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Outsourced Accounting vs. In-House: What’s the Right Move for 2025

AccountingDepartment

Financial management is the backbone of any business, enabling owners to steer toward growth, stability, and long-term success. However, as businesses evolve and financial complexities escalate, choosing the right accounting model becomes a pressing decision. Should you rely on in-house expertise or entrust an outsourced accounting service? With rapid advancements in technology, talent shortages, and the rise of remote work, this decision is even more significant as we approach 2025.

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Accountants expect firms to shrink headcount by 20%

Accounting Today

Fifty-two percent of accountants expect their firms to shrink in headcount by 20% in the next five years, according to a report by the Indiana CPA Society.

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Should You Get Payroll Insurance? 

Patriot Software

If you have employees, payroll might be your largest expense. You may consider getting certain types of payroll insurance to protect payroll-related operations—and your business bottom line. Payroll insurance isn’t a single policy. When you call an insurance provider and say, “I’d like some payroll insurance,” you’ll get recommendations for different types.

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Optimism declines among accountants

Accounting Today

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How to Streamline Payment Applications & Lien Waivers Through Innovative Construction Technology

Speaker: Dylan Secrest, Founder of Alamo Innovation and Construction Digital Transformation Consultant

Construction payment workflows are notoriously complex when you consider juggling multiple stakeholders, compliance requirements, and evolving project scopes. Delays in approvals or misaligned data between budgets, lien waivers, and pay applications can grind progress to a halt. The good news? It doesn't have to be this way! Join expert Dylan Secrest to discover how leading contractors are turning payment chaos into clarity using digital workflows, integrated systems, and automation strategies.

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Accountants’ Recent Pessimism Driven by Economic and Policy Uncertainty

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Pitfalls of sales tax compliance: in-house resources

TaxConnex

Many companies don’t think about how to handle sales tax obligations until it’s too late. Previously we looked at how such back-office functions as the general ledger , tax calendar and billing system can cause problems with your sales tax compliance. Is it worth your time to pay attention to all these potential potholes? “It’s just sales tax. It’s just putting a number on a form,” you might say.

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Smart Strategies to Drive Demand for Niche Accounting Services

CPA Practice

How niche accounting firms use demand generation strategies to build awareness, grow revenue, gain visibility, and build a pipeline in their specialty market.

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Bookkeeping now fully automated, tax compliance not far behind

Accounting Today

A recent report from CPA.com says that semi-autonomous AI bots are already completing bookkeeping workflows start to finish, fully automating the process.

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The Evolution of Accounting Education: How One University is Taking On the Talent Gap

Insightful Accountant

For too many years, the accounting profession has been defined by its barriers to entry. From the 150-hour-rule to a notoriously difficult exam, it seems accounting education was designed with exclusivity in mind.

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Customize Your QBO Reports to Improve Your Bottom Line and Save Time

Ronika Khanna CPA,CA

One of the most powerful features of QuickBooks Online (QBO) is the ability to customize reports. There are a variety of ways in which you can go from a basic financial report to one that gives you insights that can then easily be reviewed or shared with your accountant and/or stakeholders. Perhaps more importantly, the ability to customize your reports can have a direct impact on your bottom line.

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You upgrade everything else. Why not your close process?

You wouldn’t keep using a 2009 flip phone - so why settle for outdated close processes? It’s time for an upgrade. SkyStem's Guide to Month-End Close Software walks you through what today’s best tools can do (and what your team shouldn’t have to deal with anymore). Get smart, fast, and a whole lot less stressed when it’s time to close the books.

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RSM US to Make $1 Billion Investment to Expand AI Strategy

CPA Practice

The top five U.S. accounting firm announced Monday a $1 billion investment over the next three years as part of a significant expansion of its artificial intelligence strategy, with plans to integrate agentic AI platforms across the firm's operations and services.

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Koziel: There's more upside than downside for accountants

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Qount: Pioneering the Future of Practice Management with AI-Powered Intelligence

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Navigating Tax Reform: The Three Statements that Will Help You Sell Tax Plans This Year

CTP

Each new day brings a new headline about upcoming changes to tax law. As Congress weighs major decisions on the renewal of Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) provisions and the White House issues new tariffs, tax planners may find themselves scrambling to provide answers and reassurance to their clients. If this is you, consider this your invitation to slow down and take a deep breath.

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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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AICPA Submits Recommendations for 2025-2026 Priority Guidance Plan

CPA Practice

The recommendations come from the AICPA’s Tax Technical Resource Panels and cover 10 areas, including corporations/shareholders, employee benefits, and exempt organizations.

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RSM announces $1B agentic AI investment

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When “Rip and Replace” Becomes a Habit: How CFOs Can Disrupt (Rather Than Drive) Growth

Shay CPA

The allure of “digital transformation” can be hard to resist—especially when it comes from a seasoned VP of Finance or CFO who wants to show they can make a big impact. Often, the first move is a flashy system overhaul: switching general ledger (G/L) platforms, bringing in new payroll software, or replacing the expense management tool. In theory, it promises to streamline processes, cut costs, and position the company for growth.

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Riding the Tax Reform Rollercoaster: Best Practices for Forming a Tax Plan in 2025

CTP

Will they or won’t they? That’s the question on everyone’s mind: will Congress renew the expiring provisions from the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA), or will they allow some or all of them to sunset in favor of other priorities? These upcoming legal decisions will impact not just business owners but all taxpayers. Instead of letting the uncertainty spiral into anxiety, take a beat and weigh your options.

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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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Integra Global Solutions Rolls Out AI Receptionist Solution for Accounting Firms

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Boomer's Blueprint: 4 ways algorithms can improve your firm

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Why Choose Thomson Reuters ONESOURCE for your Indirect Tax Needs?

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When Adobe set out to remove 40% of the customization from its SAP system for managing indirect taxes, Thomson Reuters ONESOURCE Determination was the only solution that could meet its compliance needs and address the growing complexity of sales and use tax, VAT, GST, and industry and country-specific tax and business requirements around the world. It’s a decision that paid big dividends.

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Your Gateway to SALT and International Advisory Services

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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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AuditPro.ai Introduces Turnkey AI Solutions for Auditors, CFOs, and Investors

CPA Practice

AuditPro.ai is an intuitive and affordable assurance platform where accounting and finance professionals can easily discover and quickly benefit from the most advanced technologies.

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Instead adds AI-driven tax reports

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From Panic to Planning: Taking Control of Your Burn and Runway

Basis 365

Let’s start with a familiar feeling: You’re preoccupied with running your business, trying to grow, trying to hire, trying to build something great. And then it hits you, your bank balance doesn’t look like it used to. You pause. You ask yourself, “How long can we last at this pace?” And if that question makes your stomach flip, you’re not alone. Far too many business owners and founders don’t actually know their burn or their runway, two numbers that can make or break your next big move.

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How to Start an Accounting Firm: From Setup to Success

Canopy Accounting

You’ve spent years developing accounting expertise, and now you’re ready to build something of your own. Launching an accounting firm provides professional independence while allowing you to develop a business that embodies your core values and achieve success on your terms. Yet the journey from accountant to firm owner is not without entrepreneurial challenges.

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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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Accounting Thought Leaders Meet to Discuss Challenges Facing Profession

CPA Practice

Tax and accounting professionals, and the businesses they service, are currently facing intense changes in economic dynamics, trade, regulations, technology, state changes in credentialing, and staffing issues.

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Tech news: TaxPlanIQ adds new features

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Net Income vs. Gross Income: Know Your Business Profits

Patriot Software

Understanding how your business earns—and keeps—money is fundamental to financial success. You can look at gross income and net income to gauge business profitability. But what is the difference between net income vs. gross income? And why does it matter for your business?

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Marketing has moved on but has your firm kept up?

Accounting Web

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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.