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How Accounting Firms Are Winning the Automation Game

CPA Practice

For accounting firms, automation gathers scattered information and turns it into valuable insights. It increases productivity and empowers firms to better advise their clients by putting the right data into the right hands at the right time. A new report from BILL shows how accounting firms are winning at automation.

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ChatGPT Can Pass the CPA Exam But Here’s What It Can’t Do (Yet)

Going Concern

This isn’t much different from a sole proprietor CPA teaching his high school daughter how to enter receipts in Excel to make a little extra cash over the summer. Pay attention to thought leaders in this space and the future-forward accounting firms harnessing this technology to get things done.

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From Execution to Insight: How Fintech is Shaping the Future of Accounts Payable

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Accounts payable (AP) teams are stuck on a hamster wheel, always having to scramble to get payments out the door and then reconciling them on the back end. You have to spend money on the spending of the money instead of on revenue-generating activities. There are also mindshare costs. Making vendor payments is a brute force activity.

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Outsourced Accounting Services for Marketing Agencies

Anders CPA

Baker, author and agency advisor, explained on an episode of the Virtual CPA Success Show , “At least one of the partners has to think that one of their primary jobs is to understand and impact the financial performance of the firm. Even as accounts receivables trend upward, so do accounts payables. As David C.

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How to Value a CPA Firm [Plus 13 Key Valuation Factors]

Ryan Lazanis

If you’re curious how much your firm is worth and how to increase your firm’s valuation, you’ll want to read this article on how to value a CPA firm. I’ll also draw on my personal experience from selling my online accounting firm just a few years ago. Let’s go!

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Virtual CPA: Why Everyone is Looking For One in 2020

LyfeAccounting

And a large portion of those businesses are opting for Virtual CPAs over local or even in-house CPAs. Why do you even need a CPA? What should you look for in a Virtual CPA? Okay, let’s start with defining what a CPA is. What is a CPA? Reasons Why Businesses Choose Virtual CPAs. Why go Virtual?

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How Did Your 1099 Season Go? New E-Filing Rules Challenged Some in 2024

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Every year, millions of businesses and other entities have a mini tax season before the real tax season, and many turn to their accounting firm advisors or tax professionals for help. Most companies and firms are on top of the 1099-K rule not changing until next year,” said Kael Kelly, general manager for 1099 & W-2 at Avalara.