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CTA opens door to new kinds of scams

Accounting Today

The Corporate Transparency Act, ostensibly meant to address scams and other crimes, has ironically opened the door to new kinds of scams directed at small-business owners.

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Navigating DCAA Accounting: A Comprehensive Guide for Government Contractors

Accounting Department

When it comes to compliance with government regulations, navigating the intricacies and nuances of DCAA accounting is essential for any government contractor. DCAA stands for Defense Contract Audit Agency, a branch of the Department of Defense that is tasked with auditing and evaluating proposal and contract costs for the government.

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Tax scams are targeting seniors

Accounting Today

In advance of World Elder Abuse Awareness Day, the Internal Revenue Service is highlighting how criminals target older citizens.

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That’s a wrap for Xerocon London 2024!

Xero

We’ve just wrapped Xerocon London 2024, and what a magical two days it’s been. Although Xerocon is a chance for us to update everyone about the industry trends we’re seeing, and the new product features we’ve been building, it really is about the people. Bringing our community together and experiencing that magic in person, is priceless. Day two brought more insightful keynotes, breakout sessions and activity from our exhibitors.

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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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Tax Fraud Blotter: Big winners

Accounting Today

Extreme and outlandish; General nonsense; tat's all, folks; and other highlights of recent tax cases.

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2025 ProAdvisor Awards Prep: Traits of a Top ProAdvisor

Insightful Accountant

The 2025 ProAdvisor Awards process will launch earlier than ever, so I can think of nothing to help motivate and prepare you than Matt Fulton's article setting forth the "right stuff" to becoming the 'Best of the Best.

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How to Tackle Procure-to-Pay Challenges: Key Strategies for Success?

Outsourced Bookeeping

Are you searching for ways to overcome P2P challenges ? Well, your search ends here! It is essential to note that every business firm faces difficulties with Procure-to-Pay activities. From poor processes in procurement to uncontrolled spending, or supplier relations management, organizations must master the Procure-to-Pay process. In this article, we will explore several important ways to overcome P2P challenges and enhance procurement and payment operations.

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Most-read mortgage news you might have missed

Accounting Today

From updates in mortgage-related court cases, to developments in AI and policy, here are the most-read stories from National Mortgage News over the past week.

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Hitting $800K in Year 1, Building Culture, and more w/ Randy Crabtree

Jetpack Workflow

Podcast Summary In this episode of Growing Your Firm, host David Cristello interviews Randy Crabtree , a top influencer in the accounting industry. Randy, co-founder of Tri-Merit , discusses R&D, tax credits, and cost segregation, sharing insights on the success of his firm. Tune in for a valuable conversation on creating a culture of value and importance in the workplace.

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Tax Strategy: Continuing uncertainty over IRS authority to assess certain penalties

Accounting Today

The Tax Court approach in a recent case may produce a split among the circuit courts, and the Supreme Court may take a case to resolve the split.

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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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Proposed Cannabis Rescheduling: Tax Implications and the Need for IRS Guidance

Insightful Accountant

The cannabis industry anticipates a major change with the DEA's expected rescheduling of cannabis from Schedule I to Schedule III. This shift could have significant tax implications for businesses, potentially impacting IRC section 280E.

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Companies aren't ready for CSRD reporting but say they will be

Accounting Today

Sixty-three percent of companies say they will be ready to report under the EU's Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive, but many don't know how, a new PwC survey says.

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The Essentials of Bookkeeping For Nonprofits

Remote Quality Bookkeeping

Nonprofit organizations drive positive change through charity drives, volunteerism, and other heroic efforts. Yet, the financial hurdles these organizations navigate often go unnoticed, especially to those outside of the organization. Unfortunately, even skilled bookkeepers aren’t fully familiar with the rules and regulations the nonprofit sector must follow.

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PCAOB updates strengthen auditor accountability

Accounting Today

The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board's amendments will make it easier to hold auditors accountable for violations, among other things.

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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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Improve Operational Flexibility with Automatic AP Software

NextProcess

In the modern business world, operational flexibility is more than a luxury—it’s a necessity. In the accounts payable (AP) department, offering flexible payment options, enabling employees to work from a variety of locations, and the ability to adapt to internal or external changes can make a huge difference to the success of your company. And that means the sooner you switch to an automatic AP system the better.

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Growth challenges for CPA firms

Accounting Today

These eight hurdles stand between you and a thriving accounting practice — and they can all be overcome.

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Best Reconciliation Software

Nanonets

Best Reconciliation Software Tools Reconciliation software is a tool specifically designed to compare financial data from different sources such as invoices, bank statements, general ledgers, and other financial records. Financial teams often face challenges while performing reconciliations internally, as it involves a significant amount of manual work.

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Ditch the hourly grind: Unlock the power of value pricing

Accounting Today

Charge your clients based on the outcomes you achieve for them, not your inputs.

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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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Top Remote Accounting Candidates for Hire | June 13, 2024

accountingfly

Top Remote Accounting Candidates This Week Looking for remote accountants? Accountingfly can help! With our ‘ Always-On Recruiting ‘ program, you can access highly skilled and experienced remote accounting candidates with no upfront cost. These are just a few of our top candidates this week. Sign up now to receive the full list of top accounting candidates available weekly!

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Due dates for W. Va., Kentucky storm victims pushed to Nov. 1

Accounting Today

The Internal Revenue Service is postponing both filing and payment deadlines.

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What is Source to Pay? Process, Steps, Automation

Nanonets

If you run an office supply store and need to stock up on notebooks, you'll aim to find the best quality notebooks at the most affordable price in bulk. This involves researching various notebook suppliers, comparing costs, evaluating product quality, and deciding which supplier to choose.  When completing these actions, you’re starting the source to pay (S2P) process , which is something every business goes through when working with suppliers.

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Jun 13, FLSA vs IRS Independent Contractor Rules

Bookkeeping Essentials

The DOL and the IRS have frameworks to determine whether an individual is an employee or an independent contractor, but they serve different purposes.

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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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Will Intuit Go Red in the 2024 Election?

Cloud Accounting Podcast

Blake and David get brutally honest about why pricey accounting conferences are a no-go and how the industry sidelines neurodivergent professionals. You'll also get a rundown of the rebranded Intuit Connect event's new direction, the political firestorm around IRS Direct File, and a Google Sheets update that will blow your mind. From the mailbag, don't miss one reader's incredible story of passing the CPA exam in record time and our take on why firms need to rethink degree requirements.

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8 Most Common IT Issues QuickBooks Users Get Stuck With

Ace Cloud Hosting

In today’s digital age, accounting and bookkeeping have become more manageable than ever, thanks to technological advancement. QuickBooks is one such software that has revolutionized the accounting and bookkeeping industry.

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GCP’s CUDs vs SUDs – Comparing Savings on Discounts Pricing

Economize

When it comes to managing cloud costs, Google Cloud Platform’s pricing models can seem a bit complex. GCP offers two strategic pricing models to help with this: Committed Use Discounts (GCP CUD) and Sustained Use Discounts (GCP SUD). Each model can accommodate different types of cloud usage and budgetary constraints.

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Benefits of Using Automated Payment Systems

oAppsNet

Maintaining efficient and secure financial transactions is crucial for business success in today’s digital era. Automated payment systems are pivotal in enhancing transaction efficiency, reducing costs, and improving customer satisfaction. Let’s examine each of these systems’ multifaceted benefits for businesses in detail. 1. Increased Efficiency Automated payment systems streamline the transaction process, significantly reducing the time and labor traditionally required to man

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Solve Your Firm's 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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What Is the Accounts Receivable Process?

Gaviti

Many businesses rely on manual spreadsheets to manage their accounts receivables process, often with each individual collector only having information about his or her own accounts. This makes the process cumbersome, prone to human errors and challenging when collaboration is necessary between different collections agents, A/R roles or departments within your business.

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Businesses In The News - Near and Far

Insightful Accountant

We've got some business news for you from around the world.

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Intuit to Acquire Technology from Zendrive

Intuit

Today, Intuit announced that we’ve signed an agreement to acquire technology from leading mobility risk intelligence provider Zendrive. Certain Zendrive employees, including CEO Dennis Ellis and Co-founder and CTO Pankaj Risbood, will join Credit Karma to accelerate innovation and adoption of its usage-based auto insurance product, Karma Drive.

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White House downplays hopes for SALT cap hike

Accounting Today

The SALT cap is one of several tax issues to be confronted next year, with key portions of Trump's 2017 tax cuts expiring at the end of 2025.

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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.