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Deloitte revamps structure to cut costs in tough market

Accounting Today

Deloitte is looking to overhaul its structure as the professional services firm looks to cut costs ahead of a market slowdown, according to the Financial Times.

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How Xero can support you with Basis Period Reform

Xero

In Xero we’ve improved how you adjust your financial year-end settings. To see the latest changes check out this article – setting up your organisation’s financial settings. The start date for Basis Period Reform is fast approaching. From April 2024, your sole trader and partnership clients will need to follow a tax year basis for Income Tax as part of HMRC’s Basis Period Reform.

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Court stays SEC climate rule

Accounting Today

A federal court has temporarily halted the Securities and Exchange Commission's climate-related disclosure rule in response to a lawsuit from a pair of fracking companies.

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Can Tax Practices Really Implement a 4-Day Week

Insightful Accountant

Implementing a four-day workweek can boost productivity by 77%, improve work-life balance, reduce absenteeism, and save costs. However, it requires careful planning and execution, which may seem daunting in busy accounting and tax practices.

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From Start to Scale: Driving Growth Through Seamless Payments Implementation

Speaker: Michael Veatch, Senior Director, Implementations & Ella Aguirre, Director of Solution Consulting

Embedding payments can be a transformative step for software companies looking to enhance their platform capabilities, boost customer satisfaction, and drive long-term growth. However, the success of payments hinges on a single thing: implementation. Drawing on real-world insights and experiences, payments implementation experts Michael Veatch and Ella Aguirre will explore actionable strategies that can lead to a transparent, friction-free launch and mitigate potential challenges like technical

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Building a more attractive profession 

Accounting Today

Seth Fineberg shares the three areas that accounting needs to address to make the profession more attractive to young talent.

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Working, Features, and Pricing Tiers of Azure CDN

Economize

In today’s digital age, where speed and accessibility are the prime factors of website performance, content delivery plays a crucial role in ensuring optimal user experiences. Azure CDN is a dynamic content delivery network (CDN) with a distributed network of servers, which helps you elevate your content delivery strategy.

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Email Security – How Accountants Can Safeguard Themselves? 

Ace Cloud Hosting

Managing extensive financial data and connecting through email communications? Beware, as you may be a prime target for cyberattacks. Email is the primary mode of communication in this digital business.

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HOA fees are pricey and prevalent — but tax planning can help some clients

Accounting Today

Financial advisors and tax experts say HOA fees are usually not deductible, unless the home is used for a business or as a rental property.

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11 Cybersecurity Tips & Best Practices You Must Follow in 2024

Ace Cloud Hosting

Cybercrimes increased by nearly 300% following the covid-19 pandemic. 43% of all cyberattacks target small businesses. 60% of all enterprises which fall victim to cyberattacks go out of business within.

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Fallen tech star Lynch in fight to avoid prison for fraud

Accounting Today

It would cap a remarkable downfall for Mike Lynch if he's convicted of accounting fraud after he sold his startup Autonomy to Hewlett Packard for $11 billion.

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Less Stress, More Success: Accounting Best Practices & Processes for 2025

Speaker: Amanda Adams, Fractional CFO, CPA

Are you ready to elevate your accounting processes for 2025? 🚀 Join us for an exclusive webinar led by Amanda Adams, a seasoned fractional CFO and CPA passionate about transforming back-office operations for finance teams. This session will cover critical best practices and process improvements tailored specifically for accounting professionals.

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Email Security – How Accountants Can Safeguard Themselves? 

Ace Cloud Hosting

Managing extensive financial data and connecting through email communications? Beware, as you may be a prime target for cyberattacks. Email is the primary mode of communication in this digital business.

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Why the profession needs to say no to NOCLAR

Accounting Today

PICPA believes the PCAOB's Non-Compliance with Laws and Regulations proposal is disconnected from the realities of the auditing profession and will impose undue strain on an already thinly stretched workforce of CPAs.

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Accountants and QuickBooks Live: Collaborating for Client Success

Blake Oliver

As an accountant, you may have questions or concerns about QuickBooks Live and how it impacts your practice. In this discussion, I speak with Itai Jeczmien, VP of Product at Intuit, about the evolution of QuickBooks Live and how it can complement the work of accounting professionals. By working together, accountants and QuickBooks Live can provide comprehensive support to small business clients.

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Art of Accounting: Succession planning exit strategy

Accounting Today

There's an inherent conflict between wanting the best deal when you exit and wanting the best arrangement during the time you are working.

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Avoiding Lease Accounting Pitfalls in 2025: Lessons Learned from Spreadsheet Errors

Speaker: Abdi Ali, Sr. Lease Accounting Consultant

Join this insightful webinar with industry expert Abdi Ali, who will discuss the challenges that can arise from managing lease accounting with spreadsheets! He will share real-world examples of errors, compliance issues, and risks that may be present within your spreadsheets. Learn how these tools, while useful, can sometimes lead to inefficiencies that affect your time, resources, and peace of mind.

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Vendor Risk Management

Tipalti

From HIPAA data leaks to cyberattacks, learn how to better protect your business with vendor risk management in our in-depth article that offers vendor management best practices.

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California weighs new taxes to bail out Bay Area's struggling transit budget

Accounting Today

Transit operators in San Francisco's Bay Area are facing massive budget shortfalls as ridership lingers well below its prepandemic levels.

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Supplier Relationship Management

Tipalti

Supplier Relationship Management is crucial for modern finance. Learn how an SRM platform helps manage supplier payments, reduce costs, and enhance partnerships.

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Bloomberg officially launches Tax Workpapers solution

Accounting Today

Bloomberg Tax and Accounting released Bloomberg Tax Workpapers, which focuses on data, controls and calculations for tax preparation.

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Back to Basics with Reconciliations

Join us in this webinar, where we share best practices on how to think about the reconciliation work each month, when best to do reconciliations, how they should be prepared, and some common pitfalls to avoid. Learning Objectives: This course objective is to understand how to properly prepare and review balance sheet reconciliations and its impact on the financial statements.

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Track Invoices

Tipalti

Effortlessly manage business finances by optimizing your processes to track invoices. Learn how tools such as AP automation can enhance your invoice management.

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Earmark Media Presents: Federal Tax Updates - Corporate Transparency Act Ruled Unconstitutional

Cloud Accounting Podcast

Here's a preview of Blake's recent appearance on Federal Tax Updates, where he joined host Roger Harris to unpack some of the biggest tax stories making headlines, from a federal court ruling deeming a new business reporting law unconstitutional to the staggering estimates of tax evasion by the wealthy. To hear the complete discussion, visit Federal Tax Updates: [link] Need CPE?

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