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Many nonprofits missed filing deadline

Accounting Today

Between inflation and reduced contributions, charities and not-for-profits are being squeezed, and even though millions of them are tax-exempt, a lot of them need extra help and time to file their Form 990 with the IRS.

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Changes to Xero’s plans in Aotearoa New Zealand

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. So we’re refreshing our subscription plans for small businesses and partners with new plans which will be available from 12 September 2024. We’ve put a lot of consideration into creating simplified plans with bundled tools and features, to help solve your most important accounting and people manag

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Why Businesses Should Turn to FP&A for the Second Half of 2024

Accounting Department

In today's tumultuous economic climate, the importance of sound financial strategy cannot be overstated—especially for small and medium-sized businesses that might not have the buffer of large corporations. Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A) isn't just a set of buzzwords; it's a compass for navigating the murky waters of modern economics. As we approach the second half of 2024, now is the time for businesses to fortify their financial plans.

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What are the KPIs in Accounts Payable for Health and How to Improve Them

Fidesic blog

Healthcare accounting is often complex. Healthcare accounting is often managed by health support organizations or management offices that handle tons of vendors across geographies. This can create pretty complex back-office processes. This includes super complex invoice processing requirements.

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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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IRS tries to use AI to close tax gap

Accounting Today

The Internal Revenue Service is turning to artificial intelligence to help select tax returns to audit and narrow the tax gap, but it needs to use this new technology consistently and transparently, according to a new government report.

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Introducing our 2024 Xerocon London event partners

Xero

Xerocon London is just under a week away on 12 and 13 June, and the ExCeL exhibitor floor will be full to the brim with stands showcasing some of the best and most loved apps, tools and services for accountants, bookkeepers and small businesses. This year, you can expect to see just under 60 exhibitors at the event, including many leading Xero App Store app partners.

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5 Minutes to Set Up - Invoice Data Capture for Business Central

Fidesic blog

Get started in minutes with invoice data capture. Fidesic MagiCapture for Business Central is easy to install. Still entering invoice data manually? A better process is only 5 minutes away.

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IRS backlog grows from tax adjustments

Accounting Today

While the Internal Revenue Service has managed to reduce its backlog of unprocessed tax returns since the pandemic, one area where it's losing ground is in processing all the documentation for tax adjustments.

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Celebrating excellence at the 2024 Xero Awards Asia

Xero

Every year, Xero Awards gives us an opportunity to celebrate the incredible commitment and achievements of our accounting, bookkeeping, and ecosystem partners, who work tirelessly to help small businesses throughout Asia thrive. The last year has been a challenging one. Amidst macro economic challenges like inflation, rising costs and talent shortages, you have been the first line of support for Asia’s small business.

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Top 4 AP Automation misconceptions — and what you need to know

Ascend Software blog

Change doesn’t come easy, and this can be particularly true for Accounts Payable teams that are considering an a new software solution. After building our business around Accounts Payable Automation since 1997, we’ve heard from many customers and prospects alike who are understandably apprehensive about expanding their existing tech stack outside of Workday.

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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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FinOps and Sustainability Teams Collaborate to Optimize Carbon

FinOps Foundation

Key Insight: Carbon optimization is a growing concern for organizations, and Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) teams can leverage the culture of collaboration and waste reduction that FinOps teams have cultivated. Cloud Service Providers are delivering more granular carbon emissions data and tooling that FinOps practitioners can use for reporting and optimization within a cloud, and FinOps vendors are beginning to offer sustainability features to optimize carbon across clouds.

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ID theft victims waiting longer to receive tax refunds

Accounting Today

The amount of time that identity theft victims have to wait for tax refunds has increased as the Internal Revenue Service has shifted priorities, with some victims waiting nearly two years.

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How we’re bolstering Xero Payroll in NZ with new value

Xero

Xero Payroll is already a valuable tool, helping you manage your payroll and accounting, all in one place. Not to mention features like automatic reporting directly to IR, and automated tax and KiwiSaver calculations, that can help you save a stack of time. But recently, we’ve been listening to your feedback about Xero Payroll and have made some additional investments to help you and your clients become more efficient, and give you more control and flexibility.

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Jun 1, Chart of Accounts | Your Blueprint

Bookkeeping Essentials

Your chart of accounts is the blueprint of your accounting system around which everything is built. If your COA is poorly designed, the quality of your information is affected.

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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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FinOps and Carbon Optimization: Two Sides of the Same Coin

FinOps Foundation

Key Insight: Carbon optimization is a growing concern for organizations, and Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) teams can leverage the culture of collaboration and waste reduction that FinOps teams have cultivated. Cloud Service Providers are delivering more granular carbon emissions data and tooling that FinOps practitioners can use for reporting and optimization within a cloud, and FinOps vendors are beginning to offer sustainability features to optimize carbon across clouds.

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2 methods to avoid capital gains in a home sale

Accounting Today

The Section 121 exclusion and the step-up in basis are well known to financial advisors and tax professionals, but their clients will need to plan carefully to net the biggest potential savings.

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Tips for Bookkeeper To Handling a Ghosting Client

LedgerDocs

If you work with clients, you know that communication is key. But what happens when your clients become unresponsive or “ghosts” us. This is a frustrating, stressful, yet familiar circumstance that we have all faced at one point or another. But we can’t just ignore them back especially when you’re waiting on essential information or approvals.

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Jun 1, Canadian Bookkeeping Tips- Small Business Accounting Basics

Bookkeeping Essentials

Over 30 basic home business accounting and bookkeeping tips along with information on managing your accounting system. Bookkeeping Essentials is a free resource for your book keeping questions.

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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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FinOps and ESG Teams Collaborate to Optimize Carbon

FinOps Foundation

Key Insight: Carbon optimization is a growing concern for organizations, and Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) teams can leverage the culture of collaboration and waste reduction that FinOps teams have cultivated. Cloud Service Providers are delivering more granular carbon emissions data and tooling that FinOps practitioners can use for reporting and optimization within a cloud, and FinOps vendors are beginning to offer sustainability features to optimize carbon across clouds.

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The 20 most charitable states in America

Accounting Today

Where are residents the most giving? Check out this ranking, which tracks the states with the most charitable donations, as well as volunteering and service.

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Intuit to offer Account Management program for QuickBooks customers

Insightful Accountant

Intuit has selected customers who display complexity for this new program and you need to be aware of this offering because some of those customers may also be your clients.

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Jun 1, Evaluate Your Book Keeping System

Bookkeeping Essentials

Whether you are just starting out or have been in business awhile, how do you know if your book keeping system is the right one for your business? It’s best to keep it as simple as possible for.

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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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Super-variable costing definition

Accounting Tools

What is Super-Variable Costing? Super-variable costing only considers totally variable costs to be part of the cost of inventory. All other costs are charged to expense in the period incurred. This typically means that only direct materials are included in the cost of inventory. The result of this approach is that nearly all costs of production are charged to expense at once, resulting in lower reported profits in the short term.

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IESBA to focus on sustainability, culture, governance in 2024

Accounting Today

The report highlights the International Ethics Standards Board for Accountants' yearly accomplishments and outlines future plans, like focusing on sustainability.

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QuickBooks Hosts Accountants for Ecosystem Care Jam

Insightful Accountant

QuickBooks recently hosted an Ecosystem Care Jam for accountants involving more than 300 QuickBooks employees from around the world.

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Jun 1, Small Business Accounting | Bookkeeping Basics

Bookkeeping Essentials

Small business accounting is accomplished by performing basic bookkeeping procedures consistently. Find examples of how to record basic journal entries and learn basic bookkeeping practices.

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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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International Wire Transfer

Tipalti

Explore both online and offline reliable methods for making international wire transfers. These methods are ideal for businesses and individuals with consistent international payment needs.

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Auditors prioritizing tech for fieldwork phase

Accounting Today

A recent survey from Thomson Reuters said auditors find new technology that assists during the execution/fieldwork phase of an engagement to be most useful.

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Nancy McClelland's Biggest Takeaways of Scaling New Heights 2023

Insightful Accountant

Gear up for Scaling New Heights 2024 by taking a look at Nancy's takeaways from last year's Scaling New Heights.

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Jun 7, Payroll Tax Deposits | 7 Steps To Meet Your Requirements

Bookkeeping Essentials

This chat discusses IRS payroll tax deposits. and withholding requirements. To help you meet your compliance obligations, you'll also find current tax remitting and filing due dates too!

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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.