April, 2024

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How AI is transforming accounting

Accounting Today

A recent survey from EY found that 90% of respondents already use at least some AI in their work, and other recent developments around the technology.

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Intuit Survey: U.S. High School Students Want Financial Education at School

Intuit

Financial education has the potential to improve the lives of millions of high school students by giving them the skills they need to make informed decisions. Yet according to Intuit’s Financial Education survey, most high school students today rely on their parents for any financial knowledge. The survey shows that there is a massive opportunity to fill this gap and empower the next generation by teaching financial education in our schools.

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New changes to Xero’s plans in Australia from July

Xero

We want to make sure the needs of small businesses and their advisors are met well into the future — and that means providing you with easier access to tools that help you run your business efficiently. That’s why we’re refreshing our subscription plans for small businesses and partners, which will be available from 1 July 2024. We’ve put a lot of consideration into creating streamlined plans with bundled tools and features, to help solve your most important accounting and people managemen

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Tackling Growth and Compliance Tax Challenges with Avalara

Accounting Department

As small and medium-sized businesses undergo rapid expansion and growth, they are often faced with a myriad of sales tax challenges, particularly within the retail and e-commerce sectors. The complexities of managing sales tax compliance can be overwhelming for smaller businesses, especially when juggling various omnichannel strategies to handle their financial operations.

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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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Insightful Accountant's Top 100 ProAdvisors for 2024

Insightful Accountant

Insightful Accountant proudly announces this year's Top 100 ProAdvisors along with our Emeritus ProAdvisors of the Year. Congratulations to all being recognized for this year's awards.

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Why you should be very skeptical of that auditor’s report

Blake Oliver

I'm honored to be quoted by Gene Marks, CPA , in his latest piece on The Hill, in which he brilliantly unpacks why investors should approach audit reports with a healthy dose of skepticism. Read it here.

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Shop small, shop sustainably

Intuit

Sustainability is becoming increasingly important for eco-conscious consumers as they seek greener products and ethical brands. Shopping at sustainable small businesses is beneficial for the environment and local economies, making it a win-win for people and the planet. We’ve compiled a list of small businesses that are committed to sustainability, from popcorn popped by the sun to compostable dryer balls.

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So… what is carbon accounting?

Xero

Understanding the environmental impact of your business is critical in today’s business environment — and carbon accounting is a fundamental step in this process. With carbon accounting increasingly becoming another compliance measure mandated by regulators, businesses of all types and sizes need to get their emissions numbers in order. This is particularly true if you’re a small business that provides goods and services to a larger organisation.

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The Hidden Key to Profits: Understanding Opportunity Cost in Small Business

Accounting Department

In the competitive world of small business, every decision can determine the trajectory of success or failure. One concept that lies at the heart of strategic business decisions but is often overlooked is opportunity cost. It's not just an economic theory; it's a practical metric that every small business owner and entrepreneur should master to make better choices and drive competitive advantage.

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Top Remote Accountants for Hire | April 4, 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 accountants with no upfront cost. These are just a few of our top candidates this week. Sign up now to receive our full list of top accounting candidates available weekly!

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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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Why Accounting Firms Should Budget for Managed Security Services in [2024]

Ace Cloud Hosting

Data breaches are on the rise. According to Statista, data breaches impacted 353 million individuals in 2023. Hence, with the increasing cyber threat spectrum, cybersecurity has been a focus for.

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PCAOB levies $27M in fines for exam cheating

Accounting Today

The board imposed its largest-ever penalty of $25 million against KPMG's firm in the Netherlands, in addition to $2 million in fines against Deloitte's firms in Indonesia and the Philippines.

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Simplifying Family Tax Credits: Why it Matters and What Can Be Done

Intuit

We have recently seen quite a bit of discussion in Congress about family tax credits, and, in particular, the EITC and CTC. In fact, the US House of Representatives passed bipartisan legislation to expand the CTC, a proposal that according to some would benefit 16 million children from low-income families and in its first year, raising 400,000 children above the poverty line.

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Five ways to work smarter in Xero this FY25

Xero

With the new financial year officially upon us, now is your chance at a fresh start. This means it’s time to revisit goals, set intentions, and level up in order to make the most of the next 12 months. A good place to start? By optimising your systems and processes to create more seamless workflows and win back time. To help you set off on the right foot, we’ve rounded up a list of ways to work smarter in Xero.

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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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Check Processing Made Easy with Biller Genie Check Scanning

Accounting Department

Our friends at Biller Genie have announced a new software update that is packed with new features designed to streamline the check processing process and enhance the financial operations of businesses. This update introduces innovative features that will revolutionize how businesses manage paper checks and adapt to the future of accounting software integrations.

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Thomson Reuters Upcoming Tax Launch

Insightful Accountant

Tax technology is changing, and tax professionals are looking for reliable resources when it comes to the future of AI within tax tech. Today, Thomson Reuters is announcing their upcoming tax launch.

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Accountingfly Hiring Update: April 2024

accountingfly

Sharing our perspective on the latest trends impacting talent acquisition in the accounting industry. Market Trends: RTO Causing Tax Pros to Head for the Door; 2024 Busy Season Freelancer Trends Tax Pros Fleeing RTO Firms Tax hiring season usually ends on December 31. So, we were surprised to see qualified tax candidates applying to Accountingfly in January and February 2024.

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Poor cash flow can sink any business

Accounting Today

If an enterprise doesn't accurately measure and manage cash flow effectively, it won't be able to make sound financial decisions for the future.

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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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Importance of Cybersecurity Awareness Training for Employees in Tax Season [2024]

Ace Cloud Hosting

Tax season 2024 is ongoing, and the tax firms are busy handling their clients’ taxes. However, cybersecurity is one aspect most tax firms ignore during the tax season. Like tax.

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What is labour productivity and how does it impact your business?

Xero

If you or your clients are looking for ways to grow profits, drop prices or pay staff more, then one strategy is to lift productivity in your business. But what is productivity exactly (hint: it’s not about working longer hours), and how can you lift it in your small business or practice? What is small business productivity? Small business productivity is the measure of how much value a business can produce using the resources it has at its disposal (ie staff, capital, materials).

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Making the Switch to Outsourced Client Accounting Services

Accounting Department

When you have a small or mid-size business, one of the issues you can run into is not having all the departments a larger company would have. In other words, you might not have dedicated employees for HR, accounting, and other areas.

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Insightful Accountant Announces Dates for Awards

Insightful Accountant

In an attempt to give our readers some degree of advance notice, Insightful Accountant is announcing the specific dates for which the 2024 ProAdvisor Awards will be announced.

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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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How to Sell Advisory Services at Your Firm w/ Adam Lean

Jetpack Workflow

Podcast Summary In this insightful episode of the “Growing Your Firm” podcast, brought to you by Jetpack Workflow, host David Cristello is joined by special guest Adam Lean , CEO and co-founder of The CFO Project. Adam shares his expertise on how accountants can go beyond traditional number-crunching by engaging with clients through meaningful conversations that resemble therapeutic sessions.

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IRS wraps up tax season

Accounting Today

The Internal Revenue Service reported stronger performance on Monday, April 15, as it concluded this year's tax filing season, saying it had answered 1 million more phone calls from taxpayers and helped 170,000 people in person compared to last year.

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Nailing cash flow statements: How to ensure you know where your business stands

Plooto

Managing cash flow effectively is an essential aspect of running a business smoothly. However, many small businesses struggle with cash flow management, especially if they don’t have a lot of experience in bookkeeping and accounting.

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Small businesses are hiring: what to consider when growing your workforce

Xero

The latest Xero Small Business Insights (XSBI) data is a good reminder about the important contribution your small business makes to your local community, particularly around job opportunities. There are more people working in small businesses than a year ago in the three countries where we track jobs (Australia, New Zealand and the UK). In fact, jobs growth is either already well above average, as seen in New Zealand, or accelerating.

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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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Simplifying the Monthly Close Process with These Simple Strategies

Accounting Department

The month-end is coming up and that means it is time to close. A monthly close can be a laborious process that is dreaded by some accounting and finance departments, but it doesn't have to be that hard!

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Feature Focus Fridays - First Look at Figured

Insightful Accountant

Murph takes a first look at 'Figured', a cloud-based agribusiness software app that works with either QuickBooks Online or Xero and that he thinks is '"perfect for farming and ranching.

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Why Drake Software on Cloud Makes Sense?

Ace Cloud Hosting

Drake is a simple-to-use tax management software that allows professionals to file taxes accurately and quickly. It offers features such as automated data flow, multi-state returns, etc., allowing you to.

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IMA sees role for AI in accounting

Accounting Today

The Institute of Management Accountants is examining the possibilities of artificial intelligence in the accounting profession while undergoing staff cutbacks.

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Travel and Expense Policy Success: Your Essential Checklist

Setting the stage for successful organizational change always begins with clear, thoughtful communication. When it comes to rolling out a new travel and expense (T&E) policy, establishing a well-structured communication plan is key to ensuring that all employees understand the changes and their impact. By following a step-by-step approach, you can guide your organization through the transition, fostering smooth adoption from the outset and improving compliance.