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F in the Chat For All the Clients Losing Their CPAs to Higher Fees This Year

Going Concern

An incredible phenomenon is underway, one that many tax pros have been begging their compadres to get on board with for years: CPAs are increasing their fees. In some cases so high that clients are pushing back, going their own way (rather, threatening to…they’ll be back), or shopping around for someone new. Surely they won’t have any problem finding someone who will do it cheaper!

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Hot Topics: Taxability | TaxConnex

TaxConnex

Clients often ask us, “How often should we evaluate the taxability of our products?” An annual review should work. Most states change their sales tax rate laws on either Jan. 1 or July 1, by the calendar year or by the fiscal year. But there are more than 10,000 jurisdictions in the U.S., and a ton of local jurisdictions with the authority from their states to change their individual tax rates.

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IRS offers relief on Maryland college savings rollovers

Accounting Today

The Internal Revenue Service and the Treasury Department issued a notice to provide relief to parents who got snagged by problems with Maryland's prepaid college savings program.

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Anders Unveils 2024 Charity of Choice: Memory Care Home Solutions 

Anders CPA

Anders employees nominate the not-for-profit organizations they’re involved with and passionate about every year to be considered for the firm’s Charity of Choice. The votes have been tallied and we’re excited to announce the 2024 Anders Charity of Choice is Memory Care Home Solutions! The Charity of Choice program, now in its 19 th year, supports the nominated organization with a combination of volunteer efforts and fundraising events.

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Elevating Accounting Practices: The Power of Outsourcing and Automation in the Digital Age

Speaker: Nancy Wu, Head of Sales and Customer Success at SkyStem

Join us for an enlightening webinar as we delve into the transformative realm of modern accounting practices. In today's digital age, the convergence of outsourcing and automation has revolutionized how businesses manage their financial operations. In this webinar we will explore the synergistic potential of these two strategies to streamline processes, enhance accuracy, save cost and drive strategic decision-making.

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IRS previews free Direct File tax program

Accounting Today

The Internal Revenue Service showed off its upcoming Direct File free tax preparation service ahead of its pilot test in a dozen states starting in March.

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Steven Cohen Selected as Chair of Massachusetts CPA Society’s Accounting and Audit Committee

Withum

Withum is proud to share that Steven Cohen , Partner, has been selected to chair the Audit and Accounting Committee for the Massachusetts Society of CPAs (MassCPAs). With over 26 years of experience, Steven specializes in the audits of government entities , auto dealerships , and higher education and not-for-profit organizations. He is a certified governmental financial manager (CGFM) and has managed high-profile government audit engagements.

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84% of U.S. Employers Plan to Change Leave Programs in Next Two Years

CPA Practice

Most (84%) U.S. employers are planning to make changes to their leave programs in the next two years, according to a new survey by leading global advisory, broking and solutions company WTW. WTW’s 2023 Leave, Disability and Time-off Trends Survey found supporting attraction and retention strategies to be the number one driver for making changes to paid leave, time off or disability programs, cited by almost three-quarters (73%) of employers that have made or plan to make changes to their leave p

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How to Start a Small Business: The Only Guide You Need [+ Checklist]

Patriot Software

You have a million-dollar business idea. And after weeks, months, or even years of thinking about it, you decide to make your idea a reality. Do you know how to start a small business? For 15% of business owners, getting started is the hardest part of being a business owner.

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AccountingDepartment.com Attends Vistage ChairWorld 2024

AccountingDepartment

This week, AccountingDepartment.com Business Development Representative, Luke Backus, attended ADC's 10th Vistage ChairWorld in San Diego, CA! ChairWorld is a place for Vistage Chairs to come together and attend various breakout sessions, networking opportunities, and evening fun to learn new strategies, improve leadership skills, and more.

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The Rise of Virtual CFOs: Navigating the Pros and Cons

GrowthForceBlog

9 min read Traveling back in time more than a decade, The Great Recession led to limited opportunities and job stability for highly educated, qualified, and experienced professionals, leaving the landscape ripe for opportunities in outsourcing and contracting work.

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How to Build the Ideal HR Team

HR doesn’t exist in a vacuum. This work impacts everyone: from the C-Suite to your newest hire. It also drives results. Learn how to make it all happen in Paycor’s latest guide.

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TIGTA says IRS could not locate cloud computing contracts

Accounting Today

The Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration faulted the IRS's cloud computing governance, saying it outright cannot find certain contracts and is unable to determine the value of others.

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One Top 100 ProAdvisor's Experience at the Hector and Carlos Garcia Conference

Insightful Accountant

Top 100 ProAdvisor Laurie O'Neil shares her experience participating in an event hosted by Hector and Carlos Garcia last October.

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Defending IRS Cash Based Audits – Guilty Until Proven Innocent: The Case for Using a Forensic Accountant

Withum

Why a Forensic Accountant? Using a forensic account is essential in developing a strategy to handle and defend the findings of a cash-based audit. However, before delving into how they can assist counsel and the client, it’s essential to define what a forensic accountant is. Forensic accounting is a subset of the accounting profession. The Oxford Dictionary defines forensic accounting as “the use of accounting skills to investigate fraud or embezzlement and to analyze financial information

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AI Adoption in Government and Business

Cherry Bekaert

On this episode of AI, Government, and the Future , host Alan Pentz is joined by George DelPrete, a Managing Director at Cherry Bekaert. Together, they discuss the challenges and opportunities of IT modernization and artificial intelligence (AI) in the federal government. DelPrete shares insightful perspectives on the ongoing struggle with legacy systems, the potential of AI in change management and decision making and the crucial need for governance and training.

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Planning Your Restaurant's Path to Profitability

Speaker: James Kahler, COO of Full Course

Ever wondered where to splurge and where to safely conserve when it comes to operating and growing your restaurant? 🤔 Join James Kahler, COO of Full Course and industry visionary, in this new webinar where he'll talk all about best practices to invest in your restaurant's success! Whether you're a new business or an established restaurant, a seasoned pro or a rookie, you'll learn the keys to sustainable success in this competitive industry.

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7 Accounts Payable Trends in 2024

MineralTree

The past year in finance was riddled with economic uncertainty, accompanied by challenges like staffing constraints and the need to optimize efficiency with limited resources. Despite the start of a new year and promises of rate cuts on the horizon, MineralTree’s 8th Annual State of AP Report revealed that many of these trends and hurdles aren’t fading away — they’re evolving.

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GRI issues biodiversity standard

Accounting Today

The Global Reporting Initiative published a major update to its biodiversity standard for organizations to disclose their most significant impacts on the number of plant and animal species throughout their operations and supply chain.

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Exploring the Future: The Impact of AI on ERP Systems

Withum

In the ever-evolving landscape of business technology, Artificial Intelligence (AI) has emerged as a transformative force, bringing unprecedented efficiency and innovation to various industries. Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems, which integrate core business processes, are no exception to this revolution. Let’s dive into the different types of AI in ERP systems that are making waves today.

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This Accounting Job is One of the 10 Best Flexible Roles in 2024 That Also Pay Well

CPA Practice

By Michael Grothaus, Fast Company (TNS) If you’re looking for a new job in 2024—especially one with a higher-than-average salary and some chance of remote work—you’ll want to give Indeed’s 50 Best Jobs in the U.S. for 2024 list a look. The jobs site tracks the best jobs in America annually, but this year’s list was compiled in a slightly different way.

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How Automation is Driving Efficiency Through the Last Mile of Reporting

Speaker: Jamie Eagan

As organizations strive for agility and efficiency, it's imperative for finance leaders to embrace innovative technologies and redefine traditional processes. Join us as we explore the pivotal role of digitalization and automation in reshaping what is commonly referred to as the “last mile of reporting”. We’ll deep-dive into why digitalization is no longer a choice, but a necessity for finance departments to stay competitive in a fast-paced environment touching on: 2024 trends for the Office of

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What You Need to Know About Branding A Small Business

Summit CPA

As you consider ways to grow your business, consider looking into branding services if you have not done so already. Many owners and operators of companies often mistake branding as solely the development of a logo or special typeface. However, that couldn't be further from the truth. Strong branding is essential to an effective marketing strategy and involves much more than graphic design.

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Armanino Admits 16 New Partners in Its 2024 Class

CPA Practice

Top 20 accounting firm Armanino on Thursday unveiled its newest class of 16 leaders who provide tax, consulting, trust, and business management services to clients. And for the second consecutive year, half of the class of 2024 are women. Last year, Armanino promoted 26 to partner —the largest group in the firm’s history. Armanino’s 2024 new partner class includes: Erin Barragar , Tax, Irvine, CA Naz Bhangal , Tax, San Ramon, CA Lisa Boyd , Tax, Irvine, CA Babette Campbell , Business Management,

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Stepped Up Basis – What is it and Why it’s Important

Dent Moses

The stepped-up basis applies to assets inherited at someone’s death. The IRS resets the asset’s original cost basis to its value at the decedent’s date of death. If the asset is later sold, the heir pays capital gains on the gain (if any) on the sale proceeds less the stepped-up basis. So, if sold immediately after inheritance, inherited assets generally have little or no capital gains.

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Grant Thornton Names Alley-Oop Kids as Purple Paladin

CPA Practice

Grant Thornton LLP, a provider of audit and assurance, tax and advisory services, has named Alley-Oop Kids to its Purple Paladin program, which helps emerging nonprofit organizations move from “start-up to unstoppable.” As part of the program, Grant Thornton provides funding, business advice and volunteer support, while also helping nonprofits raise awareness of their work and mission.

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Recruit and Retain New Blue-Collar Talent

Blue-collar jobs have a branding problem. One company, GEON, partnered with Paycor to find the solution. Learn how to attract, engage, and retain blue-collar employees, helping them build meaningful careers – and support your company’s goals.

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HMRC Refocus on Suspected Till Fraud

Menzies

Menzies LLP - A leading chartered accountancy firm. Article written by Emily Donaldson. What should you know about suspected till fraud? From November 2023, following previous action into alleged undisclosed till fraud in December 2022, HMRC have conducted unannounced visits to more than 20 businesses across England and Scotland, that are suspected to be using electronic sales suppression (ESS) tools to deliberately reduce their tax liability.

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Beware of diverting dividends to minor children to fund education

Inform Accounting

Owners of personal and family companies frequently pay themselves a small salary and extract further profits as dividends. To utilise the unused personal and dividend allowances of other family members, an alphabet share structure (whereby each shareholder has their own class of shares, e.g. A ordinary shares, B ordinary shares, etc.) provides the flexibility to tailor dividend payments to the circumstances of the shareholder.

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He Said, She Said: Are leaders born or made?

Accounting Today

Angie Grissom and August Aquila debate whether you can make a strong leader out of an ordinary person, or are there certain innate traits that simply can't be taught?

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RSM Reports Double-Digit Growth and Record Global Revenue of $9.4 Billion

Going Concern

RSM has shared their global revenue numbers for 2023 and like all firms their size, it’s broken a record. $9.4 billion for the year ended December 31, 2023 puts them a mere $26,600,000 behind fourth-place Big 4 KPMG ( $36 billion ) and exactly $40 billion behind actual Big 4 EY ( $49.4 billion ). As with all accounting firm revenue reports, we encourage the reader to exercise any and all skepticism as these numbers are unaudited.

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Join the Instant Payment Revolution: Read 7 Must-Know Facts for Small Businesses

Technology evolves at lightning speed, and as finance keeps changing, instant payments emerge as a game-changer for small businesses. By 2030, instant payments are projected to surge by 289% and will become the new norm in financial transactions. Our whitepaper reveals seven must-know facts about instant payments, offering to help you navigate this financial revolution effectively.

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Unlock opportunities for tax incentives in opportunity zones

Accounting Today

Investors have a wealth of options for putting their capital gains to work through this program.

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HubSync Launches New R&D Tax Credit System for CPAs

CPA Practice

HubSync , a CPA firm technology platform, has launched an innovative new Research and Development (R&D) Tax Credit product to streamline the complex process of collecting, organizing, and submitting R&D tax credit data supporting taxpayer claims sent to the IRS for processing. By consolidating and automating cumbersome manual processes, the R&D Tax Credit product reduces the time and resources required to compile supporting data and documentation for these claims.

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Tax Fraud Blotter: "Rice" and shine

Accounting Today

GUILTY4EVER; lack of security; just trust me; and other highlights of recent tax cases.

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Improving tax department processes and operations with tax technology

ThomsonReuters

Jump to: Moving beyond technology implementation Picking the right technology is just the start How to keep tax department tech effective From the pandemic to regulatory changes to economic shifts, numerous industries have adjusted how they operate, how they use technology, and how they engage with clients. Indeed, some of that has been good — moving industries forward by leaps rather than by incremental steps.

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How CPA Firms Can Profit From Payroll Services Without the Extra Work

"Offer payroll and do it yourself,” they said. “It’ll be fun!” Spoiler alert: It was not fun. Most CPA firms know that they need to offer payroll services to their clients or risk losing them to another firm that will. However, many don’t really want to. It is often time-consuming and complex due to changing tax laws and regulations, and with the growing staffing shortages, most just don’t have the resources.