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The pros and cons of tax-free tips

Accounting Today

Both presidential candidates have floated it, and there are benefits for both workers and employers — though not always how you'd expect.

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Top 10 Super Useful Add-ons For Drake Software

Ace Cloud Hosting

Drake Software is one of the most widely used tax filing and preparation software for tax professionals and firms. Its intuitive interface simplified functionality, and competitive pricing make it a.

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The 'Security Six' protects tax pros against cyberattacks

Accounting Today

The Internal Revenue Service and its partners have identified half a dozen steps for safeguarding taxpayer information.

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IRS News: IRS, Security Summit Highlight “Security Six” and Key Steps for Tax Pros to Protect Themselves

Insightful Accountant

As data thieves continue evolving their tactics, the Internal Revenue Service and the Security Summit partners today reminded tax professionals of six essential steps to protect their sensitive taxpayer information.

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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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Generational Viewpoints: Parsing Gen Z

Accounting Today

A boomer and a Gen X from BSB CPAs give their take on the newest generation to join the workforce.

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Should Your Firm Niche?

Future Firm

Niching is a powerful tool to cut through the noise. But should your firm do it? And if so, how? Listen to this episode to find out. The post Should Your Firm Niche? appeared first on Future Firm.

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Net loss definition

Accounting Tools

What is Net Loss? Net loss is the excess of expenses over revenues. All expenses are included in this calculation, including the effects of income taxes. For example, revenues of $900,000 and expenses of $1,000,000 yield a net loss of $100,000. Net losses are expected for a start-up business. However, a business must eliminate its net losses soon, or risk using up its cash reserves and going out of business.

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Caseware and CPA Club partner on quality management solutions

Accounting Today

Caseware and CPA Club announced a new collaboration that will combine each of their resources to facilitate the implementation and use of quality management solutions for firms.

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Net profit definition

Accounting Tools

What is Net Profit? Net profit is the result after all expenses have been subtracted from revenues. This figure is the aggregate result of all operating and financing activities of an organization. As such, it is routinely relied upon by investors , creditors , and lenders to make decisions about how to deal with a firm. Net profit is also called the bottom line , because it is positioned at the bottom of the income statement.

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IRS TECU compliance checks take 3X longer since 2020

Accounting Today

The Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration found that IRS Tax-Exempt Compliance Unit examiners spent 6.1 hours on average per case in 2023, up 281% from 2020.

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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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Building a Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) App

Nanonets

Introduction Retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) systems are transforming AI by enabling large language models (LLMs) to access and integrate information from external vector databases without needing fine-tuning. This approach allows LLMs to deliver accurate, up-to-date responses by dynamically retrieving the latest data, reducing computational costs, and improving real-time decision-making.

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Applications start soon for IRS's Compliance Assurance Process

Accounting Today

Eligible taxpayers can apply between Sept. 4 to Oct.

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New Sage Intacct Enhancements Expand Global Capabilities

Insightful Accountant

Sage recently announced significant global enhancements to its Sage Intacct platform, including AI-powered accounts payable processes that are now available worldwide.

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Carbon accounting obscure AI's footprint

Accounting Today

Big tech companies are using quirks in carbon reporting rules to mask the vast and growing emissions from artificial intelligence.

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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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Xero Now Does Bank Reconciliations!

Cloud Accounting Podcast

Blake and David leap into the latest updates from Xerocon, including new features like traditional bank reconciliations, embedded bill pay with Bill.com, and AI capabilities through JAX (Just Ask Xero). They look at Xero's strategy to double its US market share and how it compares to Intuit's mid-market growth focus. They also touch on the potential impact of QuickBooks' pricing strategy and Blake shares highlights from an EDM festival in Nashville to wrap things up.

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"Tales of a Migration", Another ProAdvisor's Story

Insightful Accountant

Thanks to our readers, we can now share stories of their good and bad migrations from QuickBooks Desktop to QuickBooks Online.

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Return on capital employed definition

Accounting Tools

What is Return on Capital Employed? The return on capital employed (ROCE) measures the efficiency of capital usage in generating earnings. For a company to remain in operation over the long term, its return on capital employed should be higher than its cost of capital ; otherwise, continuing operations gradually reduce the earnings available to shareholders.

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Murph's Xerocon Summary and Podcast

Insightful Accountant

You can head to Insightful Accountant's Accounting Insiders Podcast to hear Murph's summary of Xero product enhancements.

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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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Required rate of return definition

Accounting Tools

What is the Required Rate of Return? The required rate of return is the minimum return an investor expects to achieve by investing in a project. An investor typically sets the required rate of return by adding a risk premium to the interest percentage that could be gained by investing excess funds in a risk-free investment. The required rate of return is influenced by the factors noted below: Risk of the investment.

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Negative goodwill definition

Accounting Tools

What is Negative Goodwill? Negative goodwill arises from the bargain purchase of an acquiree. The amount of negative goodwill is the difference between the price paid and the fair market value of the acquiree's assets , when the fair market value exceeds the price paid. When negative goodwill exists, a bargain purchase has been made that favors the buyer.