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Building the profession together

Accounting Today

AICPA chair Carla McCall talks about how accounting firms need to work together so they can all thrive separately.

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Introducing Xero Mentor Match, a mentoring program for accounting and bookkeeping partners

Xero

It’s no secret the accounting and bookkeeping industry has been battling a critical talent shortage for some time. In fact, we’ve conducted new research that reveals almost two-thirds of employing practices (65%) have experienced challenges with finding and keeping the right staff in recent years. Our report, Reshaping accounting and bookkeeping: Image, talent and the way forward , suggests this talent problem is, in part, due to an image problem, with most accountants and bookkeepers (81%) agre

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How many millionaires? Tax returns by income group for 2024

Accounting Today

Millionaires only accounted for 0.22% of total returns filed this year for the 2023 tax season.

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What’s that Accounts Payable Automation Company with the Octopus Logo?

Fidesic blog

Fidesic is that AP automation company with the octopus logo. Fidesic, the only octopus AP automation built specifically for Dynamics GP & Business Central.

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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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Moss Adams launches AI consulting service

Accounting Today

Moss Adams announced the launch of two new AI consulting teams, focused on machine learning and generative AI, who will work with clients on implementing AI solutions.

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What’s that Accounts Payable Automation Company with the Octopus Logo?

Fidesic blog

Fidesic is that AP automation company with the octopus logo. Fidesic, the only octopus AP automation built specifically for Dynamics GP & Business Central.

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What is document classification?

Nanonets

In our hunter-gatherer days, we had to classify objects and beings as food, foe, or friend, for survival. Today our need for classification is less for conservation and more for clarity.  In this era of information overload, document classification is of considerable importance for the efficient management and use of information and knowledge.   In this article, we will look at the types of document classification and how ML techniques are being increasingly used for this purpose.

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Doeren Mayhew receives PE investment

Accounting Today

The Top 100 firm announced it has partnered with Audax Private Equity, making it the latest in a string of large accounting firms to score PE money.

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Can You Buy QuickBooks Enterprise Without Subscription? Here Is How

Ace Cloud Hosting

QuickBooks Enterprise is a popular accounting software designed for medium to large-sized businesses. The software offers a range of advanced features and tools that can help enterprises manage their financial.

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Art of Accounting: How to succeed with changes

Accounting Today

Innovation and changes are hot topics, but many who talk about it or wish for it never seem to move forward or make changes.

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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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Cloud in Manufacturing Industry – Benefits and Use Case

Ace Cloud Hosting

Manufacturers face enormous pressure to innovate quickly to meet changing customer demands. These rising demands and expectations often leave them questioning how to stay ahead in today’s digital landscape. Cloud.

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Longtime Apple CFO to take on smaller role

Accounting Today

Kevan Parekh will take on the CFO role from Luca Maestri at the end of the year, as part of a planned succession.

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What is Dunning, and Can it Improve Customer Retention?

Billing Platform

An overlooked process by many software as a service (SaaS) and subscription-based companies, dunning is a 17th-century term that describes the process that organizations take to methodically communicate with customers to collect money owed for goods or services provided. The dunning process enables you to determine why a customer didn’t send a payment, as well as serves as an opportunity to broaden the customer experience (and improve retention) by reminding the customer of the benefits of doing

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IRS adds payments, Spanish to Business Tax Account

Accounting Today

The Internal Revenue Service continues to expand the things business taxpayers can do with BTA.

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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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The Savannah Bananas' Playbook for Unconventional Business Growth: Insights from CFO Tim Naddy

Blake Oliver

What happens when you throw out the old playbook and reimagine what a baseball team can be? You get the Savannah Bananas - a viral sensation with a million-fan waitlist and over 200 consecutive sold-out games. In this episode of the Earmark Podcast , I interviewed Tim Naddy, CFO of the Savannah Bananas, to uncover the financial strategy behind their explosive growth.

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A Tale of Two Niches - the 2025 ProAdvisor Awards Part 2

Insightful Accountant

Murph looks at a couple of the 'sub-categories' used by Insightful Accountant for both the 'Niche' and 'CAAS' Award categories. This week's Part 2 cover 'Tax' as a specialty or CAAS service.

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BF Borgers prosecuted in Canada over audit work

Accounting Today

An Ontario court placed the firm and owner Ben Borgers on probation for two years for unlicensed, unregistered audit work, and ordered both to pay fines.

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QB Talks April | Modern Reports and Pivot Tables | Archives

Insightful Accountant

Get a jump on transitioning to the new 'Modern View' Reports that Intuit is starting to roll out into QuickBooks Online by attending Insightful Accountant's QB Talks on April 24, 2024 at 2:00 Eastern Daylight Saving Time.

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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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QB Talks March | Revenue Recognition in QBO | Archives

Insightful Accountant

In QB Talks on March 20, 2024, Alicia Katz Pollock demonstrated QBO Advanced’s latest feature, Revenue Recognition. Accrual-based companies will love the ability to automatically schedule Deferred Revenue transactions.

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Are Your Non-Compete Agreements Null and Void?

Insightful Accountant

A federal judge in Dallas has blocked the U.S. Federal Trade Commission's (FTC) near-total ban on noncompete agreements, which was set to take effect next month.

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QB Talks May | QB Live: Assisted Bookkeeping | Archives

Insightful Accountant

Check out this special edition of QB Talks, where Alicia Katz Pollock and special guest Ted Callahan dive into the subject of assisted bookkeeping.

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QB Talks August | Top ProAdvisor Roundtable | Archives

Insightful Accountant

Join Murph, Gary and others to learn what it takes to be an Insightful Accountant "Top ProAdvisor" in the August QB Talks session.

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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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QB Talks | Converting from QBDT to QBO | Archives

Insightful Accountant

Check out this special edition of QB Talks, where Alicia Katz Pollock dives into converting from QuickBooks Desktop to QuickBooks Online.

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Essential HR Strategies for Small Businesses | Insights from Michelle LeBlanc & Gary DeHart

Insightful Accountant

Join Gary DeHart and HR expert Michelle LeBlanc as they dive into crucial HR strategies for small businesses!

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