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States with local economic nexus - a review

TaxConnex

Given the complexity that already exists regarding sales tax, it’d be great if states were the only jurisdictions that levied them. Local sales are becoming an increasing burden for online sellers as cities, counties and towns nationwide constantly tinker with their own sales taxes and other jurisdictions create new economic nexus rules. Accurately collecting, reporting and remitting is a major, ever-changing challenge for online sellers.

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Do Valuation Discounts Apply to Compulsory Shareholder Buyouts?

RogerRossmeisl

Valuation discounts for lack of control and marketability are major points of contention when companies or controlling shareholders are required to buy out shareholders who own minority interests. What’s appropriate depends on the facts of the case — and there’s an important distinction between statutory and contractual buyouts. Statutory buyouts In many jurisdictions, minority shareholders who are oppressed by controlling shareholders or who dissent to major business decisions are entitled to r

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Tax season wasn’t as bad as some expected: Survey

Accounting Today

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Critical Series A Finance Metrics for SaaS Startups

BurklandAssociates

SaaS startups need strong metrics for Series A funding that demonstrate traction, growth, profitability, and efficiency. The post Critical Series A Finance Metrics for SaaS Startups appeared first on Burkland.

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AI In Accounting: A Practical Roadmap For Smarter AP

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.

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Trends: Are sourcing rules changing (and making anything easier)?

TaxConnex

“Sourcing” or as we often call it, situsing, is key when you determine sales tax obligations: It refers to the location where a sale is taxed. According to the Sales Tax Institute there may be changes on the horizon– and though the aim appears to lean towards improving life for remote sellers, the changes only seem to make meeting sales tax obligations harder.

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Keeping Meticulous Records is the Key to Tax Deductions and Painless IRS Audits

RogerRossmeisl

If you operate a business, or you’re starting a new one, you know you need to keep records of your income and expenses. Specifically, you should carefully record your expenses in order to claim all of the tax deductions to which you’re entitled. And you want to make sure you can defend the amounts reported on your tax returns in case you’re ever audited by the IRS.

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Lockstep® Announces World’s First Shared Inbox Designed for Accounting

Lockstep

Patent-pending Email and Accounting Software Integration Revolutionizes and Streamlines Payments and Month-end Closing Workflows. Seattle, WA – May 19, 2022 — Lockstep® , the leader in connected accounting, today announced the launch of Lockstep Inbox , the first-ever shared inbox for accounting teams. An industry first, Lockstep Inbox is a free solution that streamlines accounting workflows between companies such as onboarding, invoicing, disputes, payments, and reconciliation.

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IRS audit rates plummet, especially for wealthy

Accounting Today

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The Ins and Outs of IRAs

RogerRossmeisl

Traditional IRAs and Roth IRAs have been around for decades and the rules surrounding them have changed many times. What hasn’t changed is that they can help you save for retirement on a tax-favored basis. Here’s an overview. Traditional IRAs You can make an annual deductible contribution to a traditional IRA if: You (and your spouse) aren’t active participants in employer-sponsored retirement plans, or You (or your spouse) are active participants in an employer plan, and your modified adjusted

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The Tax Break Commercial Real Estate Investors Might Need After COVID-19

Withum

The COVID-19 pandemic has had a dramatic impact on commercial real estate values, and in some cases resulted in property no longer being able to support the debt with which it is encumbered. The decrease in value of commercial property has forced many owners to restructure their debt. However, the resulting forgiveness of a portion of the debt does not automatically result in federal taxable income.

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Stop Budget Burnout: A Better Way to Grow Your Nonprofit in 2026

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.

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Performing Xero Reporting Using a Modern Excel Add-in Solution

Acterys

Excel is still a favorite for reporting in relation to cloud-based applications like Xero in the accounting space. It is predominantly driven by widely available knowledge, flexibility, and options for adding custom calculation options. The beauty of this productivity tool is that exporting data to Excel is simple and straightforward, knowledge is widely available, and the flexibility and ease of adding custom calculations is unparalleled.

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New AICPA chair pledges to 'open doors, broaden horizons'

Accounting Today

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Fully Deduct Business Meals This Year

RogerRossmeisl

The federal government is helping to pick up the tab for certain business meals. Under a provision that’s part of one of the COVID-19 relief laws, the usual deduction for 50% of the cost of business meals is doubled to 100% for food and beverages provided by restaurants in 2022 (and 2021). So, you can take a customer out for a business meal or order take-out for your team and temporarily write off the entire cost — including the tip, sales tax and any delivery charges.

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Start 2022 Off Right: Clean Up QuickBooks

VetCPA

Is Your QuickBooks company file ready for 2022? Three things you can do to put things in order. Don’t forget about QuickBooks while you’re catching up on 2021 and looking ahead to 2022. You probably don’t want to put one more item on your to-do list, but any steps you take now to ready the software for the new year will pay off. Once you start entering transactions and placing orders and welcoming new customers, it will help tremendously to have a clean slate.

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Why Tech-Forward Tax and Accounting Firms Have the Inside Track to the Future

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

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How To Manage 6 Risks Affecting Cybersecurity for Law Firms

Withum

Cybercriminals are increasingly targeting law firms; extortion is quickly realized, given the nature of highly confidential client data. The digital footprint of law firms is constantly expanding, leading to more entrances to a firm’s network infrastructure, which is a direct gateway to data. This expansion, combined with insider risks (a firm’s own staff), makes having risk-control protocols of paramount importance.

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Democrats urge IRS to boost drivers’ 58.5-cent mileage deduction

Accounting Today

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5 Ways to Foil a “Fraud Department” Scam

RogerRossmeisl

When banks detect suspicious activity in a customer’s account, they often call account holders to discuss the transactions. Time is of the essence when it comes to preventing fraud, especially in the case of wire and automated clearing house transactions. In most cases, if a caller claims to work for the fraud department of your or your business’s bank, the call is likely legitimate.

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How Women are Overcoming Bias in Bookkeeping

Accounting Web

Bookkeeping How Women are Overcoming Bias in Bookkeeping.

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Live Demo - Supercharge your Month End Close

Automation generally supercharges any process and brings its value to the forefront. See how infusing automation such as ART (our month-end close solution), into your close can get you to the next level of closing. We will share a live demo of SkyStem's solution, ART and share the key elements of month-end close automation. Through ART, we'll take a look at: What month-end close automation entails Which process steps can and should be automated Benefits of achieving process automation, and Why i

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Did You Receive an IRS Notice Regarding Deferred Social Security Tax Payments?

Withum

If you received a notice regarding deferred social security taxes that you partially paid back in December 2021, then you are not alone. The IRS has recently issued CP256V Notices to taxpayers that assert penalties and interest for failure to make proper federal tax repayments relating to Form 941. This article will discuss why the IRS is issuing these notices and how you can respond to get the penalties abated.

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IRS increases interest rates for Q3

Accounting Today

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Tax Implications of Selling Mutual Fund Shares

RogerRossmeisl

If you’re an investor in mutual funds or you’re interested in putting some money into them, you’re not alone. According to the Investment Company Institute, a survey found 58.7 million households owned mutual funds in mid-2020. But despite their popularity, the tax rules involved in selling mutual fund shares can be complex. What are the basic tax rules?

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What is Lockstep® Inbox?

Lockstep

Lockstep is pleased to announce our latest offering, Lockstep® Inbox. Revolutionizing accounting, Lockstep Inbox creates an shared inbox where accounting teams professionals can work better with customers and vendors. Today, more than 90% of accounting professionals are using manual personal, email inboxes and spreadsheets to manage their “digital” accounting workflows.

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Mid-Year Review: How to Ignite Employee Potential Through Meaningful Feedback

Mid-year performance reviews aren’t just boxes for HR to check. Paycor’s toolkit empowers leaders to: Identify high-potential team members. Boost engagement with meaningful feedback. Support struggling employees. Nurture top talent to drive results. Learn how to ignite employee potential through meaningful feedback. When you nurture top talent, everybody wins.

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How to Step Outside Your Tax-Focused Box

Accounting Web

Growth How to Step Outside Your Tax-Focused Box.

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KPMG Audit Kickstart CPA program will pay new hires to study

Accounting Today

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Celebrating 100 Years of Service With the YMCA

Withum

Explore Other Episodes. #CivicWarriors #WithumImpact. The post Celebrating 100 Years of Service With the YMCA appeared first on Withum.

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Client Service: How Did Your Firm Score This Tax Season?

ThomsonReuters

Unfortunately, businesses often make assumptions about what their clients want. Sometimes they miss the mark, which can lead to misunderstandings, unmet expectations, and potentially dissatisfied clients who eventually take their business elsewhere. “When a firm, or any other business, has been doing things the same way for 10, 20, or 30 years — and it has worked for 10, 20, or 30 years — there are blind spots,” said Greg Pope, Vice President of Marketing at SurePrep.

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Your Accounting Expertise Will Only Get You So Far: What Really Matters

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.

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Accounting Technology Is at an Inflection Point

Accounting Web

Trends Accounting Technology Is at an Inflection Point.

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Tips to avoid an audit on a like-kind 1031 exchange

Accounting Today

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Stock Market’s Vanishing Wealth  

Withum

I’ve spoken to quite a few people in the last month that told me they are getting “killed” in the stock market. I listen but do not offer much commiseration. The economy and stock market run in cycles. It is not static and has never been static. It is constantly in flux. Over the last ten years, even including the tanking in March 2020, we’ve had a huge run-up in the stock market.

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Advising Gig Workers: Form 1099-K and How to Minimize Tax Liability

ThomsonReuters

Do you have clients working full- or part-time in the gig economy? Self-employed workers who drive for Uber or deliver food for DoorDash, who sell crafts and merchandise on Etsy, or who hire out their services on TaskRabbit? These budding entrepreneurs often get paid through mobile payment services like Venmo, Paypal or CashApp or get paid directly through the Uber or Doordash app.

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How To Overcome Change Fatigue In Finance With Neuroscience-Backed Strategies

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.