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IAASB rolls out sustainability assurance standard

Accounting Today

The International Auditing and Assurance Standards Board is preparing for the adoption of its International Standard on Sustainability Assurance 5000 early next year as companies look to get outside approval from auditing firms on their environmental efforts.

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Steer Clear of These Common Budgeting Mistakes for Your Business

Accounting Department

Creating a budget is essential for any business aiming for long-term success. As a business owner or CFO of a small to medium-sized enterprise, you might have faced the difficulties involved in developing and executing a budget.

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Why accounting firms are bleeding talent

Accounting Today

Stagnating wages and gaps in career path awareness have pushed young professionals away from accounting, leading to a dearth of candidates and leaving firms scrambling to find a solution.

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Unlocking Profit Potential Through Strategic Financial Forecasting

Accounting Department

In the current competitive environment, small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) must leverage every possible advantage to succeed and expand. Forecasting is a powerful tool that can greatly influence a company's financial success.

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Usage-Based Monetization Musts: A Roadmap for Sustainable Revenue Growth

Speaker: David Warren and Kevin O’Neill Stoll

Transitioning to a usage-based business model offers powerful growth opportunities but comes with unique challenges. How do you validate strategies, reduce risks, and ensure alignment with customer value? Join us for a deep dive into designing effective pilots that test the waters and drive success in usage-based revenue. Discover how to develop a pilot that captures real customer feedback, aligns internal teams with usage metrics, and rethinks sales incentives to prioritize lasting customer eng

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Introducing Xero Mentor Match: A mentoring program for industry partners

Xero

There is a growing movement in the accounting industry towards new services and cloud-based tools, in large part due to the talent shortage crisis being felt across the US and Canada. The number of US accountants decreased by around 17% in the last couple of years, and this talent shortage crisis is causing pressure to evolve the role of the modern accountant.

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The Scope of FinOps Extends Beyond Public Cloud

FinOps Foundation

Key Insight: To effectively manage the variable nature and distributed procurement model of cloud, FinOps Practitioners have built capabilities to maximize the value of their organization’s technology investments. This has resulted in businesses asking FinOps teams to manage technology spending that extends beyond the scope of public cloud. Most Practitioners today are incorporating SaaS and Data Center costs into their practices.

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From Startups to Enterprises: Tailoring CFO Support Services to Fit Your Business Needs

Accounting Department

In the ever-evolving landscape of business, one size rarely fits all. This is particularly true when it comes to financial management. Whether you're a burgeoning startup or an established enterprise, having a firm grasp on your finances is crucial.

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Celebrating the UK winners of the Xero Beautiful Business Fund 2024

Xero

Supporting and championing small businesses is at the core of our purpose, which is why we launched the Xero Beautiful Business Fund last year. This initiative provides more than £350,000 in funding globally to our small business customers in the UK, South Africa, Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, Canada and the US. There were 28 winners overall, four in each country, who were awarded based on their 90 second video entry about how they would use the funding to support their future business goa

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Denial Management Strategies for 2025: Trends & Best Practices

RevCycle

As healthcare continues to evolve, so do the complexities of managing the revenue cycle, with denial management being one of the most persistent challenges. Denial management is an essential component of healthcare revenue cycle management (RCM) because denials directly impact an organization’s financial health. From 2022 – 2024, the number of providers who said denials are increasing jumped from 42% to 77%.

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Employee Incident Report: How to Write One + Template

Fit Small Business

An employee incident report is a formal document that records the details of an event or situation—such as workplace injuries, property damage, or harassment—that occurred at work. A clear, well-documented report process ensures that incidents are accurately tracked and quickly addressed to prevent further complications. These help businesses maintain compliance, protect employees, and provide crucial.

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Solve Your Firms Automation Complexities Once and For All

Speaker: Mark Stovel

When it comes to automating, many firms focus on finding the latest tech, believing that efficiency is something achieved through new tools. Yet true efficiency is achieved by delivering real value to clients, not merely by upgraded systems. Without a clear approach, no level of automation can overcome the complexities of serving every client’s needs.

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Master's programs hit five-year peak in application growth

Accounting Today

Nearly three-quarters of U.S. masters of accounting programs reported application growth, according to a report by the Graduate Management Admission Council.

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XSBI: Are interest rate or income tax cuts benefiting small businesses yet?

Xero

Cuts to official interest rates and income taxes have begun in some countries, with some hoping the changes would help boost consumer spending. Unfortunately, this doesn’t seem to be the case yet for small businesses, according to the latest Xero Small Business Insights (XSBI) data. What cuts have happened? Central banks have been busy in the past few months, switching their focus from raising interest rates in an attempt to fight inflation, to cutting interest rates to boost growth.

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Are you annoying your accountant? 5 things to avoid

Plooto

Most small business owners don’t become entrepreneurs because they love managing finances. That’s why accountants and bookkeepers are so crucial to successfully running a business. Their relationship is an essential part of how SMBs achieve efficiency, scale, and control over their financial operations.

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What Tax Practitioners Need to Know About the New IRS Pass-Through Compliance Unit

Insightful Accountant

In a significant shift that will affect tax practices nationwide, the Internal Revenue Service has activated its new pass-through compliance unit within the Large Business and International Division (LB&I).

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Confronting the Change Challenge

Change is difficult, whether in our private or work life. However, without change, growth and learning are difficult not to mention keeping up with the market and staying competitive. We have all worked for or ourselves are the bosses that prefer to keep the status quo. We will discuss how to address the "change challenge" to enable you to be a changemaker and a graceful recipient of change.

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IRS increases 401(k) limit for 2025 but keeps IRA limit the same

Accounting Today

The amount individuals can contribute to their 401(k) plans in 2025 has increased by $500 to $23,500, up from $23,000 for 2024, but the IRA limit remains $7,000.

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The Complete Guide to 3-Way Matching in NetSuite

Nanonets

Vendor bills are a critical part of AP workflows - the final document in an AP process that specifies how much you need to pay a vendor for a purchase. Getting a vendor bill payment right is important - to ensure accurate payments, prevent fraud, and streamline AP workflows. However, even a simple vendor bill payment requires multiple checks and approvals before it can be processed.

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We’re ready to support you with Making Tax Digital for Income Tax

Xero

As outlined in the autumn Budget, the UK government is committed to delivering Making Tax Digital (MTD) for income tax Self Assessment, which will be mandated in April 2026. We’re pleased that this gives accountants and bookkeepers more certainty on timings as they prepare for this deadline. At Xero, we’re ready for MTD for IT and will be participating in HMRC’s public testing phase from April 2025.

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The Best B2B Dispute Management Tools of 2024

Gaviti

Whether due to error, financial trouble or the non-delivery of goods or services, disputes are unavoidable in the world of accounts receivable. Traditionally, they are managed through a lengthy, tedious manual process that lacks visibility into the process in real time. As companies scaled and these disputes increased, however, businesses started to turn to dispute automation for a more efficient dispute management process for collections and dispute management.

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Travel and Expense Policy Success: Your Essential Checklist

Setting the stage for successful organizational change always begins with clear, thoughtful communication. When it comes to rolling out a new travel and expense (T&E) policy, establishing a well-structured communication plan is key to ensuring that all employees understand the changes and their impact. By following a step-by-step approach, you can guide your organization through the transition, fostering smooth adoption from the outset and improving compliance.

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Nominations for 2025 ProAdvisor Awards Continue

Insightful Accountant

It's not too late, you can still tell that 'special ProAdvisor' in your life just how much you think of them by nominating them for the 2025 ProAdvisor Awards. Whether they are U.S. or International ProAdvisor we're still accepting nominations.

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FASB issues standard on income statement expenses

Accounting Today

In response to demand from investors, public companies will be required to disclose more information about certain expenses in the notes to financial statements.

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1099-MISC Instructions: Filling Steps and FAQs Answered

Tipalti

Boxes on the new Form 1099-MISC are rearranged and renumbered. Boxes 15 through 17 apply to states. Follow IRS 1099-MISC Instructions to complete the tax form. Some exceptions for 1099-MISC reporting aren’t included in this article.

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Celebrating the South African winners of the Xero Beautiful Business Fund 2024

Xero

South African small businesses pack a big punch, and despite facing ongoing challenges, they are resilient, ambitious and optimistic. Supporting and celebrating these businesses is at the heart of why Xero exists, so I’m very happy to announce the South African winners of the 2024 Xero Beautiful Business Fund. Launched last year, this fund provides more than R8,000,000 in funding globally to our small business customers in South Africa, Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, the UK, Canada and the U

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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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10 Questions To Ask When Choosing A Tax Preparer

Ace Cloud Hosting

Tax season is approaching, and it is quite obvious that taxpayers are looking for a tax preparer.

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Tired of 20+ Page Organizers? Here’s How to Make Tax Season a Breeze

Insightful Accountant

Tax season can be a challenging time for both accountants and clients, particularly when it comes to collecting accurate and complete tax information. A primary source of frustration for accountants is the use of traditional tax organizers.

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Personality screenings may improve audit quality

Accounting Today

Researchers found that auditors with greater honesty-humility are more likely to prioritize professional integrity and report financial infractions.

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1099 Rules

Tipalti

Stay compliant in 2024: unravel Form 1099 rules to help navigate tax regulations seamlessly and stay on top of the constantly-changing business taxes landscape.

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The New Frontier: A Guide to Monetizing AI Offerings

Speaker: Michael Mansard and Katherine Shealy

Generative AI is no longer just an exciting technological advancement––it’s a seismic shift in the SaaS landscape. Companies today are grappling with how to not only integrate AI into their products but how to do so in a way that makes financial sense. With the cost of developing AI capabilities growing, finding a flexible monetization strategy has become mission critical.

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The Human Touch: Why Personalized Bookkeeping Services Matter for Small Businesses

Less Accounting

In the age of automation and digitalization, small businesses have access to a plethora of tools and software designed to streamline their operations. While automation undoubtedly offers numerous benefits, there’s still something irreplaceable about the human touch, especially when it comes to bookkeeping. In this blog post, we’ll explore why personalized bookkeeping services matter for small businesses and the unique advantages they offer in an increasingly automated world.

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How to Understand Business Performance: From a Profit and Loss Perspective

Counto

How to Understand Business Performance: From a Profit and Loss Perspective This Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) covers how small business owners in Singapore can understand their business performance through a financial statement known as the Profit and Loss Statement (P&L) or Income Statement. The Income Statement summarises revenues, costs, and expenses incurred during a specific period, usually a fiscal quarter or year.

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Cloud Forecasting: Techniques, Challenges & 6 Best Practices

finout

What Is Cloud Forecasting? Cloud cost forecasting is crucial for organizations operating in the cloud because it directly impacts financial planning and resource management. As businesses increasingly migrate workloads to cloud environments, managing costs becomes complex due to the dynamic nature of cloud services, such as on-demand pricing models and scaling capabilities.

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KPMG trims US audit staff by 4% to counter low turnover rate

Accounting Today

The Big Four firm has cut roughly 330 people from its U.S. audit business to combat near historic low employee turnover rates.

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How To Optimize Cash Flow: Your Roadmap To Resilience!

Speaker: Genevieve Hancock, CPA

Cash flow isn’t just about balancing numbers - it's about ensuring your organization is positioned for both immediate stability and long-term success. Understanding that cash flow management fuels every decision, every opportunity, and every growth phase is critical. But how can you shift from simply managing cash to strategically optimizing it for resilience?