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Sales tax and streaming services

TaxConnex

Remember when “movie night” meant a ticket, a $7 tub of popcorn coated yellow and a fold-down seat that a stranger had been sitting in moments before? Today it’s more likely to mean a seat on your own couch and a bowl of popcorn that you just microwaved – and clicking on a streaming channel like Netflix. A streaming service online platform allows for watching content without having to download it.

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VCs Are Watching How You Handle Data—Here’s Why

BurklandAssociates

Investors are paying closer attention than ever to how startups handle sensitive information, especially in the age of AI. The post VCs Are Watching How You Handle Data—Here’s Why appeared first on Burkland.

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July 23 Webcast: What CPA Firms Are Really Struggling with in 2025: Insights from the Field

CPA Practice

CPA firms across the country know they need to modernize, but what are the real blockers standing in the way? In this CPE-eligible panel, we’ll unpack firsthand insights from the field.

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Acquiring a Startup? Get the People and the Culture Right

BurklandAssociates

Here’s how to ensure an acquisition deal works for your business, your team, and theirs—long after it closes. The post Acquiring a Startup? Get the People and the Culture Right appeared first on Burkland.

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AI In Accounting: A Practical Roadmap For Smarter AP

Speaker: Gerald Ratigan

The accounts payable (AP) function is evolving and AI is leading the charge. As finance teams face rising invoice volumes and expectations for speed and accuracy, AI-powered automation has shifted from a futuristic concept to the most practical solution. But for finance leaders, success isn’t just about selecting the right tools, it’s about implementing the right strategy.

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IRS FIRE's going out for 2027 tax season

Accounting Today

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Researchers Determine That Big 4 Audit Partners Not Named Michael or Jennifer Are More Likely to Bend the Rules

Going Concern

Here at Going Concern we love academic research, even the kind that makes your eyes start watering with its tedious and unforgiving nerdiness. Today we’ve found one for you that’s a bit less dorky and more interesting, or so we hope. And I’m not just saying that because it’s about people with uncommon first names of which I am one (trust I’ll find a way to make this about me at some point in this article regardless).

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Avalara Embeds AI-Powered Assistant Into Avalara Tax Research

CPA Practice

Avi for Tax Research empowers tax and trade professionals by providing immediate, reliable, and comprehensive answers, allowing them to identify, analyze, and apply complex tax laws effortlessly and at the speed of commerce.

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Meet Your New Coworkers: The (Not-so-Secret) AI Agents in QuickBooks Online (But Keep Your Green Eyeshade Handy)

SchoolofBookkeeping

If you’ve logged into QuickBooks Online lately and felt like the platform suddenly got a whole lot smarter, you’re not imagining things. Intuit has rolled out AI Agents—digital teammates designed to help you get more done, faster, and with fewer headaches. But before you hand over the keys to your books, let’s take a look at what these agents actually do, where you’ll find them, and why you still need to keep your accountant’s “trust but verify” mi

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Federal Hemp Ban Proposal Advances in House Committee

Withum

Update: As of Thursday, July 10, 2025, the Senate approved a bill that contains provisions that would notably alter hemp laws. The implementation has been deferred for one year. A Republican-led House Appropriations subcommittee has advanced a 2025 spending bill that includes a provision to ban all hemp-derived products, including intoxicating hemp beverages, containing any level of THC including delta-8, delta-9 and other cannabinoids.

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Florida gets rid of sales tax on commercial rent

TaxConnex

After a nearly decade-long effort, Florida is getting rid of its sales tax on commercial rent. Florida was the only state to impose such a sales tax. Examples of taxable commercial real property rentals include commercial office, retail space, warehouses and self-storage units. The law takes effect Oct. 1. The elimination of this tax, which has been part of Florida's revenue structure since 1969, is expected to save Florida businesses more than $1 billion dollars.

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Stop Budget Burnout: A Better Way to Grow Your Nonprofit in 2026

Speaker: Sean Yoder

Nonprofits are under more pressure than ever to demonstrate financial accountability while continuing to expand their impact. Traditional budgeting models often fall short, reinforcing silos, limiting flexibility, and stalling growth. Enter collaborative budgeting: a dynamic, team-driven process that enables smarter resource allocation and builds financial resilience at scale.

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77% of Gen Z Employees Feel Lonely at Work, New Study Finds

CPA Practice

Gen Z employees, many of whom started their careers in remote roles during or after the COVID-19 pandemic, report feeling both physically isolated and emotionally distant from their teams.

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From uncertainty to insight: Measuring the ROI of AI for tax

ThomsonReuters

Jump to ↓ The promise of AI: More than just automation Building the ROI framework: What to measure and why Making ROI a habit in your firm From investment to insight Your firm just invested in cutting-edge AI tools. Three months later, partners are asking the inevitable question: “How do we know if this is actually working?” Sound familiar?

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Pension and OPEB Year-End Checklist: What to Gather, Calculate, and Report

LSLCPAs

Preparing your pension & OPEB journal entries doesn’t have to be a scramble. With the right documentation, a strong process, and a clear understanding of key timelines, you can take the stress out of year-end and set yourself up for a smoother audit. Whether you’re navigating CalPERS, OCERS, SBCERA, or an OPEB trust, this guide. The post Pension and OPEB Year-End Checklist: What to Gather, Calculate, and Report appeared first on LSL CPAs.

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The accountant's advantage over technology in fraud prevention

Accounting Today

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Why Tech-Forward Tax and Accounting Firms Have the Inside Track to the Future

Speaker: Joe Wroblewski, Sales Engineer Manager

Automating time-consuming manual tasks can save your firm hundreds of hours–and thousands of dollars. But it can also have longer-lasting benefits, like helping you attract and retain the next generation of CPAs, and we don’t need to tell you how important that is amid the current generational staffing crisis in the tax and accounting profession. You'll want to save your seat for this new webinar with industry expert Joe Wroblewski, where we'll explore how to: Maximize ROI with Cost-Effective Te

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How accounting education is learning to adapt to AI

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Matthew Becker Ratified as Next CEO of BDO USA, Succeeding Wayne Berson in 2026

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From hours to minutes: How AI is revolutionalizing HS product classification

ThomsonReuters

Highlights: Global product classification (HS codes) is a bottleneck due to its complexity (varying country-specific digits) and the time-consuming nature of manual processes. Disparate ERP systems and fragmented product data across organizations significantly hinder efficient and accurate classification, especially after acquisitions. Traditional, manual classification methods are inefficient, fail to learn from historical data, lack confidence indicators, and struggle to keep up with evolvin

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The Three Pillars Of A Profitable Construction Business

Randal DeHart

Running a small construction business is no small feat. You're on job sites one minute, sending invoices the next, and trying to line up your next project after that. It's a constant juggling act—and without the right systems, it's easy to fall behind or burn out. As construction bookkeeping specialists, we work with small contractors who are incredibly skilled in their trade but often feel overwhelmed when it comes to running their businesses.

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Live Demo - Supercharge your Month End Close

Automation generally supercharges any process and brings its value to the forefront. See how infusing automation such as ART (our month-end close solution), into your close can get you to the next level of closing. We will share a live demo of SkyStem's solution, ART and share the key elements of month-end close automation. Through ART, we'll take a look at: What month-end close automation entails Which process steps can and should be automated Benefits of achieving process automation, and Why i

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CFO optimism dropped in Q2

Accounting Today

The number of CFOs who say now is a good time to take greater risks plummeted to 33% in the second quarter, down from 60% in Q1, according to a Deloitte survey.

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Powering the AI-Ready Enterprise with Acterys and Microsoft

Acterys

Effective decision-making demands the ability to seamlessly gather, integrate and act on information. But that can be frustrating in a world of fragmented data silos, disconnected insights, rigid tools and processes, and limited write-back functionality. That’s why, at Acterys, we’re focused on equipping organizations with a completely new software approach that lets clients unlock the real potential of their data.

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TaxDome and Juno Unveil Fully Integrated End-to-End Tax Workflow

CPA Practice

TaxDome said Thursday it has launched its new intake and delivery functionality, now fully integrated with Juno, creating a unified platform that offers end-to-end tax prep workflow—from proposal to payment—with automation at every step.

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Friday Footnotes: CPAs Disappearing From CPA Firms; Grant Thornton Tries to Win Grant Thornton | 7.11.25

Going Concern

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Mid-Year Review: How to Ignite Employee Potential Through Meaningful Feedback

Mid-year performance reviews aren’t just boxes for HR to check. Paycor’s toolkit empowers leaders to: Identify high-potential team members. Boost engagement with meaningful feedback. Support struggling employees. Nurture top talent to drive results. Learn how to ignite employee potential through meaningful feedback. When you nurture top talent, everybody wins.

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Wealth tax: Rich pickings or a poor idea?

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IAASB revises auditor fraud standard

Accounting Today

The International Auditing and Assurance Standards Board has revised its standard on the auditor's responsibilities relating to fraud.

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Solving SaaS Sprawl: Why the Future of Planning is Custom, Connected, and Powered by Acterys

Acterys

At Acterys we’re seeing a growing trend towards the adoption of customizable applications developed to meet specific business requirements. Recent market analysis from Grand View Research echoes this, suggesting that the global custom software development market is set to grow at a CAGR of 22.6% from now until 2030, with business intelligence, machine learning and AI cited as key factors behind this growth.

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Trullion Joins CPAmerica as a New Preferred Provider

CPA Practice

Trullion replaces outdated, time-consuming accounting tools with a modern, AI-powered platform that streamlines audits, financial reporting, and compliance.

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Your Accounting Expertise Will Only Get You So Far: What Really Matters

Speaker: Victor C. Barnes, CPA, MBA

In the climb from contributor to leader, the rules quietly change. If you’re aiming for the summit, the air gets thinner—and what got you here won’t be enough to get you to the top (a concept first popularized by Marshall Goldsmith in his book What Got You Here Won’t Get You There ). What made you successful early in your finance career—technical accuracy, sharp analysis, flawless execution—won’t be what carries you to the next level.

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2025 Tax Reform Highlights – What you need to know about the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act”

CapataCPA

2025 Tax Reform Highlights – What you need to know about the ” One Big Beautiful Bill Act” On July 4, 2025, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA) was signed into law, bringing sweeping changes to the U.S. tax code. The Act extends and enhances several key provisions from the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA), revises energy-related incentives introduced in the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), and introduces entirely new tax measures across multiple industries.

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Thomson Reuters Unveils New AI-native Agentic Applications

Insightful Accountant

Thomson Reuters has unveiled its new 'Ready to Advise' and soon-to-be-released 'Ready to Review' AI-native Agentic Applications to transform tax and advisory workflows.

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M&A roundup: Meaden & Moore; Platform Accounting expand

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Hidden in Plain Sight: How One Phrase in the New Tax Law Reshapes Partnership Tax Planning

Withum

Buried deep in the legislative sprawl of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA) is a change so subtle that most eyes would glide right over it. Section 70602 alters just a few words of existing law, replacing “under regulations prescribed by the Secretary” with “except as otherwise provided.” To most, this change is immaterial; to partnership tax practitioners, it’s anything but.

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How To Overcome Change Fatigue In Finance With Neuroscience-Backed Strategies

Speaker: Kim Beynon, CPA, CGMA, PMP

The most overlooked, yet most critical, element of transformation is preparing people for change. Automation and AI aren't just technical upgrades, they’re cultural shifts which can challenge identities. That’s why change management isn’t a side project—it’s the foundation. In finance, where precision and process rule, navigating change can feel especially disruptive.