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Three tips for a better balance between work and mental health

Xero

We know that mental wellbeing is vitally important, but for small business owners, striking a balance between work and mental health can feel almost impossible. . The past two years in particular have thrown up a previously unseen level of disruption and turmoil for small businesses. From the pandemic, to soaring inflation and energy prices, it’s no surprise that finding the time to invest in mental wellbeing is proving challenging. .

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Deloitte: Climate change will cost $178T by 2070

Accounting Today

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How to avoid your conveyancing trust account becoming a mess

The Savvy Bookkeeping Blog

Conveyancing is such a fast-paced and dynamic industry. I don’t know where my conveyancing clients get their energy from sometimes. I know they often work long hours in order to meet tight deadlines.

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The Guide to ASC 606/IFRS 15 Compliance for SaaS and Software Companies - A 2022 Refresher

Sage Intacct

ASC 606/IFRS 15, Revenue from Contracts with Customers, was the new revenue recognition standard issued by The Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB). This standard affects all businesses, including public, private, and nonprofit entities, which use contracts with customers to transfer goods or services.

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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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Helping you win new business with beautiful quotes

Xero

Sending a quote is often the first digital interaction you have with a potential customer, so it’s important to make the right impression. We’ve made it easy in Xero – you can create a beautiful online quote in minutes, get customers to accept it on the spot, and quickly convert it into an invoice. To continue improving your experience, we’re introducing an exciting new feature and fresh design to quotes in Xero.

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AICPA names 2022 Outstanding Young CPAs

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How FinOps Can Work With Engineering To Achieve Cost Intelligence Maturity

CloudZero

The FinOps position, for most SaaS companies, is a relatively recent addition to the team. FinOps acts as a liaison between the Finance and Engineering teams, with the goal of getting everyone on the same page (and speaking the same language) when it comes to setting, optimizing, and sticking to budgets.

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Introducing the Xero Stripe App in the new Stripe App Marketplace

Xero

We all prefer work to be streamlined and simplified, but businesses today use dozens of digital tools and services. Ranging from apps that help address your business and industry pain points to payment providers and accounting software, there are a number of solutions that can help business owners access critical information or improve their workflows.

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IRS raids alliantgroup offices

Accounting Today

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You Can Boost Your Business Now Using This Accounts Payable Playbook

AvidXchange

Despite everything that’s gone on in recent years – and you don’t need to be reminded – you have many exciting opportunities to boost your business and come out stronger. You can achieve this by taking smart steps to rebuild, improve and strengthen your business for long-term prosperity – starting now. Begin by focusing on streamlining manual business processes that are costing your company time and money such as paper-based accounts payable (AP) and payment processes.

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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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The 5 Best AWS Cost Explorer Alternatives In 2022

CloudZero

AWS Cost Explorer is one of the core pillars of AWS cloud financial management. It helps collect resource consumption data and associated cost information across multiple AWS services. Cost Explorer then helps visualize all of this data in one dashboard to ease cost management.

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We tackle questions landlords may have around Making Tax Digital for Income Tax Self Assessment

Xero

If you’re a landlord , you’ll likely have felt the rumblings around Making Tax Digital for Income Tax Self Assessment ( MTD for ITSA ). . Part of the government’s plan to digitalise the UK tax system and make it easier to get your tax right, MTD for ITSA requires landlords and those who are self-employed and earning above £10,000 annually to use MTD-compatible software to keep digital records and submit updates to HMRC. .

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IRS sent over $800M in potentially improper recovery rebate payments

Accounting Today

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B2B Payment Challenges: Inaccurate Payments

AvidXchange

At the start of 2020, two owners of a Florida property management company, Tracy and John, grappled with inaccurate payments. The company, Incurrent Holdings , paid vendors multiple times for the same service and for services not provided. In some cases, they paid suppliers late. These inefficiencies cost the company several thousand dollars a month.

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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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We’re Joining The Snowflake Partner Network — Bringing Cloud Cost Intelligence

CloudZero

Early on in our journey as a company, CloudZero split with legacy data architecture, migrating to Snowflake and opening up a world of resource flexibility.

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7 Best Integration Apps for Property Management Companies

SLC Bookkeeping

Property management is a complicated matter without the proper software. Many companies are looking to use QuickBooks Online and integrate it with a property management app. Most are looking for something that allows tracking of tenants, rents, invoicing landlords and repairs, training, financials, maintenance, and more. Finding a simple and seamless integration is frustrating.

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IRS upgrades 'Where’s My Refund' tool to track refunds for two years

Accounting Today

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How to Reduce B2B Late Payments

AvidXchange

As a finance professional you may be aware of one of the industry’s biggest problems: late payments. The costs of delayed payments to finance teams range from higher processing costs and lost opportunities for early payment discounts, to strained relationships with vendors and suppliers – not to mention tightened cashflow that inhibits the company’s ability to grow and thrive.

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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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The biggest pricing mistakes I have made in my bookkeeping business

5 Minute Bookkeeping

Are you struggling with pricing your bookkeeping services? Pricing is not easy, and in fact, it can evoke a lot of negative emotions, including fear and anxiety. It was certainly one of the areas that I struggled with the most while growing my virtual bookkeeping business. Although it was tough at times, I learned so much through the process. Would you like to skip past the trial and error and get straight to the good part?

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Microsoft GP Roadmap vs NetSuite Marketing Material

dynavistics

Who says Microsoft Dynamics GP Support is ending soon? Not Microsoft! We have received marketing messages from Netsuite and other Microsoft competitors claiming that mainstream support for Dynamics GP is ending as of January 2023. This is incorrect.

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Finance leaders preparing for tax changes

Accounting Today

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A Beginner’s Guide to APIs for Finance Pros 

AvidXchange

Machine learning, 3-way matching and robotics process automation are powerful technologies in the finance industry. But there’s another powerful technology you should be dialed into – application programming interfaces (APIs). In fact, APIs might be the most important technology of these four because without them the other technologies can’t be used to their full potential.

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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 Create A Balance Sheet for A Small Business

EasyBooks

A small business requires a balance sheet to get insight into its financial statement and overall value. It helps the owner keep track of the company’s finances, including assets, liabilities, and owner's equity.

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Podcast – Episode #2 – Starting the FinOps Conversation

The FinOps Alliance

In our second episode we dive various frequently asked questions and common topics we have seen in FinOps over the years. We challenge each other’s answers and get down to business. We touch upon different FinOps frameworks, strategies and the future role of GreenOps. Host: Michel Zitman Guests: Benjamin van der Maas & Mudit Gupta. The post Podcast – Episode #2 – Starting the FinOps Conversation appeared first on The FinOps Alliance.

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IRS changes guidance on EITC

Accounting Today

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GAO Audits IRS

Cloud Accounting Podcast

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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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Why Dental Practices Should Outsource Their Bookkeeping

OSYB

The benefits of outsourced bookkeeping are numerous. From time savings to scaling, there’s no shortage of reasons to outsource your bookkeeping regardless of the industry you find yourself in. However, one industry that can benefit greatly from outsourced bookkeeping is the dental industry. Here are five reasons why outsourced bookkeeping for dentists is such an attractive solution.

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FCPA Due Diligence | Oversight

Oversight

Whenever I’m in the market to make a large purchase, I do my homework. Am I paying the right price? Is there an advantage to purchasing the item from one merchant or another? Does it come with a warranty? Can I get my money back if I don’t like it? Warranties and return options can protect my investment, and the answers to each of these questions will have an impact on my decision to buy or to walk away.

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Academia needs better skill sets for future accountants

Accounting Today

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Ep. 184: Bharat Kanodia - “That company is worth what!?” - an insider’s view of business valuations.

IMA's Count Me

Connect with Bharat : [link] Tedx - [link] YouTube channel - [link] Blog - [link] Full Episode Transcript: Adam: (00:06) Welcome to Count Me In I'm Adam Larson. And today we're exploring the art and science of business valuations with Bharat Kanodia, the founder and chief appraiser at Vatra and Silicone Valley. Bharat has valued over 2000 businesses and unique assets, including Uber, Airbnb, and the Golden Gate Bridge.

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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.