TaxConnex
DECEMBER 17, 2020
With nearly 50 million Americans losing their jobs earlier this year and 11 million still unemployed nearly 10 months after the pandemic began, the reality of being forced to do more with less is being felt in every corner of almost every company, including the finance department. Hiring freezes and budget restrictions have left many finance teams struggling to keep up.
RogerRossmeisl
DECEMBER 12, 2020
According to data company Dun & Bradstreet, business identity theft increased more than 250% in the first half of 2020. You can thank the pandemic — and the government’s release of relief and recovery funds to qualified U.S. businesses — for this remarkable number. In a more typical year, crooks use stolen business identities to file fraudulent tax returns, apply for credit and empty bank accounts.
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ThomsonReuters
DECEMBER 14, 2020
The New Year Brings Fresh Uncertainty for U.S. Business Tax Professionals. The tax rules and regulations U.S. companies will operate under in 2021 and beyond will be shaped in the coming months by Biden Administration priorities, the balance of power in the U.S. Senate, the future of COVID-19 relief, and the fiscal crisis facing the 50 states. A recent Thomson Reuters webinar, Get Ready for 2021: Using Checkpoint Edge to Plan for Uncertainty, explored these issues and cautioned companies to br
DuctTapeMarketing
DECEMBER 16, 2020
7 Small Business Trends that Arrived Just in Time for 2021 written by John Jantsch read more at Duct Tape Marketing. This blog post is brought to you by GoDaddy Pro. Every year for the last 20 or so, I’ve wrapped up the year with my predictions for trends in the coming year. I’m usually spot on too. But that’s really more of a testament to the fact that trends tend to creep up on us rather than overwhelm us.
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.
SMBAccountant
DECEMBER 16, 2020
Many small business federal contractors begin with research and development (R&D) contracts or grants as part of the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) programs. These programs are offered by the government to encourage innovation with the potential for commercialization. These programs often result in technology or products that begin with government use and then become commercial items.
RogerRossmeisl
DECEMBER 12, 2020
Small business owners are well aware of the increasing cost of employee health care benefits. As a result, your business may be interested in providing some of these benefits through an employer-sponsored Health Savings Account (HSA). Or perhaps you already have an HSA. It’s a good time to review how these accounts work since the IRS recently announced the relevant inflation-adjusted amounts for 2021.
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PYMNTS
DECEMBER 18, 2020
Facebook’s Libra might be fading a bit as a perceived threat to monetary systems that have been in place around the globe for centuries. But the race is still on for central banks to develop their own digital versions of fiat to take their place alongside bills and coins. To that end, the Bahamas may stand out as an epicenter of sorts for the rise of central bank digital currencies (CBDCs).
Patriot Software
DECEMBER 13, 2020
As the year comes to a close, you might be gung-ho about all the goals you want to achieve in next year. But before you can get the ball rolling in the new year, you have to wrap up some things in the current year—including your payroll. There are a number of timely payroll requirements […] READ MORE.
RogerRossmeisl
DECEMBER 12, 2020
Owners of closely held corporations are often interested in easily withdrawing money from their businesses at the lowest possible tax cost. The simplest way is to distribute cash as a dividend. However, a dividend distribution isn’t tax-efficient, since it’s taxable to you to the extent of your corporation’s “earnings and profits.” And it’s not deductible by the corporation.
Withum
DECEMBER 15, 2020
This time of year, I always receive a few Christmas letters from friends that recap their year. They come with their holiday cards. Not all are from people celebrating Christmas, but they all have a common purpose of keeping in touch with friends and family and recapping the year. I suggest that this year such letters are more important than ever.
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.
PYMNTS
DECEMBER 18, 2020
The U.S. Treasury Department proposed sweeping new rules late Friday (Dec. 18) that the government says would make convertible digital currencies like bitcoin less attractive to criminals engaging in crimes such as ransomware attacks. The new regulations, if adopted after a comment period, would require banks and some other institutions to obtain and report the identities of parties engaging in certain digital transactions, including payments involving what are called "unhosted wallets" – effect
ThomsonReuters
DECEMBER 17, 2020
IRS Notice 2020-86 (Dec. 9, 2020). Available at [link]. The IRS has issued Notice 2020-86 to answer frequently asked questions about the SECURE Act’s provisions affecting safe harbor plans (see our Checkpoint article ). Section 102 of the SECURE Act raised the maximum deferral percentage for plans using the safe harbor for qualified automatic contribution arrangements (QACAs) from 10% to 15%.
Katz,Sapper&Miller
DECEMBER 18, 2020
Several months ago, HHS announced that receiving Provider Relief Funds under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act could impose an audit requirement for healthcare providers. Based on requirements, for-profit companies, called commercial organizations by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), are to include PRF in the basis for determining audit requirements.
AccountingDepartment
DECEMBER 16, 2020
"Happy Holidays Everyone! This year has brought an incredible number of challenges, which we believe are presented an equally incredible number of opportunities to innovate. Today, we'd like to take a moment to share with you what we've done, what we're doing, and what we're planning." (Make sure to watch to the end for the Behind the Scenes outtakes!).
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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.
PYMNTS
DECEMBER 14, 2020
The 2020 holiday shopping season is picking up, and consumers are heading online or to reopened brick-and-mortar stores to shop and pay for gifts. They are using everything from cash to mobile wallets to complete these transactions, requiring retailers to race to accommodate a wide variety of payment methods. Supporting a host of simple and frictionless payment options is often a complicated endeavor from the retailer’s perspective, said Keala Gaines , vice president of global payment services f
ThomsonReuters
DECEMBER 17, 2020
With the recent rash of public company fraud issues that were missed both internally and by external auditors, there has been a lot of negative news coverage for the accounting industry. But what does this mean for small CPA firms who don’t perform audits? In this episode of Pulse of Practice “Should a Small Firm Care?”, Paul Miller, CPA from Business by Design , and I are joined by Brian Fox, Founder of Confirmation, part of Thomson Reuters.
Patriot Software
DECEMBER 17, 2020
Once you send Forms W-2 to your employees, you don’t have to worry about the annual form until next year. Or, do you? If you don’t know how to fill out Form W-2, you may run into problems. Your employees might come to you with questions about Form W-2. And, your employees may think you […] READ MORE.
KROST
DECEMBER 15, 2020
This is a preview of one of the articles in the new KROST Quarterly Real Estate Issue , titled “Challenges Facing the Real Estate Industry in the Wake of COVID & the Election” by So Sum Lee. It’s no question that the economy as a whole was (and continues to be) stressed by the COVID-19 pandemic. Now with the coming election, more uncertainties could be on the horizon. 2020 is shaping up to be one of the most unique and challenging times in recent history.
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
PYMNTS
DECEMBER 16, 2020
Bitcoin continued its ongoing surge in price Wednesday (Dec. 16), heading above the $20,000 mark for the first time ever — eclipsing its previous record high set in 2017. The price of a bitcoin traded higher by 5.6 percent, hitting around $20,600. CNBC reported that the surge was fueled by cryptocurrency fans along with a big boost from big-name investors such as Paul Tudor Jones and Stanley Druckenmiller.
ThomsonReuters
DECEMBER 17, 2020
QUESTION: Everybody in the employee benefits field uses acronyms like ADA, MSP, and PHI. What do these and other employee benefits acronyms stand for? ANSWER: Here’s an explanatory list of common acronyms primarily used in our COBRA, HIPAA, and Group Health Plan Mandates manuals. (Last week’s Question of the Week included acronyms primarily used in our ERISA Compliance, Self-Insured Health Plans, Cafeteria Plans, Consumer-Driven Health Care, and Fringe Benefits manuals, and next week, we’ll
GrowthForceBlog
DECEMBER 17, 2020
4 min read. Is Zero-Based Budgeting making a comeback for businesses? Unlike traditional budgeting, where you typically start by looking at the previous period’s budget and adjusting it as needed, a zero-based budgeting approach involves creating a new budget from scratch every time- hence starting from “zero.”.
xendoo
DECEMBER 14, 2020
Every business needs a good tidying and updating at least once a year. The best time to do it is at the end of your tax year, which for many small businesses is the same as the calendar year. Get organized, review the data, and make your plans for a profitable 2020. Weed out clutter. Keeping old files around will only slow you down. Move anything that’s not current from your computer, desk and filing cabinet, into separate long-term storage.
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PYMNTS
DECEMBER 15, 2020
GoDaddy has agreed to acquire Poynt , which lets businesses sell and accept payments anywhere through its suite of products, according to a press release. GoDaddy plans to pay $320 million in cash at closing, along with $45 million in deferred cash payments subject to various performance and employment standards in the next three years, the release stated.
ThomsonReuters
DECEMBER 17, 2020
Final Rules: Grandfathered Group Health Plans and Grandfathered Group Health Insurance Coverage, 26 CFR Part 54; 29 CFR Part 2590; 45 CFR Part 147; 85 Fed. Reg. 81097 (Dec. 15, 2020). Available at [link]. The DOL, IRS, and HHS have issued regulations to provide greater flexibility for grandfathered group health plan sponsors and insurers to make certain cost-sharing changes without causing a loss of grandfather status.
Withum
DECEMBER 16, 2020
PYMNTS
DECEMBER 13, 2020
Point-of-sale (POS) lender Affirm is putting on hold its initial public offering (IPO), which had been scheduled for this month, The Wall Street Journal reported, citing unnamed sources. WSJ did not give a definitive reason for the delay in Affirm Holding Inc.'s plans but suggested it may be for the same reason video game-maker Roblox also put off an imminent IPO: fear of missing out at the corporate level.
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.
PYMNTS
DECEMBER 18, 2020
Digital trust-and-safety company Sift said that 2020 has been a “banner year” for online shopping sales, but that scammers have modified their approaches to take advantage of the boom, according to an announcement. The company said that malicious actors are moving away from the usual “spray and pray” strategy that entails conducting dozens or hundreds of lower-value transactions with stolen payment data, and are instead making fewer and larger attacks.
PYMNTS
DECEMBER 17, 2020
Although the digital shift brought on by the pandemic has rapidly reshaped the entire retail industry, its impact on the grocery segment in particular has been especially pronounced. In fact, according to a new Omnichannel Grocery Report from ACI Worldwide and PYMNTS, 17.2 percent of all consumers have switched from in-store to online shopping. Ordering for home delivery has become particularly popular, as 23 percent of U.S. consumers — 57 million people — say they are ordering more groceries on
PYMNTS
DECEMBER 16, 2020
With eCommerce volume way up for the holiday shopping season, we knew it was going to be a tricky year for gift shipping. The reports of potential delays and earlier-than-average shipping windows for Christmas delivery rolled in right on time in early December. UPS imposed shipping restrictions on some large retailers such as Gap, Nike, L.L. Bean Inc., Hot Topic Inc., Newegg Inc. and Macy’s as the shipping giant struggled with unprecedented demand from the pandemic-driven eCommerce surge.
PYMNTS
DECEMBER 18, 2020
Katapult Holding, Inc. and special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) FinServ Acquisition Corp. said on Friday (Dec. 18) that they have entered into a definitive merger deal. The arrangement will create a combined firm that will run as Katapult and is intended to trade on the Nasdaq with the “KPLT” ticker symbol upon closing, according to an announcement.
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