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How the “Wild West” of Tax Preparation Led to Massive ERC Issues

ThomsonReuters

James Creech, a senior manager with Baker Tilly’s tax advocacy and controversy team, explained that the origin of the current issues with the ERC can be traced back to before the health emergency and the absence of tax preparer oversight. “Tax preparation is kind of the Wild West,” Creech began.

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Sales Tax Updates: What’s new in sales tax for April?

TaxConnex

New Jersey has begun a multi-phased modernization of its tax-filing system. In early 2025, sales and use tax filers and tax preparers will have a new self-service portal that aims to provide more control over taxpayer’s own accounts, providing faster access, easier filing and better assistance with tax account information.

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Accounting Firm Leaders Cite ‘Rising Salaries’ As The Second Biggest Problem Facing Their Firms

Going Concern

Accounting Today has published “ The 20 biggest problems for firms in 2023 ” and no one will be surprised to find out that the war for talent ranks #1 among the firms AT surveyed. ” Raising salaries to levels that would put accounting back in the game as an attractive major to students is indubitably a hardship for firms.

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First Annual Conference from Rightworks a Success

CPA Practice

The event included two days of educational sessions with topics such as how to be truly connected to your clients, evaluating trending technologies, optimizing your firm’s tech stack, creating an IRS WISP plan, mastering accounting firm security, best practices for working with the IRS, and much more.

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Tax planning strategies to start the new year with

ThomsonReuters

Jump to: Utilize short-term staffing solutions Incorporate AI and automation into your workflow Become a strategic advisor As accounting firms usher in 2024, it’s important to take a fresh look at the business landscape — both its challenges and its opportunities — to best prepare for the year ahead.

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Thomson Reuters Adds Generative AI to SurePrep

CPA Practice

Thomson Reuters, a global content and technology company, has added several updates to its suite of tax, accounting and audit products, it announced at its annual customer event, SYNERGY. Automating tax and audit workflows “Tax industry professionals struggle with the increased pace of regulatory change and hiring challenges.

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6 Trends That Are Shaping the Future of Tax and Accounting

Accounting Insight

As digital transformation continues to accelerate the evolution of tax and accounting, the players who expedite their embrace of these six tech trends will have an early mover advantage. For example, we launched an AVA Chatbot which handled 18.2% – 19,000 in total – of all customer support inquiries received during the 2022 tax season.

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