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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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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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Best Practices for Nonprofits

Withum

Many nonprofit organizations have limited resources and often the finance team also supports the general operations. The accounting system is the basis for reports that must be provided to grant agencies, prospective donors, lenders, its independent auditors, tax preparers, the Board of directors and management. . Frequently, while cash transactions are usually recorded timely, account balances are not analyzed, reconciliations are delayed, work papers that provide the details of account balance

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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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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 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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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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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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QuickBooks Introduces Spreadsheet Sync

SchoolofBookkeeping

Intuit (Nasdaq: INTU), the global technology platform that makes TurboTax , QuickBooks , Mint , Credit Karma and Mailchimp , today announced Spreadsheet Sync for QuickBooks Online Advanced (Advanced), which enables two-way synching with Excel. Spreadsheet Sync expands Advanced’s capabilities for mid-sized businesses around reporting and analysis.

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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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The Best Tips for Inventory Management for Small Business

Snyder

When you have a successful business , it’s important to be able to track and manage your physical goods, and inventory management will help you with that. Whether you’re just starting out or have been in the game for a while, good inventory management for small businesses will maximize your profits and minimize expenses. The goal of inventory management is to ensure that you have the products that your customers want and are able to deliver them without any trouble.

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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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4 steps to evaluate and improve your firm’s accounting software

ThomsonReuters

Tax and accounting firms of all sizes need dependable systems and procedures to deliver the best value to their clients. Finding the right accounting software for your firm will keep business records organized, improve operational efficiency, identify areas for improvement, and help you manage growth over time. As technology changes the accounting world, it’s more important than ever to modernize operations and prioritize a technology roadmap for your firm’s future. 4 key steps to ev

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Rental Property Income Tax: Why Active or Material Participation Matters

Anders CPA

Owning rental real estate can be a great supplemental source of income in addition to a normal day job. What is most commonly misunderstood about this type of investment is how an individual can treat the income and or losses for tax purposes. Determining your level of involvement is key to the tax treatment of the income/losses that the real estate generates.

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An Easy 6-Step Routine That Increases Productivity & Decreases Workload

Ryan Lazanis

Reclaim your “me” time by increasing your productivity to decrease your workload. In this podcast episode, I shared an easy-to-follow 6-step routine so you can efficiently manage your time to finish important tasks. Listen below. 1:04 – One of the reasons why I read up a bit more on productivity was because I felt myself lacking a lot of focus. 1:32 – I use an app called Rescuetime which automatically tracks your computer usage. 1:55 – I spent a bit of time reflecti

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New §174 Amortization Requirements: Are Taxpayer R&D Tax Credits in Jeopardy?

Withum

The impact of TJCA resulted in widespread changes to the tax treatment of §174 Research and Experimentation (“R&E”) expenditures. §174 R&E expenditures are a highly regarded aspect of the Internal Revenue Code (“IRC”) for companies engaging in innovation. . For tax years starting before December 31, 2021, taxpayers had the option to directly expense or amortize no less than 60 months from when the taxpayer first begins to derive benefit from the R&E.

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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 Certified Payroll Professional Corner: Statutory Employees

ThomsonReuters

The Certified Payroll Professional (CPP) exam is an advanced payroll professional certification offered by the American Payroll Association ( APA ). This 190 question test can be a benefit to both payroll professionals and their employers. The CPP allows payroll professionals to demonstrate their expertise and advancement in a company. CPP benefits. .

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Time Management Software Choices for Skagit County Businesses

SkagitCountyTaxServices

Tax “season” is over – at least for most of us. For all of the tax-exempt organizations out there operating on a calendar year basis, just a little nudge regarding the May 16th filing deadline. We’re here to help. Now, however, despite the relief that comes with the passing of the personal income tax filing deadline, it’s important to remember that tax avoidance isn’t a one-time occasion.

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AccountingDepartment.com Attends EOS Conference 2022

AccountingDepartment

Last week, AccountingDepartment.com Business Development Representative, Shawn Marcum, attended the Entrepreneurial Operating System (EOS) Conference in Orlando, Florida.

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IRS Grants ERC Penalty Relief, Sort Of

Withum

Because the IRS is so backlogged these days, we have many clients that filed employee retention credit (ERC) claims more than six to eight months ago and still have not received the funds – for many clients, the claim is in the millions of dollars. This puts them in an awkward position because the IRS position is that once a taxpayer files a claim for the ERC, it must disallow the wages and health plan expenses giving rise to the ERC, effectively subjecting the ERC to taxation.

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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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Five Effective Ways To Find New Construction Clients

Randal DeHart

If you want your business to continue growing and thriving, you'll need to find ways to bring in new clients. Before the internet was commercially available, there were just as many experts advising contractors about the layout and design of yellow page ads and which books to spend money on. I say spend money because that is what it was and is now. Many of us who owned and operated construction companies spent thousands of dollars on these experts and, based on their recommendations, spent tens

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QuickBooks Connect Conference to be Held in Las Vegas

CPA Practice

Intuit's annual QuickBooks Connect conference is headed to Las Vegas, December 7-9, 2022/ The conference is geared toward the accountants, small businesses, ProAdvisors and partners who use QuickBooks.

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Reducing Risk with Outsourced Accounting Services

AccountingDepartment

Nearly every business can benefit from outsourced accounting services, regardless of their size or niche. Outsource your accounting services and you’ll reap myriad benefits ranging from reduced overhead costs to enhanced reliability, the expertise of an entire team of accounting specialists and so much more. In particular, outsourcing your accounting services is beneficial in that it reduces risk.

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News – Rosenberg/Rampe

RitaKeller

“Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much.” – Helen Keller. I have known Marc Rosenberg for decades. He is a good friend and colleague. We enjoyed so many enlightening years together in The New Horizon Group. And, I have known Kristen Rampe for many years and have recommended her to many of my clients and contacts. It makes me happy that these two have joined forces to create a new force in the CPA firm consulting world.

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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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Let’s Mesh Other Business Buzzwords to Form the Next Big Accounting Firm Name

Going Concern

First off, I want to thank those of you who reached out to us on Wednesday about Forvis being the new name of the combined BKD/DHG firm. I’ve been sick with COVID since early Wednesday morning and haven’t cracked open my laptop until now. I still feel like crap but OK enough to do this fun little exercise with you guys. So if you haven’t heard, the two firms decided to merge in February as equals; therefore, instead of one firm merging into the other, they would start from scratch as a brand-new

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Penalty Abatement for Small Partnerships | Canopy

Canopy Accounting

There are a lot of compelling reasons to offer tax resolution services, but tax resolution can also get complicated, and that scares away a lot of tax professionals. Luckily, not all tax resolution is as complicated as a doubt as to liability Offer in Compromise or Trust Fund Recovery Penalty case. Penalty abatement cases are often very straightforward and still extremely valuable to clients.

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Withum Featured on Fox Rothschild’s The Presumption of Innocence Podcast Series

Withum

Mark Calnan , Principal and Leader of Withum’s Investigative and Corporate Intelligence Services, Peter Kim , Principal and Leader of Withum’s Bank Secrecy Act/Anti-Money Laundering Services and Jessica Hollobaugh , Partner and Market Leader, Forensics, Investigations, and White-Collar Criminal Defense were featured on Fox Rothschild’s Podcast Series: The Presumption of Innocence.

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Evaluating a Tax Preparer: Understanding Reasonable Tax Positions

CTP

One of the many benefits of working with a tax professional is the guidance they provide in developing tax return positions that substantiate why certain income qualifies for tax-exemption or why you are eligible for a certain tax deduction. When tax professionals prepare a tax return, they are typically aiming for the return to be correct “beyond a reasonable doubt.

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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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Friday Footnotes: EY and KPMG This Week’s Big 4 Lawsuits; Eliminate Accounting Majors?; Auditors Fire Messy Municipal | 4.29.22

Going Concern

New Deloitte report: working women face alarmingly high levels of burnout despite shifting work arrangements, rise in hybrid working [ PR Newswire ] Widespread burnout and lack of flexible work continues to hinder progress in supporting working women, according to the latest Deloitte report, “Women @ Work 2022: A Global Outlook” released today.

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A financial statement analysis mini-dashboard for a quick data analytics exercise

Wendy Tietz

Looking for a quick data analytics exercise for financial statement analysis in an introductory accounting class? You can give your students the link for this financial statement analysis dashboard and then ask a series of questions. There is no software for students to install; the dashboard is hosted on Tableau Public and can be accessed […].

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Tracking Business Expenses on the Go

Pooley Accounting Services

Project accounting can be difficult to manage, especially if it includes tracking billable expenses on the go. When employees travel to a client’s location to install software or equipment, transportation and living expenses are billed to the client. While the client may not require documentation for every cup of coffee, the IRS does. Getting employees to document their expenses can be a struggle.

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Relief for rental losses

Inform Accounting

While the intention is to make a profit from letting out a property, this is not a given, and a landlord might instead realise a loss. Where this is the case, can the loss be utilised to save tax? Calculating the loss. Any loss arising from the property rental business is calculated in the same way as profits. Under the cash basis, the loss for the period will be the cash received by the property rental business less the cash paid out.

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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.