States move beyond the 150-hour rule
Accounting Today
APRIL 10, 2025
States are looking to add new pathways to CPA licensure, beyond the 150-credit requirement, amid an ongoing labor shortage.
Accounting Today
APRIL 10, 2025
States are looking to add new pathways to CPA licensure, beyond the 150-credit requirement, amid an ongoing labor shortage.
CPA Practice
APRIL 10, 2025
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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AccountingDepartment
APRIL 10, 2025
Last week, the AccountingDepartment.com team attended the 2025 Entrepreneurial Operating System (EOS) Conference in National Harbor, MD.
CPA Practice
APRIL 10, 2025
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.
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.
Accounting Today
APRIL 10, 2025
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.
CPA Practice
APRIL 10, 2025
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.
Accountant Advocate brings together the best content for small business accounting professionals from the widest variety of industry thought leaders.
CPA Practice
APRIL 10, 2025
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.
Accounting Today
APRIL 10, 2025
The two Top 25 Firms are reportedly close to a major M&A deal, creating a firm with $3 billion in annual revenue.
CPA Practice
APRIL 10, 2025
With rising tariffs, fluctuating de minimis thresholds, and evolving trade restrictions, staying compliant while maintaining a seamless customer experience is more difficult than ever.
Accounting Today
APRIL 10, 2025
The California Society of CPAs and the National Association of Black Accountants are helping the entertainment community, businesses and homeowners recover.
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.
CPA Practice
APRIL 10, 2025
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.
Insightful Accountant
APRIL 10, 2025
Murph takes a first look at Settle, a platform for inventory-centric businesses streamline operation and improve cash flow management.
CPA Practice
APRIL 10, 2025
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.
Insightful Accountant
APRIL 10, 2025
Leading industry experts join the Vertex Chief Strategy Office to shape product innovation and strengthen global compliance strategies for customers.
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
Inform Accounting
APRIL 10, 2025
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.
Insightful Accountant
APRIL 10, 2025
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.
Canopy Accounting
APRIL 10, 2025
What's New Smarter workflows start herebecause accounting teams deserve a platform that keeps up with them.
Insightful Accountant
APRIL 10, 2025
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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FraudFiles
APRIL 10, 2025
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.
Accounting Today
APRIL 10, 2025
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.
CPA Practice
APRIL 10, 2025
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.
Accounting Today
APRIL 10, 2025
President Trump' and congressional leaders successfully corralled House Republican lawmakers to approve a Senate-passed budget outline.
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CPA Practice
APRIL 10, 2025
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.
TaxConnex
APRIL 10, 2025
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.
CPA Practice
APRIL 10, 2025
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%.
Acterys
APRIL 10, 2025
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?
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.
CPA Practice
APRIL 10, 2025
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.
Summit CPA
APRIL 10, 2025
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.
Going Concern
APRIL 10, 2025
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!
Accounting Insight
APRIL 10, 2025
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.
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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