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States move beyond the 150-hour rule

Accounting Today

States are looking to add new pathways to CPA licensure, beyond the 150-credit requirement, amid an ongoing labor shortage.

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What is the Average Tax Refund Amount in Your State?

CPA Practice

The average federal tax refund amount varies widely across states, with the highest refunds for taxpayers located in parts of the South and Mountain West, according to a new analysis from Upgraded Points.

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The ADC Team Attends the 2025 EOS Conference

AccountingDepartment

Last week, the AccountingDepartment.com team attended the 2025 Entrepreneurial Operating System (EOS) Conference in National Harbor, MD.

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Workplace Hostility Reaches a Boiling Point

CPA Practice

Toxic behaviors are increasingly eroding workplace culture, with 30% of employed U.S. job seekers reporting employees are more confrontational than they were three years ago, a new survey reveals.

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AI In Accounting: A Practical Roadmap For Smarter AP

Speaker: Gerald Ratigan

The accounts payable (AP) function is evolving and AI is leading the charge. As finance teams face rising invoice volumes and expectations for speed and accuracy, AI-powered automation has shifted from a futuristic concept to the most practical solution. But for finance leaders, success isn’t just about selecting the right tools, it’s about implementing the right strategy.

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Accounting MOVE Project launches 2025 survey

Accounting Today

Registrations are open for the 2025 Accounting MOVE Project, with a focus on the cost of losing talent and how belonging impacts retention and growth.

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Special Report: Finding the Tech Stack that Fits Your Firm

CPA Practice

A firm’s size doesnt dictate the type of technology it can use. Recent advances in AI, machine learning, automation and other others mean that small and boutique firms can use the same tools and get the same benefits from technology as large regional and national firms. Just make sure youre looking at your.

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IRS Could Lose Billions in Revenue Due to Fewer Unauthorized Immigrants Paying Taxes

CPA Practice

The IRS is at risk of losing an estimated $313.3 billion in revenue over the next 10 years as undocumented immigrants could become less likely to file taxes if they fear their tax information could be used to deport them.

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Baker Tilly plans megamerger with Moss Adams

Accounting Today

The two Top 25 Firms are reportedly close to a major M&A deal, creating a firm with $3 billion in annual revenue.

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Automated Tax Systems Help Relieve Tariff Stress of Cross-Border Trade

CPA Practice

With rising tariffs, fluctuating de minimis thresholds, and evolving trade restrictions, staying compliant while maintaining a seamless customer experience is more difficult than ever.

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How the accounting profession is helping rebuild LA

Accounting Today

The California Society of CPAs and the National Association of Black Accountants are helping the entertainment community, businesses and homeowners recover.

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Stop Budget Burnout: A Better Way to Grow Your Nonprofit in 2026

Speaker: Sean Yoder

Nonprofits are under more pressure than ever to demonstrate financial accountability while continuing to expand their impact. Traditional budgeting models often fall short, reinforcing silos, limiting flexibility, and stalling growth. Enter collaborative budgeting: a dynamic, team-driven process that enables smarter resource allocation and builds financial resilience at scale.

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Minnesota to Consider Tax on Social Media Platforms

CPA Practice

Large social media platforms like Facebook, Instagram, TikTok and X would pay a tax on the collection of user data, which they sell to advertisers.

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First Look at Settle

Insightful Accountant

Murph takes a first look at Settle, a platform for inventory-centric businesses streamline operation and improve cash flow management.

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House Delays Vote on Tax and Debt Limit Bill

CPA Practice

Lawmakers have until the end of the year to act before those first-term tax cuts expire, though Republican leaders are anxious to quickly lock in a new round of reductions and the conflict over safety-net cutbacks presents an obstacle.

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Vertex Expands Chief Strategy Office to Advance E-Invoicing and Global Compliance Initiatives

Insightful Accountant

Leading industry experts join the Vertex Chief Strategy Office to shape product innovation and strengthen global compliance strategies for customers.

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Why Tech-Forward Tax and Accounting Firms Have the Inside Track to the Future

Speaker: Joe Wroblewski, Sales Engineer Manager

Automating time-consuming manual tasks can save your firm hundreds of hours–and thousands of dollars. But it can also have longer-lasting benefits, like helping you attract and retain the next generation of CPAs, and we don’t need to tell you how important that is amid the current generational staffing crisis in the tax and accounting profession. You'll want to save your seat for this new webinar with industry expert Joe Wroblewski, where we'll explore how to: Maximize ROI with Cost-Effective Te

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Local charity provides free first aid courses

Inform Accounting

CPR Counts is a Sutton Coldfield based charity that runs free training courses in first aid for heart attacks, cardiac arrests and choking, as well as how to use a defibrillator.

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Vertex for Coupa Certified as Coupa Total Spend Management Platform Ready

Insightful Accountant

Vertex for Coupa is now available in the Coupa App Marketplace, providing businesses with a trusted solution to optimize global tax compliance throughout the procurement process.

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Workflows Now Include Bulk Date Changes and Total Time Spent

Canopy Accounting

What's New Smarter workflows start herebecause accounting teams deserve a platform that keeps up with them.

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Quadient Recognized in Inaugural 2025 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Accounts Payable Applications

Insightful Accountant

Quadient, a global automation platform powering secure and sustainable business connections, announces it has been recognized in the first ever 2025 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Accounts Payable Applications.

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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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Starting a Financial Investigation

FraudFiles

How do you start a financial investigation? What would you look at first when analyzing a business? Tracy Coenen talks about some of the important things she would evaluate when starting a case with financial statements and income tax returns.

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No AI disclosure rules doesn't mean no AI disclosures

Accounting Today

Though the SEC has yet to issue regulations specific to AI, that doesn't mean companies are off the hook when it comes to disclosures.

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China Raises Tariffs on American Products to 84%

CPA Practice

The Chinese government will impose an 84% tariff on all imports from the U.S. starting April 10, the Finance Ministry said in a statement Wednesday.

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House passes plan to advance Trump tax cuts, debt limit boost

Accounting Today

President Trump' and congressional leaders successfully corralled House Republican lawmakers to approve a Senate-passed budget outline.

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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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Wall Street Consultant Paul Atkins Confirmed to Head SEC

CPA Practice

The U.S. Senate confirmed Paul Atkins as chair of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, ushering him into the role only a week after President Donald Trumps sweeping tariffs unleashed market turmoil.

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Prescription glasses/contacts and sales tax

TaxConnex

Just look around to see the market for prescription glasses and contact lenses: Everyone knows at least a few people, often more, who wear them. Somebodys selling, and people are buying, a lot of eyewear. But the sales tax for prescription glasses and contact lenses varies greatly state to state sometimes for reasons finer than the bottom line of an eye chart.

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Trump Sees ‘Transition Problems’ With China Tariffs at 145%

CPA Practice

PresidentDonald Trumpsaid his tariffs may cause transition problems but expressed confidence in his plan, after the White House clarified U.S. tariffs on China rose to 145%.

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Helping finance teams to respond to US tariff changes

Acterys

New US baseline tariffs, plus larger tariffs for countries such Vietnam, Taiwan and China, are – not surprisingly – placing huge pressures on organizations that make and sell products around the world. In this world of rapidly shifting trade policies, scenario planning is essential for navigating the impact of changing tariffs. What if a new tariff suddenly drives up the cost of key imports?

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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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House Republicans Approve Trump Budget Plan

CPA Practice

President Donald Trump is pushing for what he has branded as one big, beautiful bill,including all major planks of his agenda for tax cuts, mass deportations, and a smaller federal government.

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11 Essential Questions to Ask Your CFO to Drive Business Growth

Summit CPA

When your business is in a growth phase, it becomes essential to look at your business from a financial lens. A financial perspective gives you insight into where your business is headed and how to plan monetarily for business obstacles and opportunities that might come your way. Thats where a financial advisor comes in. An advisor, such as a virtual CFO or a fractional CFO , provides you a map that shows where your business is and potential paths forward to your goals.

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Better Hurry Up and Play This Pokémon Tax Game Before Nintendo’s Lawyers Find Out About It

Going Concern

Do you love tax? Do you also love collecting pocket monsters? Accounting startup Open Ledger has the game for you: PokTax. You can tell it’s about tax because they slapped a tie on Pikachu. They had to get permission from Nintendo for this, right? Right?? The interactive “game” promises to help players “learn tax filing through interactive battles!

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Mythbusting: Return on investment from outsourcing and offshoring

Accounting Insight

In the second of our series on debunking or confirming the chatter around how outsourcing and offshoring works, we look at the return on investment. Myth 1: Its really difficult to measure the return on investment from outsourcing or offshoring Well call this one a myth. That doesnt mean its easy, its more a case of having metrics in place that mean when you start looking at outsourcing, offshoring or Podsourcing, the differential in cost to deliver work is clear.

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How To Overcome Change Fatigue In Finance With Neuroscience-Backed Strategies

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.