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What happens if you miss a tax deadline for a client?

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Don’t be hurt by the shortage of accountants. Give them what they need.

Airbase

Is your finance team getting the love and attention they deserve? Typically overworked and underappreciated, finance teams are a serious flight risk. In fact, the Wall Street Journal reports that more than 300,000 accountants and auditors quit over the last two years, and the effects of those losses can be significant. Staffing problems in the finance department can impact an entire company.

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Melancon looks ahead to tax season challenges

Accounting Today

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Rumor: Guidehouse Laid Off a Bunch of Old Grant Thornton Partners After the Public Advisory Practice Merger

Going Concern

Back in August when it was announced that Guidehouse would be buying Grant Thornton’s public sector advisory practice , we wondered out loud if layoffs might be expected as they so often are in situations such as these. First, let’s do a quick refresher on the acquisition as reported in August: A tipster reached out to us this morning to let us know the rumor mill is churning over Guidehouse potentially picking up GTPS.

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Your Accounting Expertise Will Only Get You So Far: The New Way To Lead

Speaker: Victor C. Barnes, CPA, MBA

In the climb from contributor to leader, the rules quietly change. But 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. 🗻 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. The higher you go, the more your effectiveness depends on how you connect, adapt, and communicate.

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How to get remote workers to take cybersecurity seriously? Fear

Accounting Today

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O Intuit Canada! Why Can’t We Have This Here?

Insightful Accountant

Internationally renowned ProAdvisor Esther Friedberg Karp shares some of the QBO features she wishes would have made it to the Canadian market.

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Promotion Watch ’23: 109 Folks at RSM US Will Be Getting New Business Cards

Going Concern

Jan. 1 was a big day for 109 overachievers at RSM US as their long journeys in public accounting finally culminated in being promoted to partner or principal. The class of 2023 has the most members by far in recent years, topping the 88 new partners and principals in the class of 2022 , followed by classes of 84 , 80 , and 68. The person who will be ordering these 79 men and 30 women around said this about the class of 2023: “I am pleased to congratulate our new partners and principals on this e

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California storm victims get a month of tax relief

Accounting Today

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Q1 Quarterly Estimated Tax Payments Due Jan. 17, 2023

CPA Practice

Fourth quarter 2022 estimated tax payments are due on or before January 17, 2023. Many taxpayers, especially the self-employed, are required to make quarterly estimated tax payments during the year, and others do so voluntarily to stay current on their taxes. Quarterly payments are generally due by the 15th of January, April, June and September. January 15 falls on a weekend this year, and January 16 is a holiday observing Martin Luther King, Jr.

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Deloitte to help clients find climate change tech

Accounting Today

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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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What Is the Best Payroll Software for Small Business? 

Patriot Software

Software can make payroll—and your life—much easier. But it’s easy to get overwhelmed when shopping for payroll software. After all, there are a variety of tools to choose from. And as a savvy business owner, you want to find the best fit for your company. So, what is the best payroll software for small business? […] Read More.

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Save Time and Increase Cash Flow with Invoice Automation

AccountingDepartment

With every invoice a company receives, there is an associated cost that comes along with it. The cost of reviewing, processing, and paying the invoice. Now while this particular cost may not be all monetary, there is a cost that comes with the substantial amount of time it takes to handle such a task.

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Troubleshooting Opening Balances in QuickBooks Desktop

Insightful Accountant

You can easily troubleshoot opening balances with the tool of the same name found within the Client Data Review (CDR) feature of QuickBooks Desktop Accountant or Enterprise Accountant.

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Are midcareer CPAs happy in your firm?

Accounting Today

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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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The Five Benefits Employees Want Most (Other Than Money) in 2023 According to ‘Experts’

Going Concern

The following article was in a recent CPA Letter Daily sandwiched between a JofA piece on how Latino CPAs found strength in numbers (pun intended?) through the ALPFA and BPM transformation officer Lindsay Stevenson talking about remote work and change fatigue on the JofA podcast. Like many articles in this vein, this Bloomberg piece encourages employers to think beyond salary when thinking about talent.

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Paul Munter to Take Over as SEC Chief Accountant

CPA Practice

Paul Munter, who has served as acting chief accountant at the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) since January 2021, was appointed chief accountant on Wednesday. As chief accountant, Munter will continue to lead the Office of the Chief Accountant and serve as the principal advisor to the SEC on accounting and auditing matters. He also will be responsible for assisting the SEC on matters involving both the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) and the Public Company Accounting Oversig

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How to Price Your Bookkeeping

Insightful Accountant

If you haven't booked your spot yet, now is the time to join Mark Wickersham presents 'The Profitable Bookkeeping Conference 2023.

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Illinois CPA Society Announces Mary T. Washington Wylie Internship Preparation Program Scholars

CPA Practice

The Illinois CPA Society and its charitable partner, the CPA Endowment Fund of Illinois, have announced the latest group of young aspiring professionals to complete its award-winning and highly competitive Mary T. Washington Wylie Internship Preparation Program: Full Name College Hometown Brighet Akinnuwesi University of Illinois at Springfield Springfield, Ill.

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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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Checkrun @ QuickBooks Connect 2022

Insightful Accountant

Check out you can manage all your business payments in one place, pay bills with automated approvals and streamline the entire payment process.

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Deel vs. Remote: Your Guide to International Payroll

Shay CPA

Digitalization makes our world smaller by the day. And that means that as you’re hiring for your startup, you don’t necessarily want — or need — to limit yourself to recruiting domestically. Historically, the problem with hiring someone in another country has largely come down to two things: getting them paid and managing the associated tax liability. .

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ApprovalMax @ QuickBooks Connect 2022

Insightful Accountant

See what ApprovalMax Solution Engineer Alex Gusman has to say about how the all-in-one tool can better streamline your accounts payable process.

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Learn Emotional Magnetism with Sandy Gerber

Summit CPA

The Virtual CPA Success Show: Episode 71. In this episode, Jamie Nau, our host and Summit CPA's Director of Virtual CFO, and Jody Grunden, Partner at Anders CPAs + Advisors, sit down with Sandy Gerber, Communication Strategist and author of Emotional Magnetism. They discuss what emotional magnetism is and how it can help develop stronger relationships in all areas of life.

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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.

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5 Signals its time to Outsource your accounting

Basis 365

Do you outsource or not? This is the question. Let's say you're like most managers and business owners. You may be like most business owners and managers, who often consider outsourcing some or all their accounting projects. However, they are still determining the possibility. Outsourcing requires a little faith. This is a risk worth taking, especially if a team of skilled accountants has the experience and knowledge to adapt outsourced accounting services to your company's unique numbers-relate

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What You Need to Know for Tax Season 2023 | Canopy

Canopy Accounting

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Lockstep Introduces Free, Self-Service Portal for Accounting Teams

Lockstep

Connected accounting pioneer provides only free online portal to help accounting teams close books even faster. Seattle, WA – (January 10, 2023) – Lockstep , the connected accounting network, today announced Lockstep Self-Service, the latest application in the Lockstep Suite. Lockstep Self-Service provides customers and vendors with immediate access to reconcile their statement, download important documents, view transaction history, and export accounting data.

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Mastering Your Skagit County Business Phone Answering

SkagitCountyTaxServices

How is your year starting out? We’re into week 2 of 2023 … would love to hear back from you on what are the challenges you’re facing in your Skagit County business finances right now. Relatedly, what are your customer service goals for this year? One customer relations tool that seems outdated (but is still very relevant): phone calls. Yes, we know there are chatbots and instant messages and many people opt for those avenues first.

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How to Set Better OKRs and Drive Results

Before you can achieve success, you have to define it. Objectives and Key Results (OKRs) give you the framework to do just that. Paycor’s free guide includes a step-by-step process leaders can use to work toward – and achieve – their loftiest business goals.

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The Worldwide Disclosure Facility (WDF) – What you need to know

Menzies

Menzies LLP - A leading chartered accountancy firm. The Worldwide Disclosure Facility (WDF) opened in September 2016 and is an HMRC process which allows anyone who needs to disclose a UK tax liability that relates wholly or partly to an offshore issue to do so. Offshore issues include unpaid or insufficient tax paid in relation to: income arising from a source in a territory outside the UK. assets situated or held in a territory outside the UK. activities carried on wholly or mainly outside the

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What Clients Want vs. What Many Firms are Delivering

CPA Practice

By Chris Farrell, CPA. Most practitioners pride themselves on delivering accurate, complete, and timely information to clients, and engaging with them in a friendly and focused way. This earns repeat business and referrals, because compared to a firm who does not deliver in a reliable manner and who might not be as friendly, the positive and timely firm always wins.

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GoFundMe Receipts and IRS Rules

CTP

Aside from contribution-only donations to established 501(c)(3) charities, the gift/non-gift distinction has always been rather subjective. For example, assume you give money to a children’s choir which then performs at your wedding. The financial value of that quid pro quo is subjective, at best. Crowdfunding contributions have muddied the waters even further.

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GoFundMe Receipts and IRS Rules

CTP

Aside from contribution-only donations to established 501(c)(3) charities, the gift/non-gift distinction has always been rather subjective. For example, assume you give money to a children’s choir which then performs at your wedding. The financial value of that quid pro quo is subjective, at best. Crowdfunding contributions have muddied the waters even further.

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Automation, Evolved: Your New Playbook for Smarter Knowledge Work

Speaker: Frank Taliano

Documents are the backbone of enterprise operations, but they are also a common source of inefficiency. From buried insights to manual handoffs, document-based workflows can quietly stall decision-making and drain resources. For large, complex organizations, legacy systems and siloed processes create friction that AI is uniquely positioned to resolve.