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IRS will wipe away $1.2B in late fees from pandemic

Accounting Today

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Eight tips to prepare for (and make the most of) Xerocon Sydney

Xero

In just a couple of weeks, accountants and bookkeepers from all over Australia, New Zealand and Asia will descend upon Sydney’s International Convention Centre (ICC) for two days of inspiration, education, connection and fun. You guessed it; we’re talking about the return of Xerocon! After a three-year hiatus, we couldn’t be more excited to bring you – our partner community – together again at the world’s most beautiful and innovative conference for cloud accounting leaders. .

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8 common accounts payable pitfalls and how to avoid them

AP Association

It's tough enough running a business without having to worry about making mistakes with your accounts payable. Even the best-managed businesses can fall into common traps that can cause problems down the road. By being aware of these traps and taking steps to avoid them, you can save yourself a lot of headaches. The following is a list of the most common accounts payable mistakes you should watch out for and try your best to avoid.

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Accounting Practice Management Software: The Top 17 Roundup

Future Firm

Looking for the best accounting practice management software for your firm? Good news, because this is the ULTIMATE accounting practice management software round-up post. Key Takeaways. Get to know the top accounting practice management software and why it is essential for your business. Important categories to evaluate when choosing a workflow management software for your CPA firm.

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Forecasting Failures Are Costly: Here's How To Fix Them

Speaker: Dave Sackett

Traditional budgeting and forecasting methods can no longer keep pace with today’s rapidly evolving business environment. Static budgets, rigid annual forecasts, and outdated financial models limit an organization’s ability to adapt to market shifts and economic uncertainty. To stay ahead, finance leaders must leverage a future-forward approach—one that leverages real-time data, predictive analytics, and continuous planning to drive smarter financial decisions.

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California pass-through entity tax credit circumvents SALT cap

Accounting Today

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Payroll history is launching in Australia

Xero

This week, one of our most highly requested product updates will be going live in Xero Payroll: payroll history. We listened to you, our customers and community, and will be launching the first stage of the feature in Australia – employee records. So, what does this mean? You’ll now have an easy-to-access audit trail of changes made within Xero by a small business owner, advisor or app partner.

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Everything You Should Look For in a Procure to Pay Solution

AvidXchange

Everything comes at a cost. Companies must charge for the materials and services they use to create the final product, plus a little extra to ensure a return on investment of raw goods. In the B2B world, this is known as the procure-to-pay process. Table of Contents What is Procure-to-Pay? The procure-to-pay (also known as purchase-to-pay or P2P) process is the cycle in which businesses inquire, request, receive, and then pay for raw goods and services.

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Do we need accounting firms?

Accounting Today

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What to expect from Xerocon Sydney

Xero

In case you haven’t heard, Xerocon is back with a bang. From London to New Orleans, and soon, Sydney, this year’s event series is an international tour celebrating our partner community around the globe. Whether you’re a first-timer or veteran, it’s safe to say you can expect the unexpected. After all, it’s been coined the world’s most beautiful and innovative conference for cloud accounting leaders for a good reason.

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15 Essential Container Orchestration Tools For 2022

CloudZero

Managing containerized applications or microservices can be difficult. It is even more demanding and error-prone if you do it manually. So, what’s the alternative?

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Are Robots Replacing You? Keeping Humans in the Loop in Automated Environments

Speaker: Erroll Amacker

As businesses increasingly adopt automation, finance leaders must navigate the delicate balance between technology and human expertise. This webinar explores the critical role of human oversight in accounts payable (AP) automation and how a people-centric approach can drive better financial performance. Join us for an insightful discussion on how integrating human expertise into automated workflows enhances decision-making, reduces fraud risks, strengthens vendor relationships, and accelerates R

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Where does FinOps stop and GreenOps begin?

The FinOps Alliance

FinOps vs. GreenOps vs. Sustainability Since FinOps started gaining traction in the larger cloud technology community, we’ve seen an increase in the use of the term ‘GreenOps’ as well. For a lot of organisations, the goal of FinOps is reasonably clear, while GreenOps tends to just be ‘FinOps, but for sustainability’. We think there is more to the story than just that.

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Supreme Court to hear case involving taxation of U.S. expats

Accounting Today

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The top three security priorities for your organization as you look ahead

Xero

The last two days at Xerocon New Orleans have been a fantastic whirlwind, and I was particularly thrilled to speak about my favourite topic – how to keep your practice cyber safe – in a breakout session on the second day for our delegates. . As Xero’s General Manager for Security Assurance, this is a topic very close to my heart, and it’s this education and awareness piece that makes up a huge part of the work my team and I do on a day-to-day basis. .

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5 Things A Successful VPE And CTO Should Do Every Day

CloudZero

Great leaders know how to think big. As a VPE or CTO, your leadership role puts you in a position to make important changes and guide policy.

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Book of Secrets on the Month-End Close

Based off SkyStem's popular e-Book, the book of secrets to the month-end close will be revealed in this one-hour webinar. Learn leading practices when it comes to building a strong and sustainable month-end close that has room to grow and evolve. Learn about the power of precise estimates, why reconciliations are critical to closing the books, how and when to automate, and how the chart of accounts play into your close process.

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Flawless Execution of Professional Billing for Northern Regional Hospital

SSI Healthcare Rev Cycle Solutions

Flawless Execution of Professional Billing for Northern Regional Hospital. August 24, 2022. August 24, 2022. Northern Regional Hospital is a leading provider of quality, affordable medical care, serving patients in Mount Airy, NC, and surrounding regions since 1953. The hospital features comprehensive healthcare solutions for an expansive range of specialties, including state-of-the-art emergency, diagnostics, and surgery centers.

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What the student debt forgiveness plan would mean for taxpayers and the U.S. economy

Accounting Today

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Xero Small Business Insights expands to the United States and Canada, providing timely updates on state of small business

Xero

It takes passion and perseverance to run a small business. I saw this first hand growing up in my family’s small business in rural Canada. Now, more than ever, running a successful small business takes insight. Historical trends and timely market data can, when used effectively, help small businesses and their advisors adapt to complex present realities and prepare for future ones.

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How One Church Focuses on Paying It Forward Instead of Worrying About Accounts Payables

AvidXchange

Daniel Miracola with Central Presbyterian Church shares how AvidXchange helped to automate their accounts payable process, allowing them to scale while reinvesting their savings back into the church. Central Presbyterian Church is a historic congregation on the Upper East Side of Manhattan, founded by pastor and abolitionist William Patton in 1821. After experiencing a period of decline in the early 2000s, the church has grown its congregation into a culturally diverse body of more than 500 m

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How To Break Digital Transformation Barriers And Accelerate AI Adoption

Speaker: Anna Tiomina, MBA

AI is reshaping industries, yet finance remains one of the slowest adopters. Concerns over compliance, legacy systems, and data silos have made finance teams hesitant to embrace AI-driven transformation. But delaying adoption isn’t just about efficiency—it’s about staying competitive in a rapidly evolving landscape. How can finance leaders overcome these challenges and start leveraging AI effectively?

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The Ins and Outs of Non-Profit Accounting

Brigade

Non-Profit organizations are often made up of passionate team members dedicated to supporting their community or cause, and not many have a professional accountant on staff. These organizations require the same basic financial tracking and services as other businesses (expenses, invoices, accounts payable, accounts receivable, etc.) but can sometimes require extra support, especially when funding through grants, recording donations or reporting to a board of directors is involved.

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The future of the Metaverse holds great promise. The present, less so.

Accounting Today

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The KaiXen chapters: Xero’s approach to continual improvement

Xero

In Japanese philosophy, change is represented by the word ‘kai’, and ‘zen’ means ‘for the better’. As we rapidly scale our technology capabilities in the pursuit of becoming the world’s most sustainably excellent engineering company, we know just how important the kaizen approach to continual improvement – small changes, over time – is in how we identify problems, and solve them. .

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The Accountant’s Guide to Standardised VAT Returns

Dext

Whether you pull together the client’s VAT returns or another staff member does the work, a robust framework allows you to standardise your firm’s process, mitigating the risk of human-error, no matter who is doing the work. In this guide, we’ll be sharing what that looks like.

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The Human Side of Finance: The Intersectionality of People, Culture, Adaptability, and Resilience

Speaker: Melissa Hurrington

Finance isn’t just about the numbers. It’s about the people behind them. In a world of constant disruption, resilient finance teams aren’t just operationally efficient. They are adaptable, engaged, and deeply connected to a strong organizational culture. Success lies at the intersection of people, culture, adaptability, and resilience. Finance leaders who master this balance will build teams that thrive through uncertainty and drive long-term business impact.

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Ep. 196: Amanda Cohen – Why your company needs a risk management makeover

IMA's Count Me

Connect with Amanda: [link] [link] [link] [link] [link] [link] Full Episode Transcript: Adam: I'm Adam Larson and welcome to Count Me In, the podcast focused on all the ways management accountants can help businesses thrive through smart financial management and data driven decision making. My guest today is Amanda Cohen, the vice president of product at Resolver, a software company helping businesses manage complex interconnected risks.

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IRS offers tax penalty relief to late-filing taxpayers, refunding $1.2B in penalties

Accounting Today

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Building for the future with Best Accountancy Services (Plymouth) Ltd and MTD for ITSA

Xero

The road to Making Tax Digital for Income Tax Self Assessment (MTD for ITSA) is long and winding, but the end is in sight. From April 2024, sole traders and landlords with a total annual turnover above £10,000 need to use MTD for ITSA compatible software to keep digital records and file returns. We spoke with Alexa Whyatt, Personal Tax Manager and Macauley Brammer, Personal Tax Senior at Best Accountancy Services (Plymouth) Ltd , who have successfully onboarded five clients using Xero’s MTD for

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72% of Economists Warn of a Recession in 2023

NACM

All eyes are on the Federal Reserve as it fights the worst inflation in four decades with aggressive interest rate hikes. Most economists (73%) expect the Fed to be unsuccessful in taming inflation in the next two years without triggering a recession, according to the National Association for Business Economics (NABE). 72% predict a recession by th.

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Maximizing Profit and Productivity: The New Era of AI-Powered Accounting

Speaker: Yohan Lobo

In the accounting world, staying ahead means embracing the tools that allow you to work smarter, not harder. Outdated processes and disconnected systems can hold your organization back, but the right technologies can help you streamline operations, boost productivity, and improve client delivery. Dive into the strategies and innovations transforming accounting practices.

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Introducing Framework Updates

FinOps Foundation

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Former BDO audit manager shot and killed ex-boss

Accounting Today

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Meeting the expectations of a digital customer

Xero

It’s been so amazing to bring our long-awaited Xerocon event back to life in New Orleans over the past two days. This vibrant city brought a festive atmosphere to the event and we were inspired with on-stage performances by local talent such as Amanda Shaw , a fiddler and Brandan Odum , a successful street artist. It was the perfect way to reconnect with our US and Canadian based accounting and bookkeeping partners and the wider Xero community. .

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Motivate Your Credit Department with Metrics: Podcast

NACM

What you do with the findings of metrics is as important as the metrics themselves. Several credit leaders in this week's episode of the Extra Credit podcast choose to use the results as a way to motivate their staff, whether it be with cash or the option the work from home.

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Demo SkyStem’s Award Winning Month-End Close Solution & Earn $100

Is your finance team bogged down by endless data requests and disorganized spreadsheets during the month-end close? It’s time to consider a better option – automate with ART! SkyStem’s solution works alongside your ERP to transform the close and account reconciliation process and speed up month-end work. Explore SkyStem’s ART - the award-winning account reconciliation automation platform - and receive a $100 Amazon gift card as a thank you for your time.