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10 big trends in SALT for 2024

Accounting Today

The Washington National Tax Office of Grant Thornton points out the most important state and local tax developments to keep an eye out for.

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Intuit Report Finds 14,800 Job Decline for January

Insightful Accountant

Based on the latest Intuit QuickBooks Small Business Index, employment for small businesses with one to nine employees decreased by 14,800 jobs in January, 2024.

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Seven red flags of a bad ERC claim

Accounting Today

The IRS wants to help businesses know when they don't qualify for an Employee Retention Credit.

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Sales journal entry definition

Accounting Tools

What is the Sales Journal Entry? A sales journal entry records the revenue generated by the sale of goods or services. This journal entry needs to record three events, which are the recordation of a sale , the recordation of a reduction in the inventory that has been sold to the customer, and the recordation of a sales tax liability. The content of the entry differs, depending on whether the customer paid with cash or was extended credit.

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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 Strategy: House passes popular tax changes

Accounting Today

While passage in the Senate is uncertain, many of the changes could impact 2023 tax returns.

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Opportunity cost definition

Accounting Tools

What is Opportunity Cost? Opportunity cost is the profit lost when one alternative is selected over another. The concept is useful simply as a reminder to examine all reasonable alternatives before making a decision. For example, you have $1,000,000 and choose to invest it in a product line that will generate a return of 5%. If you could have spent the money on a different investment that would have generated a return of 7%, then the 2% difference between the two alternatives is the foregone opp

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Taking inventory definition

Accounting Tools

What is Taking Inventory? Taking inventory is the process of counting the amount of inventory owned by a business. Taking inventory is needed to ensure that a firm’s inventory records match the physical count , to support materials management and to ensure that a correct ending inventory balance is reported on its balance sheet. Taking inventory can require that a company cease its normal warehousing and production activities in order to ensure an accurate count, so the count is commonly conduct

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'New client' email scam targets tax pros

Accounting Today

The IRS is warning practitioners about a tactic that recurs every tax season.

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How to calculate dividends paid

Accounting Tools

What is a Dividend? A dividend is a payment made to shareholders that is proportional to the number of shares owned. Dividends are usually issued by companies that will not reap significant growth by reinvesting profits , and so instead choose to return funds to shareholders in the form of a dividend. Companies may also issue dividends in order to attract income investors, who are looking for a steady source of income, and which can be reliable long-term holders of company shares.

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IRS seeks more than $1B from collapsed SVB

Accounting Today

The Internal Revenue Service is looking for both corporate income and employment taxes for a four-year period.

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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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Top Payment Solution Software For Growing Your Small Business

Invoicera

Summary A payment software solution makes paying and receiving money online easier and more organized. Payment software enhances financial transactions and overall efficiency for small businesses. Notable options include Square, PayPal, Stripe, and more, with the best security and integration capabilities. Invoicera stands out as a comprehensive invoicing solution, offering core features, customization options, and seamless payment integrations.

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The two sides to succession plans for private businesses

Accounting Today

Who owns the business and who is going to run it are separate — but equally important — questions.

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Giving Strategies for Tax Reduction

Insightful Accountant

Early discussions on estate tax planning and planned giving are crucial for clients considering asset transitions later in life. They can lead to significant savings for clients and beneficiaries compared to delaying until after death.

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IRS crime-fighting chief to retire

Accounting Today

Jim Lee, the head of IRS Criminal Investigation, will step down April 6.

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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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Join Alicia Katz Pollock for February's QB Talks

Insightful Accountant

There is one thing 'about time', it changes over time. and so too with our QB Talks monthly webinars. Please join our new host, Alicia Katz Pollock next Wednesday, February 21, 2024 as she presents the new 'QuickBooks Time' interface.

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Boomer's Blueprint: Fast-tracking your CIO

Accounting Today

There are four critical areas to developing your chief information officer.

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How to Categorize Business Expenses?

Nanonets

Smart entrepreneurs know the devil is in the details—particularly when it comes to financial clarity. At the heart of such clarity is the strategic step of categorizing business expenses. This means meticulously sorting every dollar spent into clearly defined buckets, enabling a bird's eye view of where funds flow. In this blog, we're diving into why and how to categorize your business expenses.

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In the blogs: Hurry up and wait

Accounting Today

SALT benefits; taxing blockchain tech; how to onboard; and other highlights from our favorite tax bloggers.

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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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Construction Company Improves Cash Flow with AvidXchange  

AvidXchange

By choosing an enhanced direct deposit option , Leading Edge Construction Services Inc. maintains steady receivables Located in the San Jose and Central Valley areas of California, Leading Edge Construction Services, Inc. has a team comprised of over 100 years of experience providing general construction services for residential, commercial, public works and governmental projects.

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Applying for a Dormant Company

Counto

Applying for a Dormant Company In Singapore’s corporate landscape, the concept of a dormant company plays a crucial role for businesses that temporarily halt operations or have no active trading. Understanding the process and requirements for applying as a dormant company can streamline administrative tasks and alleviate unnecessary burdens. What Defines a Dormant Company?

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3 Workflow Management Challenges Accounting Firms Face

Jetpack Workflow

Running an accounting firm can be a stressful, but very rewarding business. You get to help clients, deliver value, and make a comfortable living. But running a firm, managing your team, and managing client expectations can also get overwhelming quickly. And especially if you are rapidly expanding your business. And it’s why accounting workflows are so important to your firm and client success.

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Key Things Dormant Companies Need to Be Aware of

Counto

Key Things Dormant Companies Need to Be Aware of When your Singapore company enters a dormant state, indicating no significant accounting transactions during the financial year, there are essential steps to heed to comply with regulations set by the Accounting and Corporate Regulatory Authority (ACRA). 1. Submit Annual Returns Despite dormancy, filing annual returns with ACRA within 30 days of the Annual General Meeting (AGM) or within 6 months after the financial year’s end is mandatory.

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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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The Top 6 Coupa Software Competitors & Alternatives

Nanonets

Accounts payable and spend management platforms are a tricky selection to make; many offer a range of services that can either be “too much” or “too little” for your business, depending on your needs. At the same time, though, there’s a glut of information available that makes determining the best platform for your needs a difficult endeavor.

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Creating ‘No Touch’ Tax Returns

Insightful Accountant

No touch tax returns are the way of the future, or the present depending on who you ask. In either case, firms need to be jumping on the bandwagon.

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Expense Policy 101: How to Create and Implement Your Business Expense Policy

Nanonets

Welcome to Expense Policy 101! Whether you’re the captain of a startup ship or steering a more established enterprise, grappling with expenses is as inevitable as those awkward team-building exercises. This guide seeks to demystify the enigma of creating and implementing a business expense policy that doesn’t just sit pretty in a company handbook but actually works.

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DevOps + FinOps Tips: Enhancing Infrastructure Cost Efficiency

finout

Discover practical tips for integrating DevOps and FinOps to boost cost efficiency and operational excellence in cloud environments.

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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 a Content Management Content Document Sync?

oAppsNet

In today’s digital age, managing content across various platforms and devices is essential for businesses to stay organized, efficient, and competitive. Content Management Content Document Sync, often called CM CDS, is a powerful tool that enables seamless synchronization and management of content documents across multiple channels and systems.

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Activity cost pool definition

Accounting Tools

What is an Activity Cost Pool? An activity cost pool is an account in which is aggregated a number of costs that are related to a certain type of activity. The grand total of these costs is then allocated to products and other cost objects in order to gain a better understanding of the total costs incurred by a product or cost object. The cost pool concept is most heavily used in an activity-based costing system, and least used when there are few overhead costs to be allocated.

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Member Spotlight: Study for Success

NACM

Your success can be measured by a multitude of factors: your desire, how big your goals are and how you bounce back from adversity are just a few to name. But in the B2B credit world, credit professionals' success can be measured through educational goals—pushing their career goalpost even further. Dan Erickson, CBA, collections representative at D.

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Actuarial basis of accounting definition

Accounting Tools

What is the Actuarial Basis of Accounting? The actuarial basis of accounting is the method used to calculate the amount of ongoing, periodic contributions to be made into a pension fund. This basis of accounting mandates that the amount of contributions plus the assumed investment earnings must at least equal the amount of payments made by the fund to pensioners.

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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.