Wed.Jun 26, 2024

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Inventory Management Strategies To Maximize Efficiency

AccountingDepartment

From a manufacturing perspective, inventory is everything for business owners that can significantly impact their financial well-being. That is why effective inventory management is of utmost importance for manufacturers or other businesses that keep things on the shelves.

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House Rich But Cash Poor? Consider a Reverse Mortgage Strategy

RogerRossmeisl

Are you an older taxpayer who owns a house that has appreciated greatly? At the same time, you may need income. Thankfully, there could be a solution with a tax-saving bonus. It involves taking out a reverse mortgage. Reverse mortgage basics With a reverse mortgage, the borrower doesn’t make payments to the lender to pay down the mortgage principal over time.

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5 ways accountants are using AI to streamline workloads

Accounting Today

Accountants are adding AI tools to their work, saving time and becoming more efficient.

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Figuring Corporate Estimated Tax

RogerRossmeisl

The next quarterly estimated tax payment deadline is September 16 for individuals and businesses, so it’s a good time to review the rules for computing corporate federal estimated payments. You want your business to pay the minimum amount of estimated tax without triggering the penalty for underpayment of estimated tax. Four possible options The required installment of estimated tax that a corporation must pay to avoid a penalty is the lowest amount determined under one of the following four met

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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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Taxpayer Advocate spotlights problems with IRS assistance

Accounting Today

The Internal Revenue Service isn't doing enough to help victims of identity theft receive their tax refunds, according to a report from National Taxpayer Advocate Erin Collins, and its statistics on answering phone calls are misleading.

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Recent FTC Rule Could Affect the Value of Noncompete Agreements

RogerRossmeisl

Noncompete agreements can be valuable to a business, especially after a merger or acquisition. Estimating the value of these agreements has become more complicated in light of a controversial new final rule issued by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) that will ban noncompetes for most employees and independent contractors, starting in September 2024.

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A Surprisingly High Number of People Actually Want to Stay at Their Current Firm

Going Concern

We’re not talking about the high number of people who are sticking around at their firms right now because the market is so screwy but rather this is about respondents to a Pennsylvania Institute of CPAs survey they’ve called “ CPA Talent Retention 2024: Keeping Your Best Performers.” Almost three-quarters of the hundreds of PA CPAs surveyed said they would like to stay put.

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ISSB to streamline sustainability disclosure frameworks, standards

Accounting Today

The International Sustainability Standards Board will improve the sustainability disclosure landscape by streamlining and consolidating frameworks and standards.

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4 Key Takeaways From the National Taxpayer Advocate’s Mid-Year Report to Congress

CPA Practice

While the 2024 filing season generally ran smoothly, delays in issuing refunds to identity theft victims, misleading telephone measures that lead to poor resource allocation decisions, and delays in processing employee retention credit (ERC) claims stood out as the biggest challenges to taxpayers, according to National Taxpayer Advocate Erin Collins, who released her mid-year report to Congress on June 26.

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Santander renews $140M audit with PwC

Accounting Today

Banco Santander decided to renew its contract with PricewaterhouseCoopers, potentially keeping one of Europe's biggest such relationships with the firm until 2035.

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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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Patriot Software Launches Time and Attendance Mobile App 

Patriot Software

Canton, OH Patriot Software proudly unveils its latest innovation—the My Patriot mobile app, a dynamic new tool designed to streamline how work hours are recorded and managed. The payroll and accounting leader’s new app is available to all salaried and hourly employees whose employer uses Patriot’s Time and Attendance software.

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FASB proposes simplified guidance on software costs

Accounting Today

The FASB voted to propose a new ASU that would, among other things, remove the distinction between linear and nonlinear development methods.

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Mastering Value-Based Pricing: What Are Your Services Really Worth?

GrowthForceBlog

9 min read June 21st, 2024 One of the biggest challenges and biggest decisions in running a business is determining your prices. Key Takeaways When Your Business Is Differentiated From the Competition: In some sense, differentiation is similar to scarcity because your business's products and services can't quite be considered scarce if you have multiple competitors offering similar products and services.

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Talent scarcity puts renewed focus on AI tax tech

Accounting Today

While some news reports have sensationalized the arrival of artificial intelligence as a risk for the accounting industry, it represents the biggest opportunity to modernize the profession since the advent of the spreadsheet.

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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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Rightworks Acquires Cyber Security Firm Practice Protect

CPA Practice

Rightworks, a cloud service provider delivering solutions purpose-built for accounting firms and professionals, has acquired Australia-based Practice Protect , the accounting profession’s leading cybersecurity provider. The acquisition will enable firms to manage risk, secure client data, and achieve regulatory compliance while using cloud and desktop applications in Rightworks OneSpace.

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IRS advisory group recommends regulating tax preparers

Accounting Today

An influential advisory committee to the Internal Revenue Service is asking Congress to regulate noncredentialed tax preparers and boost funding for the IRS and the National Taxpayer Advocate.

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IRS Paid Out $88.8M to Whistleblowers in FY 2023

CPA Practice

The IRS gave whistleblowers 121 awards totaling $88.8 million for information attributable to $338 million in tax revenue being collected in fiscal year 2023, according to the latest annual report from the agency’s Whistleblower Office. The total dollar amount of awards paid increased substantially from FY 2022 when the IRS awarded $37.8 million to whistleblowers.

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IRS looks to settle with some conservation easement participants

Accounting Today

Some participants will get a letter next month outlining a potential settlement offer.

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The Hidden Science Behind Why Finance Teams Resist Change—And How to Fix It

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.

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Roundtable Labs Announces Launch of Second Empower Your Passion Cohort

CPA Practice

Roundtable Labs has announced the highly anticipated launch of the second cohort for Empower Your Passion, a transformative initiative aimed at revolutionizing the way accountants and business owners approach their work. To celebrate this milestone, Roundtable Labs invites interested individuals to join a free preview session on July 23rd to learn more about this exciting opportunity.

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Brazil unveils global billionaire tax plan that has split G-20

Accounting Today

The proposal calls for a 2% minimum tax that would hit about 3,000 of the world's richest people, and is set for debate when G-20 finance ministers gather in Rio de Janeiro next month.

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Accountants Hold Vital Role in Driving Financial Transformation

CPA Practice

A new survey underscores the role that accountants play in motivating, determining, and implementing new solutions that modernize their work. This also helps ensure their organizations are competitive and compliant in a complex and dynamic environment, and aid the CFO and others in understanding the transformation imperative. These are part of the results from FloQast’s survey, Embracing Financial Transformation: What It Is, Why Organizations Should Want It, and How to Achieve It.

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Dext unveils plans for Bookkeeping Automation platform and a raft of new features

Accounting Insight

Dext is bringing its three products into a single Bookkeeping Automation platform and will release new features to automate employee expenses, simplify approval workflows and more. Dext, the leading bookkeeping automation platform provider, today announced it is combining its products, Prepare, Precision and Commerce, into one integrated experience that will remove the friction between businesses, bookkeepers and accountants.

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Doing More With Less: The Modern Finance Miracle

Speaker: Mark Gilham, FCCA, CPP

Finance used to be the function that counted, now it's the one that’s counted on. 📊 For accounting firms, controllers, and finance leaders, expectations are rising faster than headcount. Businesses want agile forecasts, granular analysis, seamless reporting, and smart automation—often without added resources while demanding uncompromised accuracy and compliance.

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98% of accountants have used AI, mostly for data entry and processing

Accounting Today

Pretty much every accountant has used AI in one form or another, with the most common use case being data entry and processing, according to a poll from Intuit QuickBooks.

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100 Funniest Tax Memes to Make Tax Season Entertaining

Ace Cloud Hosting

Looking for a dose of humor in the midst of tax season? Dive into our collection of the funniest tax memes that will make even the most daunting financial tasks.

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How corporate tax departments are applying indirect tax technology

ThomsonReuters

Businesses must innovate and adapt to the changing indirect tax landscape to stay competitive. Corporate tax departments are using technology increasingly as a strategic partner to address these issues. Insight on how indirect tax departments intend to use technology to transform their operations can be found in a recent study conducted by the Thomson Reuters Institute.

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Accounting irregularities, fictitious purchases wipe 10% off bookstore's shares

Accounting Today

A chain of second-hand bookstores may not immediately sound like the setting for a tale of stock-market volatility, but Bookoff Group Holdings Ltd. shares tumbled 10% after discovering fictitious purchases by employees.

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8 Pillars of Leadership Development

Great leadership development is the key to sustainable business growth. Are you ready to design an effective program? HR can use Paycor’s framework to: Set achievable goals. Align employee and company needs. Support different learning styles. Empower the next generation of leaders. Invest in your company’s future with a strong leadership development program.

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Is Your Firm Prepared for Dispersed Teams?

Insightful Accountant

Recent workplace changes have sped up shifts in how and where accountants work. Firms of all sizes have long been exploring dispersed teams.

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Reminder

Ryan Lazanis

In business, we often lose sight of what’s truly important. This episode serves as a reminder to re-center and focus on what matters most. The post Reminder appeared first on Future Firm.

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Why You Should Participate in the ProAdvisor Awards

Insightful Accountant

Murph seeks to help you get ready for Insightful Accountant's 2025 ProAdvisor Awards process that will begin in July (2024). This includes a few fundamental changes to this year's requirements.

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Open banking comes to Reckon! Bank transfers and data feeds are now supercharged

Reckon

In a new deal with SISS Data Services (Australia’s leading independent provider of secure bank data services) Reckon is proud to add powerful and secure bank data services to our payroll and accounting software. As Reckon CEO Sam Allert noted on the fresh partnership, We’re very excited to deliver this significant enhancement for our small business customers,” said Sam Allert, CEO of Reckon.

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Protect What Matters: Rethinking Finance Ops In A Digital World

Speaker: Cheryl J. Muldrew-McMurtry

Distributed finance teams are rewriting how the back-office runs, and attackers are taking notes. Disconnected workflows, process blind spots, and rising cyber threats are more than just growing pains—they’re liabilities. The challenge isn’t just going remote. It’s building resilient systems that protect accuracy, control, and speed across every transaction and touchpoint.