, June 13, as part of the Women’s Leadership Summit at MEGA 2024, the FICPA presented its annual “Women to Watch Awards”, honoring Experienced Leader Cristina Hale and Emerging Leader Carmen Velasquez. “The Women to Watch Awards recognize and celebrate the women among us who exemplify leadership excellence,” said FICPA President & CEO Shelly Weir.
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