IgniteSpot
MAY 3, 2023
4 Essential CFO Functions Do you really need your CFO to be involved in the sales cycle? Yes, because their job is rapidly becoming about more than reporting. Some even dip their toes into HR! CFO services make your organization more valuable to shareholders, increase your ROI, and improve internal and external relationships.
BurklandAssociates
MAY 3, 2023
For mid- to late-stage SaaS startups with IPO plans, there can be material benefits to closing outside of December. The post Should I Move My SaaS Startup’s Fiscal Year-End from December? appeared first on Burkland.
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CPA Practice
MAY 3, 2023
By Edward E. Fernandez, Kiplinger Consumer News Service (TNS) For investors looking for a way to defer capital gains taxes when selling a real estate investment property, there are a variety of strategies to leverage depending on circumstances. Usually, a 1031 exchange comes to mind; however, an often-underutilized tool that helps investors achieve a similar result is a 721 exchange, or umbrella partnership real estate investment trust (UPREIT).
Xero
MAY 3, 2023
There are plenty of positives to owning a small business – flexibility, being your own boss, financial benefits, and many more. But, it’s no secret there are challenges too. And small business owners have had a particularly tough few years: navigating a global pandemic, various lockdown restrictions, staff shortages, increasing costs of raw materials, and high inflation.
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Going Concern
MAY 3, 2023
Today was the much-anticipated firmwide webcast in which we expected PwC leadership to announce a return to office. Lo-and-behold…it happened. A source tells us: 50 percent “people together,” virtual channel staff three times per month, firmwide events requirement two times per quarter. So return to work 50 percent starting July. r/PwC is discussing it and even had a poll earlier today getting opinions on what people would do if Tim Ryan announced an RTO.
CPA Practice
MAY 3, 2023
The two biggest headlines coming out of Vault’s rankings of the best accounting firms for 2024 were PwC taking the “Best Accounting Firm to Work For” award for the 11th straight year and Deloitte ending PwC’s 14-year run as “Most Prestigious Accounting Firm.” But those weren’t the only firms to receive kudos from Vault, a website that provides career resources and advice to students and job seekers.
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CPA Practice
MAY 3, 2023
The leaders and staff of Wise Consulting, a human capital management technology consulting firm, are joining RSM. RSM US LLP acquired the equity of Timonium, Maryland-based Wise Consulting Associates, Inc., on May 1, 2023. Founded in 1996, Wise Consulting implements and optimizes UKG and Ceridian human capital technology solutions and provides ongoing payroll services.
Insightful Accountant
MAY 3, 2023
Stedda has Ford in its DNA, and now Oracle NetSuite will help supercharge the next evolution of Stedda's High-Octane Business.
GrowthForceBlog
MAY 3, 2023
10 min read When running a business, the goal is to make money by providing valuable services or products to your customers. Before your business can thrive and make money, though, a business owner has to figure out how to help their business survive, and mere survival might be a bigger challenge than you realize. More than 20% of new businesses fail within the first year, and 90% of all businesses eventually fail.
CPA Practice
MAY 3, 2023
Professionals on the Move is a round-up of recent hiring and promotion announcements from around the profession and supporting accounting space. Centri Taps Blake Roberts to Lead Technical Accounting Practice Centri Business Consulting, LLC , one of the industry’s fastest-growing and most respected accounting and advisory firms, recently announced the addition of a new Partner and Technical Accounting Practice Leader, Blake Roberts.
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.
Accounting Insight
MAY 3, 2023
Following its launch into the education sector at the EdTech event Bett UK in March, accounting software provider, iplicit , is inviting multi-academy trusts (MATs) to become pilot sites with access to its award-winning accounting software. MATs are being offered the chance to take part in an exclusive project, under which they have access to iplicit’s true cloud accounting software, on preferential terms, until October 2023.
CPA Practice
MAY 3, 2023
By Evan Rosen, New York Daily News (TNS) After the IRS claimed Beyoncé owed nearly $2.7 million in back taxes from 2018 and 2019, she has now decided to file a petition disputing the claim. The 41-year-old music and fashion icon filed the petition earlier this month, and has also requested a trial over the matter in Los Angeles, reports People. A potential date for the trial is unknown.
Accounting Insight
MAY 3, 2023
As accountants and finance professionals, we need to play a critical role in the creation of sustainability strategies for the businesses we work in and currently the timing for ensuring we are up to speed with the latest thinking in sustainability is crucial. We need to be in a position to respond coherently to the upcoming IFRS Sustainability Disclosure standards, the first of which will be released at the end of June: IFRS S1 General Sustainability-related Disclosures and IFRS S2 Climate-rela
CPA Practice
MAY 3, 2023
By Austin Weinstein, Bloomberg News (TNS) Gary Gensler is again blasting hedge funds and private equity firms for the fees they charge investors, as the Securities and Exchange Commission plows ahead with plans to boost oversight of the private fund industry. “Today, private fund advisers receive multiple levels and types of fees—from management to performance to portfolio company fees.,” the SEC chief said in remarks prepared for a Managed Funds Association trade group conference.
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.
ThomsonReuters
MAY 3, 2023
A tax services director in Washington D.C. says that the Treasury Department’s proposal to clarify the tax treatment of on-demand pay arrangements makes it “clear” that the IRS is concerned with the constructive receipt issue of this trending employee benefit. Earned wage access According to the Treasury, employers and third-party payors increasingly allow employees to receive payment of earned wages before their regularly scheduled pay dates.
CPA Practice
MAY 3, 2023
CPACharge has announced a new Strategic Partnership with the Indiana CPA Society. Strategic Partners are companies that support INCPAS and work closely with its members throughout the year. CPACharge empowers accounting firms and finance teams to streamline their billing processes and increase cash flow, safely and securely through credit, debit, and eCheck online payments.
Shay CPA
MAY 3, 2023
As you wrapped up the 2022 books for your startup, you probably did some high-level financial review and analysis. Looking over key documents like your profit and loss statement, you get a better idea of what’s driving revenue — and where you’re spending. For most companies, payroll makes up a huge category in the latter. Paying your team is likely one of the biggest, if not the biggest, expenditures for your company.
Summit CPA
MAY 3, 2023
As a distributed company , not only do we serve our clients remotely, but our team members are distributed as well. We understand the accounting, bookkeeping, cash flow management, and tax nuances of running a distributed company. We pride ourselves on our ability to provide the highest quality Virtual CFO services while being distributed, and we couldn't do any of it without our amazing team.
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.
Insightful Accountant
MAY 3, 2023
Insightful Accountant is hosting its Future Forward Summit - Integrate to Accelerate - on May 23 -24, featuring 8 sessions with CPE and some of the top speakers in the profession.
Mark Lee
MAY 3, 2023
I hate being asked questions like that. Well, not ‘hate’ exactly. It’s one of those questions when I know my reply will start with ‘It depends’ The question implicitly assumes that all accountants are the same. And, as I frequently point out – that’s just not true. In the context of the question, some accountants enjoy bookkeeping and some have a bookkeeping rather than an accounting qualification.
Going Concern
MAY 3, 2023
Only days ago, WSJ ran the headline “ EY Breakup Plan Is Really Dead ” and included a quote from EY Americas Vice Chair of Tax Kevin Flynn, lifted from a recording of a staff call: “My message to everyone about Everest is, it’s behind us. Let’s not spend time in the rearview mirror.” And days before that we found out that EY will have to borrow something like $300 million to plug the Everest-sized hole the split plan left in their wallets lest partner payouts be affected by its failu
SkagitCountyTaxServices
MAY 3, 2023
We’ve all got a bit of FOMO about FOMC’s (Federal Open Market Committee’s) big meeting this week , waiting to see if yet another interest rate hike will be coming. Most indicators say likely. Since March 2022, there have been NINE such increases to interest rates all in an effort to deter a recession, which the Fed is still optimistic about being able to do (even though most of the economic recession indicators are blinking red).
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CPA Practice
MAY 3, 2023
By Ira Boudway, Bloomberg News (TNS) After months of debate and lobbying over exactly how the U.S. Treasury Department would interpret new battery-sourcing rules for electric vehicle tax credits, the list of EVs that qualify for the full $7,500 incentive is down to 10. This exclusive lineup includes some marquee names: There’s the first ever all-electric Cadillac, plus Ford’s reinvention of an iconic American truck and a pair of groundbreaking Teslas.
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