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You Are Not Charging Enough

Going Concern

Psst. Hey, you. Yeah, you. We are speaking on behalf of the universe with a message for you: You are not charging enough. Honestly, we could just end the article here but there are minimum word counts to hit so in a moment we’re going to give you a few reasons why you need to raise your fees, though you don’t need them. Crazy concept, right? You can just raise your fees.

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3 Lessons From FTX’s Bad Bookkeeping

CPA Practice

By Ben Sherry, Inc. (TNS) If you don’t think that maintaining your financial records and transactions is a vital part of your life as an entrepreneur, just look at FTX. In a recently released report by the once-lauded cryptocurrency exchange’s debtors, newly installed FTX CEO John J. Ray III laid out how a lack of financial and accounting controls helped to doom the company.

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The Ultimate Guide to Going Paperless in Your Accounting Firm | Canopy

Canopy Accounting

Whether it’s to save money, increase productivity, or help the environment, many business owners are taking a serious look at going paperless. Going paperless is not that difficult to do and in the long run, it’s certainly better for your accounting firm’s bottom line. If you are interested in transforming your firm into a paperless office, there’s no better time to start.

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GPT-4 Answers Tax Questions, Gets Them Mostly Right

Going Concern

These days there is a lot of yapping about what AI can and can’t do; it CAN answer bar exam questions so well it’s nearly in the 90th percentile of test-takers , it CAN’T search in real time to find up-to-date answers beyond what it’s been trained on so it won’t be getting stuck in a late-night Wikipedia hole any time soon.

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4 Things Great Companies Do to Improve Cash Flow

4 Case Studies to Optimize DSO 26 Days Sales Outstanding. Already better than most. But, should you improve on that? Why would 3 fewer days even matter? It matters because it fundamentally transforms business outcomes. Join this webinar to explore 4 things companies do to reclaim hard dollars - not just soft costs - and go from good to great! What You'll Learn 6 operational KPIs every AR manager should track: Define and track these metrics to enhance performance, drive efficiency, and make infor

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5 Things You Can Do Today to Make Payroll Year End Easier

Accounting Insight

Payroll Year End is nearly upon us. This year, the deadline for submitting your Full Payment Submission (FPS) and/or Employer Payment Submission (EPS) is April 19 th , so now it’s time to get your information completed. After grappling with the cost of doing business challenges, small and medium businesses everywhere will likely find the payroll process is more complex than normal.

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But Who’s Counting? Season 2 Episode 4: How to Lead with Passion, Purpose and Urgency with Jeffrey Promnitz of Zeffert & Associates

Anders CPA

Leading an organization is filled with challenges, particularly over the course of a merger or acquisition. Business leaders must balance the creation of new processes and the introduction of new policies with maintaining the same qualities that drew them to acquire that business in the first place. But Who’s Counting? host David E. Hartley sat down with Jeffrey Promnitz of Zeffert & Associates to discuss practicing effective leadership, the “secret sauce” to constructive goal setting and ho

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A Curated Toolkit for Growth

Summit CPA

How a Business Operating System Benefits Digital Agencies When you’re trying to grow your business, or even solve a management issue, there are a few serious ways you can go about it. If you’re a DIY kind of leader, you can read a book (and there are some great ones out there). Or if you’re looking for outside expertise, you can hire a consultant (and there are some great ones out there).

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It’s Payback Time: How to Handle an Employee Expense Reimbursement in Payroll

Patriot Software

Does this sound familiar? You ask an employee to run a few errands for the office. They end up with a $10.79 coffee shop bill, $56.99 at the office supply store, and $25.28 at a local pizza joint. Sure, you plan to repay them. But how much do you know about employee expense reimbursement?

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Opportunity Cost Defined

AccountingDepartment

Opportunity cost is a concept in business that refers to the value of the best alternative forgone in order to pursue a certain action or decision. It is a crucial element to consider when evaluating the benefits and drawbacks of various options, particularly in business.

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The Financial Leaders Playbook: How To Deliver Insight, Oversight, And Foresight

Speaker: Chandra McCormack, CPA, MBA, NACD.DC

Imagine being a financial leader who not only ensures the books are balanced but also shapes the future of your organization. 🤔 ✨ This session will take you beyond the routine reporting and into the realm of strategic financial leadership. We’ll explore how today’s finance professionals can juggle the day-to-day operations while also delivering the long term vision that drives growth.

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Why Inventory Counts Matter

SMBAccountant

The past few years have forced many small businesses to face issues with the supply chain that they had previously never considered. Even the most prudent risk manager couldn’t have anticipated the far-reaching impact that the pandemic had on nearly every aspect of life. These new challenges have changed purchasing habits for many small businesses and as things start to return to normal, practices, such as inventory may need to be reevaluated.

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Revenue-Based Financing for Startups

BurklandAssociates

Revenue-based financing can provide the working capital your startup needs between equity rounds without exchanging an ownership stake or giving up control. The post Revenue-Based Financing for Startups appeared first on Burkland.

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Why are there so many due dates for sales tax?

TaxConnex

If you refer to “filing taxes” most people think of income tax with its annual filing requirement. State sales tax is another beast altogether, with a dizzying number of deadlines – and, potentially, serious consequences for missing one. Intensifying problem? Our  third annual survey  of financial professionals across various industries showed that many face sales tax challenges related to these filing deadlines.

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Airbase ushers in a new era of modern spend management with Guided Procurement.

Airbase

The rapidly evolving spend management market is once again experiencing a breakout moment. As the category leader and pioneer, Airbase is the first and only spend management platform to now offer Guided Procurement — intake functionality for all purchasing. This innovation expands the capabilities of spend management to include the beginning of the purchasing lifecycle, as employees first enter a request to spend company money.

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A Quick Historical Bookkeeping Cleanup

Historical bookkeeping clean-up is like an archaeological dig for financial documents. It is a vigorous, systematic process that ensures thorough scrutiny of every document. From verifying inconsistencies to reconciling payments, each layer of exhaustive evaluation brings greater clarity into your company's financial past. In this article, we will walk through all that historical bookkeeping clean-up entails.

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2023 Readers’ Choice Awards – The Readers Have Voted!

CPA Practice

While the economy and supply chains may still have some hiccups related to the end of the pandemic, one thing is clear: The demand for the services of accounting, finance and tax professionals is growing strong. Unfortunately, there’s also a “critical talent shortage,” says Tom Hood, CPA, a vice president with the AICPA. ( [link] ). During the pandemic and since, however, accounting professionals and firms have implemented many new technologies that are helping them provide more and better clien

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How this plasterer laid the foundations for a booming construction business

Xero

Since he was young, Johnno Green has had a penchant for construction. So one day when a guest speaker at his high school came looking for apprentice plasterers, he knew he’d found his break. Johnno cut his teeth working on residential builds before the Global Financial Crisis hit the housing market (and his employers), forcing a pivot into the commercial sector.

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EY US Just Fired 3000 People, Totally Not Related to Everest Falling Apart

Going Concern

Well we knew this was coming. Reuters : Ernst & Young’s U.S. arm said on Monday it was shedding 5% of its workforce, less than a week after the unit’s objection torpedoed the global accounting giant’s plan to break up its audit and consulting units. The layoffs will affect around 3,000 of the company’s U.S. employees. The decision was taken after assessing the impact of current economic conditions, strong employee retention rates and “overcapacity” in part

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Payroll errors and how to avoid them

ThomsonReuters

For business owners, payroll is complex and often their greatest expense. For accounting professionals, payroll services have long been viewed as a time-consuming, high-risk loss leader. Payroll errors are certainly a real concern, but with the right tools and resources in place, payroll services can be a growth opportunity for firms. Today’s global workforce, remote and hybrid work environments, and the ever-changing regulatory landscape have added additional layers of complexity to payroll.

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How Unify Turned Month-End Mayhem Into a Growth Party With Automation!

By ditching paper and manual checklists, UNIFY embraced ART’s cloud-based solution for seamless automation. The robust dashboards, exception reports, and completion date reports allowed the team to easily track progress and resolve bottlenecks. ART’s flexible access for auditors ensured tight deadlines were met effortlessly. With competitive pricing and a rapid setup, ART cut costs and minimized disruptions, enabling UNIFY’s team to concentrate on high-impact tasks.

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New Talent Deployment Strategies for 2023

CPA Practice

As a leader in your firm, you likely have ambitious goals to impact your clients’ bottom lines and grow your firm. But to reach those objectives, you need a team, and that’s becoming increasingly difficult to find if you’re hiring accountants. According to Caseware’s 2023 State of Accounting Firms Trend Report , more than 90% of accountants and 95% of auditors find hiring skilled talent challenging.

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How apps can make it simple to take climate action in your business

Xero

More and more businesses are focusing on sustainability, and for good reason. Not only do many small business owners personally feel it’s important to play a role in protecting the environment, doing so is proven to have a positive impact on their bottom line. We understand that taking the first steps toward sustainability in your business can feel overwhelming.

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PwC Once Again Tops the Vault Accounting 25, EY Almost Didn’t Make the List

Going Concern

Vault has announced its much-loved Accounting 25 list today and it should come as no surprise that PwC has once again topped the list, making it 11 years in a row at the top for P. Dubs. Congrats to them for holding down the throne. While prestige is the most important factor in the Vault Accounting 25 ranking formula, the 11,000 accounting professionals surveyed also value the following factors: firm culture, type of work, location, work/life balance, compensation, business outlook, and trainin

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Canopy Launches ChatGPT AI in Accounting Practice Management Software | Canopy

Canopy Accounting

If you've spent any time near a screen lately, you’ve heard of ChatGPT — a language model trained by OpenAI. Every day, a new thread appears of someone who has figured out the next thing ChatGPT can do. With the evolution of AI and OpenAI-based architecture, almost every industry must decide how to incorporate AI into their work models, including ours.

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2024 Annual Trends Survey: Expense Management Insights

Uncover the latest trends in expense management for small and medium-sized businesses. Our 5th Annual Trends Survey reveals that corporate card use is skyrocketing, but expense software isn't keeping up. This mismatch is creating real challenges for finance teams, who now take an average of 14 days to close their books. Travel policies are shifting to accommodate hybrid work, but many companies are struggling with off-tool bookings.

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Why Finding Your Mini-Me Won’t Lead to Succession Success

CPA Practice

Rethinking Succession: The Unconventional Choice It’s human nature to surround ourselves with people who are similar to us, after all who could be better than you but another you? When tasked with choosing a successor for your current role, whether as a partner at a firm, running your own practice, CFO, or any other position, the idea of finding a Mini-Me might feel comforting.

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IA Rewind: QuickBooks Desktop 2023 Product Summary

Insightful Accountant

September 6, 2022 was the day Intuit's QuickBooks Accountant Leader Ted Callahan announced as the release of the QuickBooks Desktop 2023 line-up to ProAdvisors and Accountants. Murph provided a summary of what's new.

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Is Our Health FSA Subject to COBRA?

ThomsonReuters

QUESTION: Next year, we plan to amend our company’s cafeteria plan to add a health FSA under which participants elect a coverage amount for the year and pay for it with pre-tax salary reductions. There will be no employer contributions, so participants’ health FSA salary reductions will equal the elected annual coverage amount. The health FSA will be offered to all employees who are eligible for coverage under our major medical, dental, and vision plans.

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Friday Footnotes: Consulting Gets Bumpy for New Hires; Cities Sans Accountants; PCAOB Priorities | 4.21.23

Going Concern

Footnotes is a collection of stories from around the accounting profession curated by actual humans and published every Friday at 5pm Eastern. While you’re here, subscribe to our newsletter to get the week’s top stories in your inbox every Tuesday and Friday. See ya. Big 4 EY Confronts Slowing Growth After Breakup Deal Fails [ Wall Street Journal ] Read this whole thing because it’s hilarous(ly awful for EY).

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Unlock The Power Of The CFO Toolkit

Speaker: Duke Heninger

With the rise of fractional finance roles, many CFOs, FP&A professionals, controllers, and accountants are stepping into independent consulting. The expansion of fractional services presents new opportunities for finance professionals, but many face challenges in navigating this transition, finding it daunting. Whether you’re new to fractional work or refining your approach, this webinar will equip you with a repeatable system for success.

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Ford’s F-150 Leaves Tough Choices for Truck Buyers Seeking EV Tax Credits

CPA Practice

By Kyle Stock, Bloomberg News (TNS) Americans love a Ford pickup truck; it’s one of the few constants of the car business. So it was a huge win on Tuesday when Ford’s F-150 Lightning became one of just 10 vehicles to qualify for the full $7,500 in tax breaks laid out by the Inflation Reduction Act. Dozens of other electric cars and trucks didn’t make the cut, either because they aren’t manufactured in the U.S. or don’t use American parts and pieces.

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Canopy Adds ChatGPT into the Mix

Insightful Accountant

The new function will be released in a beta mode with select customers on April 26 with the expectation of rolling it out to Canopy’s full customer base in May.

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What the future could bring for e-invoicing

Xero

When we look at a technology that has massive future potential, while already sitting firmly in the here and now, it’s hard to go past e-invoicing. The ability to send and receive invoices directly between accounting systems (and eliminate the need for manual, error-prone PDFs sent via email) offers some very exciting benefits. E-invoicing is in various stages of adoption around the world, with some governments either mandating or supporting it as a core part of the invoicing process.