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How is artificial intelligence (AI) affecting accounting?

Reckon

Artificial intelligence, hereafter simply referred to as AI, has evolved momentously over the last decade. But just in the last 6 months, these leaps have been gargantuan. As the discipline relies on data processing, it’s not surprising accounting professionals have been particularly vocal about the advancement of AI (and machine learning) for many years.

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Driving the Discipline of Strategic Growth

CPA Practice

By Jasen Stine and Gale Crosley. Our tax and accounting profession is continuing to be disrupted by marketplace dynamics from technology and economic conditions to competition and regulation. Business owners and firms need to be thinking about how to adapt to keep up with the “changing neighborhood” around them. Gale Crosley, CPA, CGMA, is a leading strategic organic revenue growth consultant to hundreds of large, and large-thinking CPA and accounting firms worldwide.

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Boosting eCommerce Success: Solving Accounting Challenges with Outsourced Accounting and Basis 365

Basis 365

Running an eCommerce business comes with challenges, and accounting is a critical aspect that often poses difficulties. Accurate financial records, managing cash flow, ensuring compliance with financial reporting standards, and conducting financial analysis are all essential to running a successful eCommerce venture. However, these tasks can be complex and time-consuming, leading to potential errors and setbacks.

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Why payroll can drive profits, not just headaches

Accounting Insight

Outsourced payroll services are underrated. Trust me, we asked. Employment Hero recently conducted a survey of 313 accountancy and professional service firms. Perceptions of offering outsourced payroll services were very negative – just 12% saw it as a profit-driver, while 11% saw it as a “necessary evil” and 35% thought of it as a way to attract and retain clients, not drive revenue itself.

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Your Accounting Expertise Will Only Get You So Far: The New Way To Lead

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.

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AC Risk Management increases financial efficiency by 400% with accounting automation and custom reporting 

Accounting Seed

Implemented by Accounting Seed certified implementation partner, Ayodia, AC Risk Management continues to beat the competition by spending more time face-to-face with clients and less time “in the books.” When you think of buying insurance, you don’t typically describe the experience as “memorable.” At AC Risk Management, their mission is, “to be different in an industry that has not changed in 100 years.

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6 Challenges You Can Expect in the Digital Age

Insightful Accountant

Fullmoon Digital's Derek Chew discusses what every accounting firm should know about marketing their wares in today's ever-evolving digital landscape.

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Sales Tax Compliance: Steps for Startups

BurklandAssociates

Startups can face serious penalties for failing to comply with state sales tax laws. If you’ve fallen behind, help is available. The post Sales Tax Compliance: Steps for Startups appeared first on Burkland.

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Breaking Bad (Actors): How businesses can overcome compliance struggles

Accounting Insight

In the past year, there have been notable transformations in the compliance sector. The financial services industry has experienced increased regulatory oversight, resulting in regulators imposing unprecedented fines on firms in 2022. As a result, companies are facing significant difficulties in adhering to compliance regulations due to the immense pressure to meet the ever-changing standards.

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Sales Tax Software vs. Service Providers: Making the Right Choice for Your Business

TaxConnex

Staying on top of your sales tax obligations is crucial to maintaining compliance and avoiding costly penalties. However, navigating the complex world of sales tax filing is a lot for a business to manage without the right expertise. Fortunately, there are options outside of managing sales tax on your own, but it leaves you with a choice - sales tax software or service provider?

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Layoff Watch ’23: The KPMG Workforce is Shrinking By About 5% (UPDATED)

Going Concern

Stock photo of KPMG office in London. Look, the logo is the same ok. Rumors have been buzzing for a few weeks now that KPMG would be making some cuts, the most notable of these buzzes an extra buzzy post on Reddit suggesting an incoming RIF. This morning (Monday), all-hands calls started appearing in people’s calendars and, well, you know what happens after that.

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The Hidden Science Behind Why Finance Teams Resist Change—And How to Fix It

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.

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Destination efficiency: Why effective business travel management is crucial today.

Airbase

Although personal travel is taking off this summer, business travel is having a more challenging time gaining altitude. Some industry analysts say that it could be well into 2025 before demand returns to pre-pandemic levels. Continued economic uncertainty has organizations carefully balancing budgets and benefits when it comes to corporate travel. But the cost of travel’s carbon footprint is an increasingly important factor in assessing corporate travel cost benefit.

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No Escape: How to Live with the New Lease Accounting Standards

CPA Practice

By Emily Fish, director of product accounting at LeaseQuery Within the lease accounting standards, there are exceptions to help entities determine which leases are in scope and which are not. First and foremost, the lease accounting standards apply to all entities—there isn’t an exception for an entity or industry as a whole. Instead, exceptions are applied on a lease-by-lease basis depending on certain policy elections: ASC 842, IFRS 16, and GASB 87 all have exceptions for short-term and immate

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Costs of non-compliance (part 1)

TaxConnex

What a major issue for your remote business these days. Constantly changing regulations. Tens of thousands of tax jurisdictions coast to coast, from the biggest states to the tiniest municipalities and everywhere in between. All wanting you to calculate, collect and remit the precise amount of sales tax if you have nexus there. Can all those tax authorities really all keep up with your obligations?

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Deloitte Plans to Have a Third of Its Workforce Operating From India Within the Next Four Years, Says South Asia CEO

Going Concern

That’s it. That’s the story. Published today in India’s business paper The Economic Times : Deloitte plans to have around 30% of its workforce operating from India within the next four years, with an estimated total employee count ranging from 150,000 to 160,000, as the country figures prominently in the firm’s global growth plans, according to Romal Shetty, CEO, Deloitte South Asia.

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Doing More With Less: The Modern Finance Miracle

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.

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Changes are coming to the contact overview page

Xero

Changes are coming to the contact overview page We wanted to share the next step in improving the contacts experience in Xero, helping you better manage the relationships with your customers and suppliers, as well as your cash flow. We’re excited to share that we’ve updated the design of our contact overview page, and introduced search and filter functionality.

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Businesses Could Save Lots in Taxes Under House GOP Plan

CPA Practice

By Joy Taylor, Kiplinger Consumer News Service (TNS) Now that a debt default has been diverted, Republicans in the House of Representatives are turning toward taxes. They’ve laid down their opening marker. It can pass the House, but not the Senate. GOPers’ decision to pay for the cost of their plan by nixing some key green-energy tax breaks in last year’s Inflation Reduction Act is a nonstarter with Congressional Democrats.

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Insightful Acccountant's 2023 ProAdvisor of the Year and Categorial Award Recipients

Insightful Accountant

Insightful Accountant is proud to announce the ProAdvisor of the Year along with the ProAdvisor Categorical Award recipients for 2023.

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Already Underpaid PwC UKers Get Told Bonuses Will Suck This Year

Going Concern

Although Big 4 audit fees have increased so much in the last several years clients wrote a strongly worded letter to complain about it , PwC UK told its 25,000 staff last week that things will be tight this year. “Challenging” market conditions mean smaller raises (if they get raises at all) and bonuses. Oh yay. Reports Financial Times : The firm’s junior auditors were told on a webcast last week that the pay band for one cohort would be frozen while others would increase by 3 or 6 p

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8 Pillars of Leadership Development

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.

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New guidance on tax credits for clean energy projects

Accounting Today

The service posted a fact sheet Friday on tax credits for renewable energy projects under the Inflation Reduction Act.

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1 in 5 Boomers Are Putting Retirement Off Because of Recession Concerns

CPA Practice

By Erin Bendig, Kiplinger Consumer News Service (TNS) Amid uncertain economic conditions, baby boomers aren’t feeling confident in their retirement plans. In fact, 70% of baby boomers expressed uncertainty over whether their retirement savings were healthy enough to carry them through retirement, according to a study from Retirement Living. The study, which surveyed 758 American baby boomers aged 59 and older about their financial plans, found that the average retirement savings of respondents

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Withum Names Nineteen New Partners 

Withum

Withum is proud to announce its 2023 New Partner Class. I’m excited to introduce this year’s New Partner Class. To get to this level takes an incredible amount of grit, passion and determination. This group is comprised of dedicated individuals who have a deep understanding of what it takes to succeed and thrive in business and life. The accomplishments of each individual are evidence of a larger trend—that of professionals going above and beyond, never ceasing to learn, create and innovate to b

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Citigroup is Holding Pay and Bonuses Hostage to Get People Back in the Office

Going Concern

It seems Citi is sick of WFH slackers and is getting the stick: Citigroup Inc. has begun telling managers to let staffers know they’ll face consequences if they don’t comply with policies for office attendance. While the vast majority of staffers are following the firm’s rules for hybrid work, the moves are focused on those employees with persistent, unexplained absences, according to a person with knowledge of the matter.

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Protect What Matters: Rethinking Finance Ops In A Digital World

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.

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One team, big dreams: Accounts and Legal win Large Firm of the Year

Xero

Established in 2015, Accounts and Legal has always had one mission – to make the lives of business-owners simpler. Guided by three main principles: offering a more than once-a-year service, putting technology at the forefront, and acting as a one-stop-shop for small business support, the firm has gone from strength to strength and has since grown rapidly to now having four offices nationwide across Manchester , London , Liverpool and Brighton.

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401(k) Gender Gap: Women Save Way Less for Retirement Than Men

CPA Practice

By Adam Shell, Kiplinger Consumer News Service (TNS) You’ve probably heard of the gender pay gap. But a new report from Bank of America reveals there’s a sizable gender gap when it comes to retirement savings, too. The gap is large enough to put women on notice that a secure retirement isn’t a sure thing unless they start socking away more for their golden years.

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Clues for the Top 100 2024 from Our Awards Article.

Insightful Accountant

Murph gave you valuable clues about the Top 100 process and the specific categories in our story about the ProAdvisor of the Year and Categorical Award recipients.

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If We Believe This Report, Talent Is No Longer Firms’ Number One Priority

Going Concern

According to the recently released Thomson Reuters 2023 State of the Tax Professionals Report [ PDF ], talent is no longer firms’ most important priority. This is a significant shift from last year (see also: Finding/Retaining Staff and Challenges Working With the IRS Are Top PITAs for CPA Firms, Says AICPA Survey ) that could mean the so-called accountant shortage is over or it could be that firms have had long enough to figure out how to make things work with the existing resources they

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Automation, Evolved: Your New Playbook for Smarter Knowledge Work

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.

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Congratulations to the finalists of the Xero Singapore Awards 2023!

Xero

We launched the Xero Singapore Awards five years ago to recognise and celebrate the tremendous contribution our Xero partners make to the small business community and the accounting industry. Sharing our passion for small businesses, they work tirelessly to champion their clients, advocate for digital transformation to deliver greater value, and take on new challenges to help their clients thrive.

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Business Owners Are Poised to Invest More in Technology

CPA Practice

Small- and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) are looking to invest $10,000 more in their suite of technology solutions this year than they were in 2022, a new study finds. Business owners are willing to invest $45,000 to $142,000 on tech products that can help them focus on growth and financial stability, according to the newly released Intuit QuickBooks Small Business Survey.

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Eight New Apps in the QuickBooks App Store

Insightful Accountant

Just because you are not at Scaling New Heights doesn't mean you can't have an 'exhibit hall' of your own. Check out these eight new apps in the QuickBooks App Store, I guarantee it won't be nearly as many steps to walk.

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Friday Footnotes: Big 4 CEO Hype Songs; Tim Ryan Does Sit-Ups For Breakfast; SEC on SPAC | 6.30.23

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. The Market Accounting firms question the partnership model [ Financial Times ] Several US accounting firms have taken investments from private equity groups to pay for acquisitions.

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Data Talks, CFOs Listen: Why Analytics Are Key To Better Spend Management

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.