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Latest Developments in State and Local Sales Tax

TaxConnex

In Alabama , rising pandemic-related online shopping has been a “life saver” for the state’s municipal governments and a “financial vaccine for Alabama’s counties,” the state said. The state’s SSUT has taken in more than $309 million overall during the current fiscal year – almost double the tax generated during all of fiscal 2018-19. The number of online retailers in the program has also grown from fewer than 200 in 2017 to more than 2,900 today.

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How Do Venture Capitalists Evaluate Startups? An Interview with a VC.

BurklandAssociates

Part 1 of Burkland’s interview with Andy McLoughlin, Partner at Uncork Capital Andy McLoughlin is a venture capitalist at Uncork Capital. Andy recently shared some time with Burkland's Head of Read More. The post How Do Venture Capitalists Evaluate Startups? An Interview with a VC. appeared first on Burkland.

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Amazon One Lets Consumers Pay With Their Hand

PYMNTS

“Talk to the hand” will take on new meaning starting Tuesday (Sept. 29). CNN reports Amazon has introduced the latest touchless way to pay at checkout. Dubbed Amazon One, the method allows users to pay with the palm of their hand at some of its stores. The giant eCommerce website can now connect a stored credit card with a palm print. Here’s how it works: place the palm of your hand above a sensor and purchase products at checkout-free Amazon Go stores.

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Paid Sick Leave Laws by State: The Chart, Map, & Accrual Info You Need

Patriot Software

Typically, employers get to choose whether they want to offer types of paid time off, like sick leave, to employees. But depending on your business location, you might not have a choice. Little by little, paid sick leave laws by state are on the rise. If your employees work in a state with mandatory sick […] READ MORE.

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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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Building a Sales Culture in Accounting Businesses

PANALITIX

RESOURCES / ARTICLES. Building a Sales Culture. IN Accounting Businesses. Panalitix CEO Mark Ferris recently presented a webinar on Building a Sales Culture in accounting businesses. He investigated how to get team members to WANT TO sell… which requires a major mindset shift in most cases. Our webinar audience came up with such good questions that we decided to respond with our thoughts in this article.

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A Venture Capital Firm Invested in a Startup Based on a Cold Email. Here’s Why.

BurklandAssociates

Part 2 of Burkland’s interview with Andy McLoughlin, Partner at Uncork Capital Andy McLoughlin is a venture capitalist at Uncork Capital. Andy recently shared some time with Burkland's Head of Read More. The post A Venture Capital Firm Invested in a Startup Based on a Cold Email. Here’s Why. appeared first on Burkland.

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How to Provide "View-Only" Business Account Access to Your Outsourced Accountant

FusionCPA

Accountants and bookkeepers are responsible for recording, organizing, and analyzing your business transactions. Among these transactions, your dealings with banking institutions may be the most common one. Most accounting institutions recommend that businesses pay invoices and receive payments directly through their banks. Hence, for small business bookkeepers, your banking statement is one of the easiest ways they can gather information relating to your income, expenses, and cash flow.

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Tim Cook Named CEO and President of Katz, Sapper & Miller

Katz,Sapper&Miller

Katz, Sapper & Miller, Indianapolis’ largest certified public accounting firm, announced the election of Tim Cook, a 17-year KSM veteran, as its next firm leader. Cook will succeed Managing Partner David Resnick, effective Jan. 1, 2021.

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Behind the Scenes with Our Implementation Team

AccountingDepartment

Want a behind the scenes tour of our implementation team? Step this way to meet some of our team and get to know how they tackle bringing on new clients and setting them up for success.

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In The Subscription Economy, Retention Is The New Growth

PYMNTS

You likely remember the days when you got your Sunday paper in printed form, before clicking links on your devices, before getting content in your email inbox thrice daily. Back then, you paid the subscription price and got a 12-inch stack of paper, replete with sections you never really read that closely. But you paid for the “bundle” anyway, because there was no other way to read the sections you really wanted to read.

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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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Using Xero Accounting vs IT Companies without Accounting Software

FusionCPA

IT companies that are using Xero accounting vs IT companies that are not using the software show a marked benefit. Working in IT means that you are working in a field that is constantly evolving. Like all other industries, the IT field relies on accounting to enjoy success.

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Client Spotlight: AUDIENCEX on Expansive Growth & the Evolution of AdTech

KROST

This is a preview of one of the articles in the new KROST Quarterly Technology Issue , titled “Client Spotlight: AUDIENCEX on Expansive Growth & the Evolution of AdTech” with Ryan Carhart, CFO and Brian Ko, CCO. Recently, we had the opportunity to sit down and talk to one of our incredibly successful and cutting-edge tech clients, AudienceX.

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How to make QuickBooks Balances Agree – A Starting Point

SchoolofBookkeeping

When you start working with a new client, usually there is some clean up work that needs to be done. Rarely do you get “fresh snow” client: Someone that is brand new, never used anything, and is open to anything. Read More. THIS CONTENT IS NOT ACCESSIBLE WITH YOUR MEMBERSHIP LEVEL OR YOU ARE NOT SIGNED IN. Please log in. Not a member? Pricing and Enrollment.

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Paytm President: Going From Mobile Payments To India’s Connected Commerce Ecosystem

PYMNTS

As India approaches the fourth anniversary of 2016’s demonetization, the landscape that has defined the country and economy is undergoing a radical shift. India has heretofore been a cash-based economy, where even consumers shopping online often paid in physical currency via cash on delivery (COD). But several years of a regulatory push have combined with the increasing presence of India’s Unified Payments Interface (UPI) and six months of COVID-19 to markedly reduce Indian consumers’ fondness f

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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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Are Your Clients Taking Advantage of Sellable Tax Credits?

CTP

State governments realize the economic benefit of spending billions of dollars on tax credits. Are your clients taking advantage of this? Many are not due to low tax liability. Nonprofit organizations or start up businesses that generate very little income are among them. Some states have found a solution. They have created a secondary market […].

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Tax Account Review – TAR or Discovery

MyIRSRelief

For Los Angeles, and all over America, individuals or businesses who are concerned about the information they receive from the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) about their taxes, a tax account review – TAR may be the answer. For those who have complicated tax forms to fill out, a proper review by tax professionals may shed light on their current situation.

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The Sales Tax Requirements of Selling Into Canada

TaxConnex

U.S. sales tax post- Wayfair is confusing enough. What if you begin selling into a foreign country? You’ve heard it before that US sales & use tax laws are some of the most confusing, but how are things done with our neighbor to the north? Do the same rules apply, is it easier to understand? The tax rates. Collectively, jurisdictions in Canada do impose less diverse sales tax obligations than U.S. states and their local jurisdictions and of course there are fewer Canadian provinces than ther

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Using 5G To Build Tomorrow’s Smart Cities, Today

PYMNTS

Smart cities powered by 5G networks have long been forecast as coming soon to major metros all over the world. But actual progress has been limited by various regulatory and technological headwinds that have kept the connected smart city more a vision of the future than a concrete reality of the present. However, CEO Ian Aaron of Ubicquia , a smart cell and smart grid technologies company, told PYMNTS that the past half year has changed the outlook for smart cities.

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Register Now: Sneak Peek Into Close Automation SkyStem Web Demo

Technology is rapidly changing the way accountants perform and manage month-end activities. Spreadsheets, email, and shared drives no longer have to slow us down. Join us as we present a "sneak peek" recorded demo of SkyStem's month-end close solution – ART. In under four weeks, your team can start reaping the benefits of month-end close automation by vastly reducing spreadsheets, cut down on reconciliation work, speed up the month-end close, and better manage your remote team.

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NetSuite Data Management – Optimizing NetSuite ERP & SuiteCommerce

FusionCPA

What is NetSuite? NetSuite is the #1 cloud ERP system for small to mid-sized businesses. It combines e-commerce, CRM, Financials, Advanced Reporting, warehouse management, global business management (ideal for international taxes), human resource management, and more! It’s a complete package for growing organizations that need infrastructure to scale their business.

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5 Business Mistakes That Can Be Fatal by Steve Padgett

SkagitCountyTaxServices

All the political people are arguing over taxes , and my inner geek smiles. (By the way, if YOU want to argue about the tax issues, here’s a good explainer article to start with before you make big declarations about the tax issues involved.). Because I’m not really interested in arguing over these things, to be honest — at least in this space.

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Fake News, Facebook, and How We’re Influenceable Commodities. 4 Things to do Now

RLLeaders

The hands are on the scales, and they’re tipped against us. There has been a lot of discussion as of late about facts and fake news—about how facts and opinions are conflated in the same sentence, paragraph thought, and are given equal weight. I’ve been thinking about and working through this problem for the past few years, because while there’s bias in some media, our societal proclivity for allowing opinions to become as important as facts is too extreme to merely attribute to biased media.

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B2B Payments Drive Instant Payments, Crypto Innovation

PYMNTS

New payment rails are once again in the spotlight as real-time payments and cryptocurrency emerge as the top focuses for innovators. In this week’s look at payment rails innovation, the European Union begins paving the way for greater crypto adoption, while Mastercard expands its own crypto accelerator initiative. Separately, research finds B2B payments as the key driver behind surging instant payments volume in the years ahead.

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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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Disbursements By Voice Are Growing In Popularity – And Other Instant Disbursements Trends

PYMNTS

Consumers and microbusinesses now get an average of two disbursements each year, excluding tax disbursements from local, state and federal governments. Yet, many of those disbursements are neither digital nor instant and available for consumers and microbusinesses to access and spend on demand, PYMNTS’ latest Disbursements Satisfactory Report found.

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NEW DATA: Pandemic Pushes 70 Pct Of Businesses To Automate Accounts Receivables

PYMNTS

The pain points that accounts receivable (AR) teams most commonly experience can be boiled down to three underlying and related problems: continued reliance on manual AR management practices, and the resulting lack of speed and high operating costs associated with managing receivables. Reliance on manual processes has far-reaching effects. These legacy methods often reduce the speeds at which firms deliver invoices and follow up on overdue payments, as they are less efficient for prioritizing co

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Target Pilots Buy Now Pay Later With Sezzle

PYMNTS

Sezzle , the installments payments platform, will be working on buy now, pay later (BNPL) services with Target , a press release says, which will test how the popular payment trend works with the retail giant's operations. The collaboration will involve “limited tests with a small portion of Target.com guests in two product categories to evaluate the efficacy of the Sezzle platform for Target’s retail operations.”.

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Stripe Heads Up $12M Funding Round For Payments Processor Startup PayMongo

PYMNTS

Filipino online payments platform PayMongo has come off a funding round with $12 million, according to a press release. Stripe led the round, and existing investors Y Combinator and Global Founders Capital participated, alongside a new investor, Bedrock Capital. PayMongo plans to use the new funding to speed up introducing new features and products, and to keep building its product, design and engineering teams, the press release says.

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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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Square Unveils QR-Code Based Ordering For Eateries

PYMNTS

Square has unveiled a quick-response (QR) code-based self-service ordering functionality for eateries harnessing Square Online. The feature lets customers make orders through their mobile devices, steering clear of unnecessary physical contact with staff at no further charge to the company, according to an announcement. Square Online sellers in the U.S., Canada, U.K. and Australia can now use the self-serve ordering feature.

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Why 2021 Is No Sure Bet For An SMB Rebound

PYMNTS

As 2020 limps toward its exhausting conclusion, get ready for a massive rebound in 2021 — for consumer spending , for small- to medium-sized businesses’ ( SMBs ’) top lines, and for the U.S. economy in general. Maybe not. In an interview with Karen Webster, MerchantE Chief Financial Officer Shim Steinmetz cautioned that many variables are at play, which makes divining the future a bit dicey.

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Closing Latin America’s $350B SMB Trade-Finance Gap

PYMNTS

The cash flow challenges for small businesses have been in place for a while, in Latin America since well before the pandemic took root. And in an interview with PYMNTS, Jacob Shoihet , co-founder and CEO of the online financing platform Marco Financial , said the problem is particularly acute for exporters. “In Latin America, the infrastructure mainly relies on banks to provide kind of these types of services to the SME segment.

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Restaurants, C-Stores Prep For A Post-Pandemic Omnichannel Future

PYMNTS

Some convenience stores and restaurants have seen their revenues dented by 60 percent or more in recent months, Paytronix CEO Andrew Robbins told Karen Webster. But he said what’s really remarkable is how consistently hopeful, engaged and optimistic businesses are about what comes next. “It was just amazing that the sentiment I am hearing is: ‘If this is the toughest thing the world can throw at us, we can beat it,’” Robbins said.

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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.