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TaxConnex Announces Two New Product Lines Along with a Redesigned Website and New Messaging

TaxConnex

TaxConnex is paving the way for a new category of sales tax management services UPSOURCING. Building on our strong foundation of sales tax advisory services and managed sales and use tax filing and remittance services, we are introducing two powerful new solutions into our portfolio: Sales Tax Calculation Software: Designed to simplify the process of calculating the proper sales tax, this software integrates seamlessly with a variety of business systems and shopping carts to provide precise, re

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Why Building a Compensation Model is Critical for Startups

BurklandAssociates

By setting up clear, fair compensation ranges from the start, youll put your startup on a path to success where your business and your employees can thrive. The post Why Building a Compensation Model is Critical for Startups appeared first on Burkland.

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BOI filing uncertainty continues

Accounting Today

An injunction from a federal court has paused CTA enforcement, but not eliminated the possibility of it in the future.

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Corvee Gets IRS Approval to Launch Professional Tax Prep System Under Its ‘Instead’ Brand

CPA Practice

There will soon be a new professional tax preparation system available, with options for e-filing returns for forms 1040, 1041, 1120, 1120S and 1065s. These are the most common annual tax returns, representing individuals, estates, corporations, and partnerships. Andrew Argue, a CPA and the founder of Corvee , announced that the IRS has been approved by the Internal Revenue Service to offer e-filing tax preparation software for each of the entities above, and is nearing completion of the corresp

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The Growth Architect: How Financial Leaders are Unlocking Potential

Speaker: Ashley Harlan, MBA

What if your role as a fractional CFO went beyond operational support to actively shaping the future of your clients’ businesses? 💼 ✨ In this session, discover how fractional finance professionals can position themselves as architects of growth, guiding their clients toward sustainable success and preparing them for full-time financial leadership.

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4 things tax and audit professionals need to know about agentic AI

ThomsonReuters

Blog home As artificial intelligence continues to rapidly evolve , a new concept is emerging that tax and accounting professionals need to be aware of: agentic AI. This type of AI advances from basic automation or content generation to developing systems capable of autonomously performing complex tasks and making decisions. For tax and accounting firms, agentic AI has the potential to dramatically transform workflows, client services, and the nature of professional work itself.

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Marketplace facilitators, holiday sales and tricky nexus

TaxConnex

Holiday shopping season offers probably the years best chance for your online business to score big, not only through sales on your own website but also through household-name marketplace facilitators like Amazon. Black Friday this year saw a record $10.8 billion in U.S. online sales up 10.2% over last year. Cyber Monday wasnt far behind, as consumers looked to spend $13.2 billion, up more than 6% over 2023.

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The 2024 Top 100 People: The most vital issues in accounting

Accounting Today

Accounting's most influential outline the profession's biggest challenges.

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AICPA and CPA.com Benchmark Survey: Client Advisory Services (CAS) Practices Report 17% Growth

CPA Practice

Client advisory services (CAS) is poised to continue its impressive trajectory as the fastest growing service area in public accounting, according to the newly released 2024 CPA.com & AICPA PCPS Client Advisory Services Benchmark Survey report. The survey polled more than 200 U.S. firms with CAS offerings and collected data from the 2023 calendar year.

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How to Get Cost of Goods Sold for Your Business

Patriot Software

Before you can begin looking into your businesss profit, you need to understand and know how to calculate cost of goods sold (COGS). So, where do you begin? Start here by learning all about COGS, including how to get cost of goods sold using the cost of goods sold equation.

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Does Your Business Need an In-House Accountant or a CPA Firm?

Summit CPA

It takes a lot of hard work, time and skill to keep a small business running smoothly, day to day. There are so many tedious tasks that take time away from the important work that needs to be done. Even if you have all the brains and brawn to wear all those different hats, trying to take care of everything yourself could soon become very overwhelming.

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2025 Payroll Calendar Templates (Biweekly, Semi-Monthly, and Monthly)

Use these handy calendar templates to stay on top of payroll in 2025! Download them today to share with your HR team or post for employees. Whether your company has biweekly, semi-monthly, or monthly pay periods, Paycor has you covered. Get your templates today!

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What’s new in Xero – December 2024

Xero

Welcome to our monthly roundup of what’s new in Xero. This month, we’ve introduced updates designed to help you to get paid faster, streamline tax rules and regulations compliance, and manage your sales tax with ease. With enhancements from the ability to send invoices via SMS to improvements in Xero Tax and sales tax reporting, we continue to make Xero even better.

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Art of Accounting: Barry Melancon's parting words about future of small firms

Accounting Today

Barry's presentation at the Accountants Club of America included his thoughts about the future of small practices, which make up about 43,000 of the estimated 44,000 accounting practices in America.

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We Have a New Website!

CPA Practice

Its been months in the works, and today we are excited to share our new site with you! Please click around, enjoy the new features, explore the site, and by all means please share your feedback with us in the Comment section below!

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4 things tax and audit professionals to know about agentic AI

ThomsonReuters

Blog home As artificial intelligence continues to rapidly evolve , a new concept is emerging that tax and accounting professionals need to be aware of: agentic AI. This type of AI advances from basic automation or content generation to developing systems capable of autonomously performing complex tasks and making decisions. For tax and accounting firms, agentic AI has the potential to dramatically transform workflows, client services, and the nature of professional work itself.

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Less Stress, More Success: Accounting Best Practices & Processes for 2025

Speaker: Duke Heninger, Partner and Fractional CFO at Ampleo & Creator of CFO System

Are you ready to elevate your accounting processes for 2025? 🚀 Join us for an exclusive webinar led by Duke Heninger, 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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Navigating the Hidden Costs of Business Decisions: The Crucial Role of Opportunity Cost

AccountingDepartment

In the dynamic world of entrepreneurship and business management, every decision you make can significantly impact your business's trajectory. Whether it's choosing between investing in new technology or expanding your product line, the choices are endless and often complex.

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Malaysia’s National E-invoicing Initiative: What SMEs need to know

Xero

With the Malaysian government’s push towards a digital economy, small and medium enterprises (SMEs) must adapt to new requirements. One key development is the National E-invoicing Initiative. This initiative aims to modernize how businesses manage invoices, helping to streamline operations, improve compliance, and enhance efficiency across industries.

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TIGTA helped save $6B, agency says

Accounting Today

The Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration completed thousand investigations over the past six months that contributed to more than $6.1 billion in tax savings.

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IRS Reminds Retirees of RMD Requirements by Year-End

CPA Practice

The Internal Revenue Service is reminding those aged 73 and older of the deadline to take required minimum distributions from individual retirement arrangements and other retirement plans, and highlighted updates introduced by the SECURE 2.0 Act. Required minimum distributions (RMDs) are amounts that many retirement plan and IRA account owners must withdraw annually.

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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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Financial Forecasting for the New Year: What Businesses Need to Know

GrowthForceBlog

8 min read December 12th, 2024 Every new year brings new challenges and opportunities in business. It's up to business owners to ensure they are prepared for what lies ahead in the coming year. The best business leaders keep a continuous eye on the future. Key Takeaways Types of Financial Forecasts: Business leaders can generate forecasts for just about any aspect of their business.

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Construction Business Review: What Went Right Or Wrong This Year?

Randal DeHart

The construction industry is dynamic and challenging, and a business's success or failure can hinge on various factors. As we approach the end of another year, it's essential to take a step back and assess your company's successes and challenges. Contracting is notorious for its complexities and ever-changing landscape. It is crucial to evaluate what worked well, what didn't, and what lessons we can carry into the following year.

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QuickBooks Desktop Discontinuation Updates: Key Dates and Next Steps for Your Business

Withum

This article has been refreshed to include the latest announcement from Intuit about the discontinuation of support and security updates for QuickBooks Desktop 2022 after May 31, 2025, in addition to the previously announced changes affecting QuickBooks Desktop subscriptions that ended September 30, 2024. Below, we outline what the newest updates mean for your business and the steps you can take to transition smoothly.

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IRS offers tax pros draft info security plan

Accounting Today

A primer on WISPs from the Internal Revenue Service can get practitioners started on setting up this required plans.

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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 role of technology and AI in advisory services

ThomsonReuters

Jump to The transformative potential of AI in advisory Breaking through traditional pricing models Empowering teams through technology Challenges and considerations when adopting tech and AI Embracing technology to unlock advisory services Today, many forward-thinking accounting firms are driving business growth through advisory services. This transition, however, requires a shift in both mindset and business model, as well as a stronger role for technology.

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IRS: $53 Million in TCE and VITA Grants Awarded for 2025

CPA Practice

The IRS on Dec. 2 awarded $53 million in Tax Counseling for the Elderly (TCE) and Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) grants for 2025 to organizations that provide free federal tax return preparation. For the period from Oct. 1, 2024 to Sept. 30, 2025, the IRS awarded grants to 41 TCE and 315 VITA applicants. The IRS received 445 applications requesting more than $82.9 million in funding.

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Top Tips on Cash Flow Management for Startups

inDinero Tax Tips

It finally happened investors saw your vision, you raised a Series A, and now you have the green light to grow as quickly as possible. Now what? Or perhaps youre building an MVP and scrapping for revenue. Your idea has potential, but you have to diligently manage resources until you can raise seed funding. Regardless of where you are in your journey, cash flow management for your startup will be crucial.

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Case Study: A Fast and Transformative Transition from QuickBooks to Sage Intacct in the Cannabis Industry

Withum

How a Growing Cannabis Organization Streamlined Financial Reporting with Intacct Case Brief A rapidly growing company in the cannabis industry needed to scale its financial management capabilities beyond QuickBooks’s limitations. Partnering with Withum, this organization transitioned from QuickBooks to Sage Intacct, a cloud-based ERP system known for its robust multi-entity and intercompany functionalities and dimension-based accounting capabilities.

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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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Big changes expected at SEC under new chairman

Accounting Today

The nominee for head of the Securities and Exchange Commission, Paul Atkins, will pursue a more deregulatory and crypto-friendly approach than Gary Gensler.

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From Data to Decisions: How CFO Support Services Enhance Strategic Financial Planning

AccountingDepartment

In today's rapidly evolving business landscape, the ability to turn raw data into actionable insights is paramount for sustainable growth and success. For many organizations, especially those without the resources to maintain a full-scale finance department, CFO support services offer a critical link between data and decision-making. These services transform complex financial information into strategic plans that drive business excellence.

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Intuit and Amazon Expand Partnership to Help Small Business Sellers

CPA Practice

Intuit and Amazon have announced a multi-year strategic partnership to empower millions of Amazon sellers to manage their finances, stay compliant, access capital, and grow their business. By leveraging Intuits AI-driven expert platform, millions of Amazon sellers will be able to discover and access Intuits platform seamlessly, benefiting from powerful financial insights like profitability, cash flow, and estimated tax liabilities to fuel their growth.

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Transforming tax operations with strategic alliances: Thomson Reuters and KPMG

ThomsonReuters

Blog home Today, organizations are under increasing pressure to navigate the complexities of global tax regulations, ensure compliance, and optimize workflow processes using the latest advanced technology. Corporate tax leaders across all industries are looking for ways to simplify their tax, trade, and financial reporting workflows with tools that reduce risk, save time, and increase accuracy.

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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.