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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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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Unveiling the Power of Technology & Tips for Staying Ahead | Beyond the Books Podcast by AccountingDepartment.com

Accounting Department

We are thrilled to announce that Episode 16 of our podcast, Beyond the Books , is now live and ready for your listening pleasure.

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Navigating Bleisure Travel: A Guide for Mid-Sized Companies

Bleisure travel — where employees combine work and leisure — has been around since the advent of corporate travel and is here to stay. Successful bleisure policies strike a balance between employee preferences and company goals — workers report a 64% improvement in work-life balance, while companies benefit from reduced travel costs and increased workforce innovation.

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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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AWS Updates Savings Plans, Compute Optimizer, and Tagging

FinOps Foundation

Key Insight: In March, AWS delivered four updates that help FinOps Practitioners tackle their top two key priorities this year , namely reducing waste or unused resources and managing commitment discounts. The recommended approach is to address both usage and rate optimization in tandem, and the FinOps Framework Domains have been updated to reflect that approach.

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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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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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The ADC Team Attends the 2024 EOS Conference

Accounting Department

Last week, the AccountingDepartment.com team attended the 2024 Entrepreneurial Operating System (EOS) Conference in San Diego, CA.

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Purchasing & AP Automation for Schools and MATs Like Yours

Compleatable

Join Compleat Education as we run through our purchasing and accounts payable automation software especially for schools and multi-academy trusts. We’ll go over ways to save your school/s time, money, and increase visibility on every purchase. The post Purchasing & AP Automation for Schools and MATs Like Yours first appeared on Compleat Software.

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Breaking Ground on Better Payment Processes: Strategies for Construction Pros

Speaker: Timothy Allsopp

Payment challenges often lead to delayed projects, financial bottlenecks, and strained relationships. With construction projects becoming more complex, outdated processes are no longer sustainable. By refining financial workflow, companies can improve cash flow, reduce error, and foster trust between stakeholders. Discover practical strategies for redesigning payment systems to overcome workflow challenges while creating a smoother, more reliable process for contractors and subcontractors alike.

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AWS Updates Savings Plans, Cost Optimizer, and Tagging

FinOps Foundation

Key Insight: In March, AWS delivered four updates that help FinOps Practitioners tackle their top two key priorities this year , namely reducing waste or unused resources and managing commitment discounts. The recommended approach is to address both usage and rate optimization in tandem, and the FinOps Framework Domains have been updated to reflect that approach.

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Technological transformation: Be mindful, purposeful, and flexible

Accounting Today

Firms need to adapt to changes in technology at a pace that makes sense for them and their clients.

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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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Why we’re calling 2024 ‘the year of the US bank feed’

Xero

Bank feeds are a great way to import transactions from your financial institution directly into Xero, so you can easily complete the reconciliation process. But the US is a pretty challenging market when it comes to providing high-quality bank feeds. There are more than 4,000 financial institutions, each with their own capabilities and nuances. To address this and help you get transactions into Xero more easily, we’ve been focused on improving the coverage and quality of our bank feeds.

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The Growth Architect: How Financial Leaders are Unlocking Potential

Speaker: Ashley Harlan, MBA

What if your role as a fractional CFO went beyond operational support to actively shaping the future of your clients’ businesses? 💼 ✨ In this session, discover how fractional finance professionals can position themselves as architects of growth, guiding their clients toward sustainable success and preparing them for full-time financial leadership.

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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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Save money on every invoice you process with automated accounts payable software

Cevinio

Automated accounts payable software transforms your business by cutting costs and boosting efficiency.

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FinOps Maturity: Using the Model to Assess your Capabilities

FinOps Foundation

Key Insight: The FinOps Maturity Model – often referred to by its stages “Crawl, Walk, and Run” – is a key component of the FinOps Framework. The goal for organizations is not to get to the “Run” stage across all Capabilities of the FinOps Maturity Model, but to perform each Capability at the appropriate level of maturity for your environment.

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Commitment to DEI is a leadership imperative

Accounting Today

Diverse teams and inclusive work environments produce better results.

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2025 Payroll Calendar Templates (Biweekly, Semi-Monthly, and Monthly)

Use these handy calendar templates to stay on top of payroll in 2025! Download them today to share with your HR team or post for employees. Whether your company has biweekly, semi-monthly, or monthly pay periods, Paycor has you covered. Get your templates today!

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What is RouteWise? Accounts Payable Tools

Fidesic blog

What is RoueWise? RouteWise by Fidesic is a visual workflow editor that makes it easy to setup and maintain invoice approval processes within your accounts payable department.

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Looking for fresh ideas in your business? Why not try a hackathon?

Xero

As nearly a thousand of our employees around the globe down tools this week for one of our twice-yearly hackathons, I’ve been reflecting on the purpose and benefits of this practice. Hackathons have been a fixture in the tech world for decades. But today the concept is widely utilised in fields as diverse as businesses, healthcare, education and social impact to solve some of the world’s most pressing issues.

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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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8 Accounts Payable Trends to Watch

Cevinio

How AI and RPA Are Transforming Accounts Payable Processes in the Year Ahead Introducing Our Whitepaper: “8 Accounts Payable Trends to Watch” In the dynamic landscape of financial operations, staying ahead means understanding the evolving trends shaping the future of Accounts Payable (AP). Our latest whitepaper delves into “8 Accounts Payable Trends to Watch: How AI and Robotics Are Transforming Accounts Payable Processes in the Year Ahead.” As businesses navigate through

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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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Google Increases Speed, Granularity of Cost Data and Curates Approach to Anomaly Management

FinOps Foundation

Key Insight: Fast cost data can mean more frequent Data Ingestion , which leads to faster decision-making ability in a FinOps practice. Helpful Anomaly Management means less noise and more news; Some vendors take a curated approach and surface fewer anomalies, while others deliver more alerts and allow you to dial down as needed. At Google Next ‘24, Google Cloud announced several new FinOps features.

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Lights, camera, taxation! Accountants on screen

Accounting Today

Some of our favorite CPAs of the silver and small screen.

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Ascend Software Unveils Payments Automation Solution

Ascend Software blog

Ascend Software, a certified Workday Financial Management partner and leading innovator in Accounts Payable Automation, is launching its latest offering, Ascend Payments. This new feature enables businesses to streamline payment processes, enhance operational efficiency, unlock significant cost savings, and turn supplier payments into revenue-generating opportunities.

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Xero to retire the Planday product in Australia; enters new Deputy Australia partnership

Xero

We know how important time, attendance and scheduling (TAS) needs are for any small business. And for Australian employers, we know it is even more important because Australia has some of the most complex payroll compliance requirements in the world. Following a careful review of our current TAS solution, we have made the difficult decision to retire our Planday product on 30 September 2024.

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Less Stress, More Success: Accounting Best Practices & Processes for 2025

Speaker: Duke Heninger, Partner and Fractional CFO at Ampleo & Creator of CFO System

Are you ready to elevate your accounting processes for 2025? 🚀 Join us for an exclusive webinar led by Duke Heninger, 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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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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Why Peppol power depends on AP integration

Cevinio

Discover the transformative power of Peppol in e-invoicing and explore the importance of integrating your finance operations […]

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Why a Reliable Data Lake Is Critical to FinOps Success

FinOps Foundation

Key Insight: FinOps success results from getting FinOps practitioners, product teams, and engineers to think cost-first with architectural decisions, and that starts with clean, reliable data. One of Tim’s biggest challenges is bringing so much data together for analysis. Walmart built a data lake where they store several years of raw data in object storage so they can go back and re-parse it in different ways.

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Tax season so far: Eclipsing last year

Accounting Today

At 90,315,000, the number of individual returns received this tax season finally surpassed the same period last year, up 0.2% as of March 29, 2024.

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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.