Mon.Jul 29, 2024

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Unlocking Tax Efficiency: A Strategic Approach to Maximize Savings and Compliance

Cherry Bekaert

In this video, discover how your organization can optimize your tax strategy, minimize liabilities and maximize savings through strategic tax analysis and planning. Learn how a holistic approach in assessing your company’s tax landscape and identifying opportunities for optimization. Whether you are navigating complex international tax structures, exploring new markets or seeking compliance and asset management solutions, this webinar is tailored to provide actionable insights and strategi

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Accounting Today names 2024 Best Firms to Work For

Accounting Today

The annual list recognizes the 100 top workplaces in the profession.

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IRS Updates Clean Vehicle Tax Credit FAQs

CPA Practice

The IRS on July 26 updated frequently asked questions (FAQs) on the New, Previously Owned, and Qualified Commercial Clean Vehicle Credits, including guidance related to eligibility rules, income limitations, transfer rules, and dealer registration. The FAQs in Fact Sheet 2024-26 supersede earlier FAQs that were posted in Fact Sheet 2024-14 by the IRS on April 16, 2024.

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Founder Files: Breaking the Big Four mold

Accounting Today

When he started his firm, Stephen Buller took what made sense from his time in the Big Four — and ditched the rest.

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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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Building Cultures That Actually Work in Accounting Firms

Insightful Accountant

In the high-pressure world of tax and accounting, where long hours and strict deadlines are the norm, building a strong organizational culture is crucial for addressing burnout and reducing turnover.

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Growth Seen in Pilot Program that Reduces Barriers to Completion of CPA Licensure Education Requirement

CPA Practice

A program designed to ease attainment of the final 30 hours of the education requirement for CPA licensure has expanded since it began offering online courses last semester. The Experience, Learn and Earn (ELE) Program – jointly sponsored by the American Institute of CPAs (AICPA) and the National Association of State Boards of Accountancy (NASBA), and offered through Tulane University’s School of Professional Advancement – currently has 94 summer-session students representing more than 50 employ

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Armanino Integrates Generative AI Updates to Audit Ally

CPA Practice

Top 20 accounting firm Armanino has integrated generative AI capabilities into its SOC 2 assessment tool, Audit Ally , streamlining client communication and task completion. Audit Ally’s AI enhancements have already reduced evidence submission and approval processes by approximately 50%, saving clients and Armanino professionals significant time, the firm said in a media release.

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Wolters Kluwer makes major tech buy in Europe

Accounting Today

Wolters Kluwer has acquired a host of cloud-based financial workflow and data exchange solutions from Belgian fintech Isabel Group.

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Wolters Kluwer Acquires European Tech Portfolio, Including CodaBox, ClearFacts, Clearnox, Zoomit, and Flowin

CPA Practice

Wolters Kluwer Tax & Accounting has signed an agreement with Belgian fintech company Isabel Group to acquire its accountancy portfolio of cloud-based financial workflow and data exchange solutions for €325 million in cash.CodaBox, ClearFacts, Clearnox, Zoomit, and Flowin facilitate the seamless and secure transfer of bank statements, invoices, and other relevant data to optimize client collaboration and address the e-invoicing compliance needs of accounting firms and their clients across Eur

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Study questions impact of tax cuts for multinationals on workers

Accounting Today

Policies that lower the foreign taxes of U.S.-based multinational corporations are unlikely to benefit domestic workers, according to a recent academic study.

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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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Not for Profit Structures

Menzies

Menzies LLP - A leading chartered accountancy firm. Choosing a suitable structure for your Not for Profit entity is a confusing task with lots of bewildering acronyms (CICs, CIOs , CASCs etc) and similar names, (Community Interest Companies, Community Amateur Sports Clubs, Community Benefit Societies). This makes it difficult to know which is the most appropriate structure to use.

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Beware of video communication pitfalls

Accounting Today

Beware of video communication pitfalls

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3 Training Tracks in August - CPE & Q&A Sessions Included

Insightful Accountant

Join Insightful Accountant's Be Insightful Premium Content and training program before the rate goes up.

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How to choose the best social media platforms for your small business

Reckon

No matter the industry you operate in or the size of your business, you need to be on social media to reach your target audience. The best part is that it’s a marketing tool that doesn’t have to break the bank. But choosing the right social platforms for your business can be overwhelming — especially if you aren’t sure which ones align with your business goals.

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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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U.S. ProAdvisor Awards: You're likely a QuickBooks Educator!

Insightful Accountant

Murph discusses the QuickBooks 'Educator/Author' ProAdvisor Awards category and how it is more than 'Trainer/Writer' focused.

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Ex-EY Executive to Take Over as Global CEO for Law Firm Dentons

CPA Practice

Kate Barton, a longtime EY executive who retired from the Big Four firm in June, was elected by the global board of directors and global advisory committee of the law firm Dentons to succeed Elliott Portnoy as global CEO. Portnoy, whose term ends on Nov. 9, 2024, has served as global CEO of Dentons since the firm launched in 2013. Barton will join the law firm in September and will begin her term as global CEO on Nov. 10.

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Los Angeles Business Journal Honors Two Withum Leaders As Influential Women

Withum

Withum is proud to share that the Los Angeles Business Journal (LABJ) has named Kerra Diener , Partner, and Lilit Nersisyan , Principal, on their Leaders of Influence: Women in Accounting list for 2024. Kerra Diener, CPA, is a Partner assisting multi-national and multi-state business entities with a wide range of federal and state tax topics. Her clients operate in various industries, including manufacturing, distribution and logistics , professional services , real estate , theatre and entertai

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IRS Chief Receives NATP’s Inaugural Vanguard Award

CPA Practice

The National Association of Tax Professionals (NATP) gave IRS Commissioner Danny Werfel its first-ever Vanguard award at Taxposium 2024, which was held July 22-24 in Orlando. The NATP Vanguard Award will be given each year to an individual within the tax industry who makes a significant contribution to advancing the federal tax industry, promoting fairness, efficiency, and compliance.

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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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Tax Treatment of Common Real Estate Exit Strategies

Withum

Every real estate investor’s goal is to earn income from the cash flow and the appreciation of their investment. While it’s preferable for an investment to show no taxable income while having positive cash flow during the period of ownership, the sale or disposition of such an investment creates a challenge from an income tax perspective when cashing in on the sale of appreciated property.

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Embracing the future with Cloud Audit Suite methodology

ThomsonReuters

Today’s audit professionals face a variety of headwinds. Rapid regulatory change and tight competition for talent is demanding more and more accounting and audit firms adopt advanced technology to gain a competitive edge. From a workflow perspective, many auditors feel as though they are over- or under-auditing. And without the ability to roll data forward or efficiently build an audit program and tailor checklists, many firms are missing out on valuable time savings.

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BGM Acquires Minneapolis-Based M&A Firm SealedBid

CPA Practice

Top 200 accounting firm BGM (Boeckermann Grafstrom & Mayer) has added SealedBid, a specialized lower mid-market mergers and acquisitions (M&A) firm based in Minneapolis. Bloomington, MN-based BGM and SealedBid have referred clients to each other and had a collaborative relationship over the last 30 years. With SealedBid joining, BGM’s team now boasts 170 professionals.

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Contractor Business Systems Series: Part 2 – Cost Estimating System Requirements

Cherry Bekaert

Contributor: Jacquelin LaClair Contractor Business Systems are an important aspect of government contracting, and the estimating system is one of the key systems that contractors need to focus on. The Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS) 252.215-7002 cost estimating system criteria benchmark the level of detail required for an acceptable estimating system.

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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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Law Firm Operations: Record Processes to Boost Profit

Anders CPA

Anything you do, whether it’s baking a cake, building a model, practicing law – drafting a petition, creating an estate plan – involves process. But many times, attorneys do not treat practicing law as having steps because it feels like second nature. Let’s take a single example. In drafting a deed, one must describe the parties, describe the property, assure you have the right document for your jurisdiction and ensure the deed is properly executed and recorded.

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The Rundown: Second Quarter 2024 Guide

Cherry Bekaert

The Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) did not issue any new Accounting Standard Updates (ASUs) in the second quarter of 2024, while the Government Accounting Standards Board (GASB) issued one new GASB Statement. The latest issue of the Rundown features a summary of this new standard. For summaries of standards issued in previous periods, view our previous rundowns here.

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Monday Morning Accounting News Brief: The Age of the Non-CPA; PwC Explains the Chevron Thing | 7.29.24

Going Concern

Good morning! I have a sneaking suspicion the news will be pretty dry today but as always, hoping for the best. Fingers crossed. India Today explains why US firms love hiring accountants in India : Consequently, American firms are increasingly turning to other countries to fill the gap, particularly eyeing India for its highly skilled accounting professionals.

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NetSuite 2024.2 Release: Key Enhancements and New Features

Withum

NetSuite’ s 2024.2 release, scheduled for rollout between August 16 and October 26, 2024, brings significant improvements across various areas of the platform. This latest release introduces a comprehensive set of new features to give organizations visibility into workforce costs, boosting bill capture accuracy and increasing bank connectivity. Key Enhancements Enhanced workforce cost analysis capabilities, allowing better visibility into labor expenses across departments.

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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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Trump Pledges to Fire SEC Chief Gensler and Hire People Who Love Crypto

CPA Practice

By Teresa Xie, Stephanie Lai and Alicia Diaz, Bloomberg News (TNS) Donald Trump said he would fire the Securities and Exchange Commission chair and pick crypto-friendly regulators if he returns to the White House in a bid to court virtual currency enthusiasts and harness the industry’s growing influence in the political arena. “This afternoon, I’m laying out my plan to ensure that the United States will be the crypto capital of the planet and the bitcoin superpower of the world and we’ll get it

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