PANALITIX
FEBRUARY 3, 2021
RESOURCES / ARTICLES. Using HR Data. to Advise Clients. Accountants are increasingly analyzing clients’ Human Resource (HR) data to provide valuable advice. This is not surprising… given the critical role of employees in any business and management’s desire to improve productivity, motivation and performance. Which HR data can be useful? How can the data form the basis of advice?
RogerRossmeisl
FEBRUARY 5, 2021
Whew, you made it through 2020! But don’t rest easy yet as there’s new fraud to watch out for in 2021. The fraud perpetrators enjoyed a profitable year in 2020, and there are signs they may continue to feed off Americans as long as the pandemic is active. Here are several new scams. PPP fraud Struggling small-business owners have welcomed last month’s 11th hour extension of the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP).
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BurklandAssociates
FEBRUARY 1, 2021
A new tax season is underway, and Burkland’s startup tax accountants are working with our clients to prepare. In this article, we share a roundup of helpful 2021 tax preparation Read More. The post Startup Tax Preparation Resources for 2021 appeared first on Burkland.
TaxConnex
FEBRUARY 2, 2021
Sales tax is broadly defined to mean any tax that is charged to the end-user customer by the retailer of property or services. Though this definition is correct, it does not always provide a complete picture of a business’s transactions tax liabilities. Sales taxes are a transactions based tax, but they are not the only transactions based taxes. There are numerous specialty transactions taxes applied to specific products, services and industries.
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.
BuildYourFirm
FEBRUARY 3, 2021
How Do Photos Benefit My GMB Listing? We’ve all heard the saying a thousand times over, a picture is worth a thousand words. Well when it comes to your GMB profile, a carefully-curated photo gallery is worth a whole lot more! According to Google, businesses with photos receive 35% more click-throughs to their websites than businesses that don’t have photos.
RogerRossmeisl
JANUARY 31, 2021
If you’ve caught an employee stealing from your company, you may think that turning the person over to the police will result in prosecution. That’s not necessarily true. Law enforcement officials pursue and reject cases for many reasons. So if you’re determined to request prosecution of an occupational fraud perpetrator, take the following steps to help in preparing a fraud case. 1.
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TaxConnex
FEBRUARY 4, 2021
At the end of last year, TaxConnex commissioned Porter Research Group to conduct a survey of 100 finance leaders to understand the growing concerns they face related to sales tax heading into 2021. One question respondents were asked was if they were satisfied with how they were currently managing sales tax, and almost three out of four respondents (71%) answered that they were in fact not completely satisfied with how sales tax was being managed within their business.
RogerRossmeisl
FEBRUARY 3, 2021
In one recent cybercrime scheme, a mortgage company employee accessed his employer’s records without authorization, then used stolen customer lists to start his own mortgage business. The perpetrator hacked the protected records by sending an email containing malware to a coworker. This particular dishonest worker was caught. But your company may not be so lucky.
SMBAccountant
FEBRUARY 3, 2021
When your company has the opportunity for a new project, it can be very tempting to accept any offer that comes your way. However, it is important that the scope of the project is carefully reviewed and analyzed in conjunction with your accountant or accounting department to make sure that the objectives are in line with company goals and perform a risk assessment to ensure tolerable risk.
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.
MyIRSRelief
FEBRUARY 1, 2021
Tax Resolution Services. Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana Metropolitan SoCal area. Local tax helpline 877-78-TAXES [877-788-2937]. Continue reading ›.
RogerRossmeisl
FEBRUARY 3, 2021
This year, the optional standard mileage rate used to calculate the deductible costs of operating an automobile for business decreased by one-and-one-half cents, to 56 cents per mile. As a result, you might claim a lower deduction for vehicle-related expenses for 2021 than you could for 2020 or 2019. This is the second year in a row that the cents-per-mile business mileage rate decreases year-over-year.
GrowthForceBlog
FEBRUARY 5, 2021
5 min read. The hardest lesson for any business owner – if you don't know your numbers, then you don't know your business. But what does "knowing your numbers" really mean?
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.
PYMNTS
FEBRUARY 2, 2021
Within financial services, artificial intelligence (AI) is typically deployed in various efforts to identify and stop fraud. But advanced technologies can also be leveraged to help financial institutions (FIs) operate more efficiently, improving the end-to-end payments experience for their consumers. It’s that holistic approach that has driven Visa ’s expanded AI initiative announced Tuesday (Feb. 2).
ThomsonReuters
FEBRUARY 2, 2021
We’ve all heard the myths about cloud tax and accounting, including the intimidating theories that the cloud is not secure, expensive, complicated, or not up to compliance standards. Plus, as accountants, we tend to get comfortable with the on-premise, perhaps outdated software we’ve already implemented. However, the state of the tax and accounting industry is rapidly changing, and firms are having to shift their technology to keep from being left behind.
KROST
FEBRUARY 5, 2021
The Employee Retention Credit (ERTC) was created as part of the CARES Act to encourage businesses to continue paying employees by providing a credit to the eligible employer for wages paid to eligible employees. The ERC could be a valuable alternative for those who did not qualify for PPP and other emergency loans. We have compiled a list of frequently asked questions below: Question: For ERTC eligibility, does the company need to calculate full time equivalents or just the total of all full tim
Advertiser: Paycor
Great leadership development is the key to sustainable business growth. Are you ready to design an effective program? HR can use Paycor’s framework to: Set achievable goals. Align employee and company needs. Support different learning styles. Empower the next generation of leaders. Invest in your company’s future with a strong leadership development program.
PYMNTS
JANUARY 31, 2021
Baby and beauty products company The Honest Company , which was founded by actress Jessica Alba , is quietly preparing to conduct an initial public offering (IPO), Bloomberg reported, citing unnamed sources. The company could be valued at as much as $2 billion, and an IPO could come as soon as Friday (Feb. 5), Bloomberg reported. As of Sunday (Jan. 31), no filing had been made with the U.S.
ThomsonReuters
FEBRUARY 1, 2021
The December 2020 numbers from the U.S. Bureau of Labor and Statistics (BLS) on national unemployment noted that 45 states and the District had jobless rate increases from one year earlier, no doubt due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. States like California, Hawaii and Nevada registered unemployment rates at or above 9% in December 2020 and throughout the pandemic many other states suffered record-high unemployment rates rendering the state’s unemployment trust fund insolvent.
GrowthForceBlog
FEBRUARY 2, 2021
5 min read. One of the biggest decisions a business owner will make is pricing– how do you know that you are pricing your services properly? Every business owner would agree, having an effective pricing strategy is a challenging aspect of running a successful business. You need prices that generate strong profit margins while keeping you competitive in the marketplace.
Speaker: Cheryl J. Muldrew-McMurtry
Distributed finance teams are rewriting how the back-office runs, and attackers are taking notes. Disconnected workflows, process blind spots, and rising cyber threats are more than just growing pains—they’re liabilities. The challenge isn’t just going remote. It’s building resilient systems that protect accuracy, control, and speed across every transaction and touchpoint.
PYMNTS
FEBRUARY 1, 2021
Although the U.S. healthcare system is lauded for providing the best, most advanced care in the world, when it comes to the payments practices being used with much of that industry, honorable mention might be a more fitting rank. This, despite the fact that consumers are not only accustomed to modern, seamless payments in almost every aspect of their lives, but studies show 1 in 4 patients say they’d switch to another provider or doctor that offered more payment options and a better patient expe
KROST
FEBRUARY 4, 2021
Join Jason Melillo, CPA (Principal – Accounting, ERTC) and Jeff Kamin, CPA (Manager, Accounting, ERTC) as they host a webinar on Employee Retention Tax Credits (ERTC) on Wednesday, February 10th at 9:30AM PST. In this session, they will review the details of the recently passed Taxpayer Certainty and Disaster Tax Relief Act of 2020, including: • Qualifying companies – aggregation rules, full-time employee limitations. • Qualifying wages – healthcare costs. • Reporting requirements and refu
ThomsonReuters
FEBRUARY 4, 2021
QUESTION: We are an applicable large employer (ALE). For 2020, we offered coverage under our self-insured health plan to our salaried employees. We offered our hourly employees coverage under an individual coverage HRA (ICHRA). How do we report the ICHRA coverage on Forms 1094-C and 1095-C? ANSWER: Employers were able to offer ICHRA coverage to employees starting January 1, 2020 (see our Checkpoint article ).
Speaker: Frank Taliano
Documents are the backbone of enterprise operations, but they are also a common source of inefficiency. From buried insights to manual handoffs, document-based workflows can quietly stall decision-making and drain resources. For large, complex organizations, legacy systems and siloed processes create friction that AI is uniquely positioned to resolve.
PYMNTS
FEBRUARY 2, 2021
Michael Jordan is mostly known for one thing: basketball. And as he once said about hoops, “You miss 100 percent of the shots you don’t take.” But perhaps his best quote comes from his other pastime, gambling: “I want people to understand, gambling is not a bad thing if you do it within the framework of what it’s meant to be, which is fun and entertaining.”.
SkagitCountyTaxServices
FEBRUARY 4, 2021
So, last week I ran through the (rather incredible) selection of NEW and/or extended tax credits available for Skagit County business owners. That’s just the tip of the iceberg though. But this is the great thing about working with business owners in tax strategy … we can get so creative and make a MASSIVE impact for your bottom line. It does take some partnership with you, of course.
Baruch Lev
FEBRUARY 5, 2021
By Feng Gu and Baruch Lev. In April 2020, Tapestry, Inc. ( TPR ) (luxury goods) announced a goodwill write-off of $211 million related to its line of Stuart Weitzman (shoes). Investors’ reaction was swift and harsh, Tapestry’s stock price decreased by 12.7% on the announcement day. There was other news in Tapestry’s announcement that likely affected shareholders’ reaction, but the goodwill write-off was definitely a contributing factor.
Speaker: Claire Grosjean, Global Finance & Operations Executive
Finance teams are drowning in data—but is it actually helping them spend smarter? Without the right approach, excess spending, inefficiencies, and missed opportunities continue to drain profitability. While analytics offers powerful insights, financial intelligence requires more than just numbers—it takes the right blend of automation, strategy, and human expertise.
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