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New rules proposed on credits for renewable energy property

Accounting Today

The Treasury and the IRS issued laid out possible regs to update the investment tax credit rules to encompass various forms of renewable energy.

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5 Weekend Accounting and Tax Jobs to Boost Your Income

Intuit

Table of Contents Weekend Jobs in Accounting 5 Accounting and Tax Jobs to Boosts Your Weekend Income What's the Life of a Remote Accountant Like? When's the Best Time for Job Searching in Accounting? How Do I Get an Accounting Job Without Experience? Have you been brainstorming ways to make some extra cash on the weekend? How about doing some taxes and bookkeeping to boost your income?

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Bonadio Group finds ways to attract more people to accounting firms

Accounting Today

The Top 50 Firm is improving its compensation and benefits to bring in more experienced professionals and young recruits.

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How to Become a CPA (A Comprehensive Guide)

Intuit

Table of Contents What is a CPA? What does a CPA do? What is a CPA License? How to Become a CPA? CPA Requirements by States Available Career Opportunities at Intuit for CPA Entry-Level CPA Jobs Are you ready for an exciting new career as a Certified Public Accountant (CPA)? CPAs are some of the highest-paid professionals in the world of finance. They also experience a very high level of job security.

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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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Ted on Tech: Upgrading your office

Accounting Today

With the holidays coming fast upon us, it's time to start thinking about presents. Ted Needleman scoured the review pile to see what might be appropriate to update your office, or to gift to staff.

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QuickBooks Inventory, Sales and E-commerce Enhancements

Insightful Accountant

QuickBooks is enhancing their inventory, sales and E-commerce capabilities by incorporate components from QuickBooks Commerce which they acquired from Trade Gecko.

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Maximizing Client Success: A Memorable Journey at the QuickBooks Connect

Insightful Accountant

Susan Pruskin shares her wonderful experience at QB Connect. Join her as she revisits her first ever Human Tunnel welcome, and amazing Main Stage Speakers.

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Weaver to merge in Buchbinder Tunick

Accounting Today

The Top 40 Firm based in Houston expanding its East Coast presence in New York, the Washington, D.C. area and New Jersey.

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AvidXchange Releases Top Priorities and Trends for Finance Leaders in 2024

Insightful Accountant

AvidXchange report reveals top five initiatives finance professionals are considering when planning for the year ahead.

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Is CRM worth it?

Accounting Today

Customer and client relationship management systems have come a long way, says Sarah Dobek of Inovautus Consulting.

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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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Variance analysis definition

Accounting Tools

What is Variance Analysis? Variance analysis is the quantitative investigation of the difference between actual and planned behavior. This analysis is used to maintain control over a business through the investigation of areas in which performance was unexpectedly poor. For example, if you budget for sales to be $10,000 and actual sales are $8,000, variance analysis yields a difference of $2,000.

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Compensation and beyond: New ways to recruit and retain

Accounting Today

The AICPA & CIMA's 2023 MAP Survey points the way to winning strategies in the war for talent.

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Advanced timekeeping systems

Accounting Tools

The Best Time and Attendance Systems The following topics itemize the various types of systems that are now available for use in tracking employee time for payroll purposes. Biometric Time Clocks This is a computerized time clock that requires a hand or fingerprint scan in order to positively identify an employee. These clocks are expense and scan rather slowly, but completely eliminate the risk of one employee punching in on behalf of an absent employee.

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Overcoming legacy systems with data-driven solutions

Accounting Today

Accountants need to move from outdated platforms and embrace digital transformation.

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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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Swanson Russell Maximizes Payment Visibility and Control

AvidXchange

Swanson Russell is a full-service marketing communications and advertising agency that focuses on six key industries: outdoor recreation, green/turf, agribusiness, healthcare, construction and regional. For decades, it’s built lasting and authentic connections between brands and their audiences that have developed into award-winning campaigns.

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How to Handle Employee Reimbursements

CSI Accounting & Payroll

When your employees incur a business expense, you may be required or expected to reimburse them. How do you know what your responsibility is as a small employer? At CSI Accounting & Payroll, we’ve worked with small businesses for over 50 years. We know that navigating the rules of employee reimbursements is more complicated than it seems. Here’s what small business owners want to know: What types of things should I reimburse employees for?

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A Deep Dive into Cutting-Edge Invoice Approval Workflows

Nanonets

In the ever-evolving landscape of financial operations, the heartbeat of every successful business is a streamlined and error-free invoice approval workflow. As companies navigate the complexities of accounts payable, the demand for efficiency, accuracy, and security has never been more critical. In this blog, we embark on a journey into the world of cutting-edge invoice approval workflows, exploring the challenges faced in manual systems and unveiling the transformative power of innovative solu

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3 Workplace Trends Finance Departments Can’t Ignore 

AvidXchange

In September 2023, AvidXchange surveyed 500 finance executives at mid-market companies to learn about their priorities and plans for 2024. Our chief evangelist, Chris Elmore, led a discussion that summarized the findings on the latest episode of our “Net 30” podcast. Elmore invited David Tareen, senior director of product marketing, and Gary Larson, director of growth readiness, to share their reactions to the survey findings and add insights.

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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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Navigating the AI Wave in Accounting | Part 2: The Cutting-Edge of AI in Accounting

Insightful Accountant

The digital transformation of the accounting world isn't just coming—it’s already here, and AI is leading the charge. In Part 2, we invite you, the tech-curious accountant, to roll up your sleeves and delve deeper into the AI toolkit.

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Accounts Receivable Performance Metrics: 5 KPIs You Should Be Tracking

Gaviti

Most Accounts Receivable teams use DSO as the main KPI to measure their performance. By extension, most A/R invoice-to-cash management platforms and teams base their key performance indicators (KPIs) on the measurement of Days Sales Outstanding, or DSO. But DSO is not an accurate reflection of delinquency, because it starts its calculation from the time that the invoice is issued rather than the due date.

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Accounting event definition

Accounting Tools

What is an Accounting Event? An accounting event is anything that alters the information reported in an organization’s financial statements. This event is recorded as a business transaction through the entity’s bookkeeping system, either using a journal entry or an entry through one of the modules in the accounting software. An accounting event can be triggered by an action external to the organization, such as the sale of goods or services to a third party, or the sale of an asset.

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Accounting measurement definition

Accounting Tools

What is Accounting Measurement? Accounting measurement is the aggregation of numeric information, typically in terms of a unit of currency. For example, the sales in a reporting period may be expressed in dollars of revenue. It is also possible to use some other unit of measure, such as hours of employee time or hours of machine time. For example, employees spend 120 hours working on a consulting project.

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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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Payroll card definition

Accounting Tools

What is a Payroll Card? A payroll card is a prepaid card on which employee pay is loaded. This is done instead of issuing a paycheck or a direct deposit payment into a bank account. This is useful when you have employees who do not have a bank account and who do not want one; they are either asking for payment in cash or are taking their paychecks to a check cashing service that charges a high fee.

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