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The Difference between Bookkeeping and Accounting

SMBAccountant

- “What is my estimated tax payment? There are different types of accountants which specialize in different areas. Forensic accountants research financial transactions to uncover fraud. Managerial accountants work to collect and compile data used to make management decisions.

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Bold Move Listing ‘Lucrative Compensation’ As One of Five Reasons to Pursue Accounting, Montclair State

Going Concern

High Demand and Job Security In today’s competitive job market, few professions offer the level of stability and demand as accounting. Every business, regardless of size or industry, requires skilled professionals to manage finances, prepare taxes, and provide strategic guidance.

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How Accounting and Tax Pros Can Help Clients Strategize on Social Security

CPA Practice

Here’s what you need to know: If the individual works for an employer, the Social Security tax is withheld from the paycheck and gets reported by their employer through payroll taxes. It is important to note that if the individual is receiving a W-2, the individual and their employer each share the tax burden of 6.2%.

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5 Tax Season Tactics to Grow Client Advisory Services

CPA Practice

Tax season can be exhilarating for its intensity but stressful if your firm has all its balls in one court. Diversifying with tax-adjacent advisory services can add value to your existing clients, build recurring revenue streams and increase the likelihood of your tax clients returning next season. By Alex Loewenstein.

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In a Battle Between ChatGPT and Accounting Students, the Students Won

CPA Practice

The questions covered accounting information systems (AIS), auditing, financial accounting, managerial accounting and tax, and varied in difficulty and type, such as true or false, multiple choice, and short answer. When it came to question type, ChatGPT did better on true or false questions (68.7% and 39.1%).

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Accounting Technologies: The 2023 Annual Guide

Ryan Lazanis

Tip 3: Opt for Cloud Tax Software All the benefits that I listed for cloud services apply to tax software as well. Over and above just automating completion of tax forms, however, we’ll also start to see tax planning become an automated technology, which is discussed later on in this article.

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Academics Pitted Human Accounting Students Against GPT-3, Students Won

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The study includes a total of 25,817 questions (25,181 gradable by ChatGPT) that appeared across 869 different class assessments, as well as 2,268 questions from textbook test banks covering topics such as accounting information systems (AIS), auditing, financial accounting, managerial accounting, and tax.