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Datadog Cost Optimization: Best Practices to Maximize Efficiency and Minimize Expenses

finout

Table of contents Introduction What Exactly is the Function of Datadog? Why Do We Need to Optimize Datadog Costs?

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IOSCO endorses ISSB standards

Accounting Today

The International Organization of Securities Commissions officially approved sustainability and climate disclosure standards from the International Sustainability Standards Board.

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7 tips on how to negotiate pay and approach compensation

Intuit

What is Black Women’s Equal Pay Day? Each year, the date of Black Women’s Equal Pay Day roughly reflects how long a Black woman must work into the year to make what a white, non-Hispanic man made the previous year. The later in the year this day falls, the wider the wage gap. This year, Black Women’s Equal Pay Day is on July 27th, 2023. According to the non-profit organization, the American Association of University Women and ACS Census data, Black women in 2021 made 58 cents for every dollar ea

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ACH Boom Continues Long After Quarantine

Fidesic blog

Last year we published a post about the impact of the 2020 pandemic on accounts payable, in particular, the rise in digital B2B payment methods. As with many of the new trends we saw during the pandemic, this one didn’t go away.

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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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5 Key Metrics for Financial Planning & Analysis

Accounting Department

In the dynamic and competitive business landscape, financial planning and analysis (FP&A) plays a crucial role in guiding organizations toward success. By utilizing key metrics, FP&A provides valuable insights into a company's financial health, identifies trends, and helps business owners make informed decisions that drive profitability and strategic growth.

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IRS good at addressing cyberthreats, but not documenting them

Accounting Today

The Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration said the IRS does an admirable job addressing cyberthreats, but said the agency should improve its documentation of them.

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New I-9 Form Begins August 1, 2023

Insightful Accountant

The US Citizenship & Immigration Service has announced a new Form I-9 available on August 1, 2023, and also a new alternative I-9 documentation procedure available only to qualified E-verify employers.

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Keep Manufacturing Businesses Organized with NetSuite

Accounting Department

As a manufacturing business owner, keeping track of every moving part of your operation can be challenging. From tracking inventory levels to managing finances and processing orders, disparate systems can quickly become overwhelming.

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150-hour requirement seen as significant barrier to accounting by young people

Accounting Today

Students aren't majoring in accounting because they don't have a passion for the subject, and because they perceive barriers in cost and time, especially Black and Hispanic students.

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What do new CPAs want?

Blake Oliver

I'm honored to have been included in Dr. Sean Stein Smith's recent article " What New CPAs Want: Insights and Recommendations from the Field ," published on the New Jersey Society of CPAs website. It's great to see experienced professionals like Sean gathering perspectives from those just starting out in this profession and their mid-careers. Some common themes are work-life balance, career development, and desiring a high return on our invested time.

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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 Ultimate Cloud Storage Pricing Comparison (2023 CHART)

CloudZero

Syncing files and folders across multiple devices, updating them between remote team members, and sharing them across individuals and teams are all essential aspects of running a modern business.

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Nathan Rodgerson on the Benefits of the Tech Stack

Insightful Accountant

Zoho's Nathan Rodgerson joins Insightful Accountant's Gary DeHart on the latest edition of the Accounting Insiders' podcast. Learn the advantages of leveraging a tech stack.

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The value of disruption

Accounting Today

You'd think the last thing accounting firms would want to do is to disrupt themselves — yet that may be exactly what they need to do, says Bob Lewis of The Visionary Group.

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7 Tips for CPAs to Manage Remote Employees During Coronavirus Crisis

Ace Cloud Hosting

In these challenging times, when the coronavirus outbreak has become a menace for most parts of the world, it is not only insisted but advised by the authorities to stay.

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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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55 Fascinating DevOps Statistics You NEED To Know In 2023

CloudZero

Today's development and operations teams are intertwined like the strands of a rope. The two heavily depend on each other to form a stronger, more solid unit. Unlike traditional teams that worked in silos, today's developers and operations’ workflows should work like a well-oiled machine.

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Simplifying Financial Management with Automatic Bank Statement Fetching

LedgerDocs

For the modern bookkeeper, time is money. The more tasks that can be automated, without compromising the accurate tracking and managing of clients’ financial data, the better. When managing the financial transactions of an individual or a business, keeping track of financial transactions is an essential step for budgeting, tax filing, and overall financial planning.

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IRS plans new measures to curb Employee Retention Credit fraud

Accounting Today

The Internal Revenue Service will be adding extra procedures to deter scammers who have been inundating the agency with bogus claims for the Employee Retention Credit.

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Factoring Companies in Georgia: 4 High Quality Options

FundThrough

When it comes to selecting the best factoring company in Georgia, business owners often face the challenge of finding a solution that addresses their cash flow needs effectively. As entrepreneurs ourselves, we understand this pain firsthand. Identifying a trusted partner that offers quick and seamless factoring services can be a daunting task. While we cannot […] The post Factoring Companies in Georgia: 4 High Quality Options appeared first on FundThrough.

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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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How CloudZero Provides Unit Cost Better Than Anyone Else

CloudZero

At CloudZero, we’re pretty proud of the fact that our platform allows you to maximize your profitability by understanding your unit costs. In fact, our platform’s ability to help you easily track and analyze unit costs is one of the things that sets us apart the most from our competitors.

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QBO Monday Minute: New MailChimp & QuickBooks Online Functionality

Insightful Accountant

Liz Scott rolls through the buzz surrounding the direct integration between QuickBooks Online and MailChimp. Check out her thoughts—and video—to see how you can explain the functionality to your clients.

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Newer CEOs more likely to favor ESG reporting to build their reputation

Accounting Today

Companies have been doing more reporting on their corporate social responsibility efforts, but that's especially the case when there's a new chief executive in place.

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How Can a Small Business Budget for Variable Expenses?

CSI Accounting & Payroll

Budgeting for your small business would be much easier if it only meant adding up fixed expenses. However, when you throw in variable expenses, it can be easy to go over budget. How can you expect the unexpected and get a more accurate idea of what you should be spending? At CSI Accounting & Payroll, we've helped small businesses manage their money for over 50 years.

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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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The CFPB’s Concerns with Medical Debt Credit Cards

RevCycle

The cost of healthcare in the United States is a major financial burden for many people. In fact, medical debt is the leading cause of personal bankruptcy in the country. In recent years, there has been a growing trend of medical debt credit cards being offered to patients. These cards allow patients to finance their medical bills, but they often come with high interest rates and fees.

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Like Presents Under the Tree – QuickBooks HR Improvements

Insightful Accountant

Intuit has released—or is about to release—a whole new group of improvements in the HR arena for QuickBooks users with QuickBooks Online Payroll and Workforce.

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Tech News: New AuditBoard solution focused on IT risk management

Accounting Today

New AuditBoard solution focused on IT risk management; KPMG deepens relationship with Service Now; and other news and updates from the accounting technology arena.

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No par value stock definition

Accounting Tools

Related Courses Corporate Finance The Balance Sheet What is No Par Value Stock? No par value stock is shares that have been issued without a par value listed on the face of the stock certificate. Historically, par value used to be the price at which a company initially sold its shares. There is a theoretical liability by a company to its shareholders if the market price of its stock falls below the par value for the difference between the market price of the stock and the par value.

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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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Who is Most Often Targeted in BEC Emails?

MineralTree

How to Protect the AP Team Picture this: You receive an email from one of your company’s vendors requesting an urgent update to their payment information. You have a strong relationship with this vendor, so you comply without a second thought — unaware that you’ve just fallen victim to a BEC (business email compromise) scam. BEC is a form of cybercrime in which attackers impersonate or manipulate legitimate email accounts to deceive individuals from an organization into sharing sensitive informa

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QuickBooks Price Hikes

Insightful Accountant

New pricing for QBO, QuickBooks Online Payroll and QuickBooks Payments will start rolling on Aug. 1 for some US customers depending on your product(s) and current discounts in place.

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New bill aims to extend 199A pass-through deduction

Accounting Today

Legislation to extend the 20% deduction for pass-through businesses beyond its expiration date in 2025 is attracting bipartisan support in the House and Senate.

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Plantwide overhead rate definition

Accounting Tools

Related Courses Accounting for Inventory Activity-Based Costing Cost Accounting Fundamentals What is a Plantwide Overhead Rate? The plantwide overhead rate is a single overhead rate that a company uses to allocate all of its manufacturing overhead costs to products or cost objects. It is most commonly used in smaller entities with simple cost structures.

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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.