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Hiring Hybrid for Tax Season (and Beyond)

accountingfly

Hiring Hybrid for Tax Season (and Beyond) Having trouble staffing up for tax season? You’re not alone! The market is tough: candidate supply is still historically low, and many candidates are still looking for remote roles. Meanwhile, many firms are adopting rigid return-to-office policies, which limits their candidate pool to the local market (instead of hiring nationally) and is less appealing to candidates.

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Tax Strategy: Year-end 2023 tax planning

Accounting Today

In spite of the lack of new tax legislation so far this year, taxpayers and tax preparers have plenty to focus on in preparing 2023 returns.

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How small businesses can get themselves ready for Cyber Monday

Xero

This guest blog was written by the team at ecommerce accounting integration, Amaka. Cyber Monday was originally an opportunity for ecommerce businesses to dish out huge promotions after Thanksgiving in the United States, but it’s now become a phenomenon around the world. In 2022, Cyber Monday brought in a total of $ 11.3 billion USD in the United States alone, representing one of the biggest online shopping days of the year.

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Is It Time to Outsource Your Bookkeeping? A Guide for Business Owners

Accounting Department

Managing the financial aspects of a business is a critical task that demands accuracy, expertise, and time. As your business grows, so does the complexity of your financial transactions, leaving you with less time to focus on core operations.

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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 Static budgets, rigid annual forecasts, and outdated financial models limit an organization’s ability to adapt to market shifts and economic uncertainty.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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DEI: Powering prosperity for all

Intuit

Corporate diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) has been a part of who we are since our founding 40 years ago. We continue to find new ways to foster a company culture that’s as diverse as the communities we serve, and to integrate inclusion and equity into how we operate as a business. Each year, we share an update on this work through our DEI Report.

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Purdue sees spike in accounting enrollment

Accounting Today

Despite widespread reports of declines in accounting students, Purdue is defying the trend and seeing enrollment growing dramatically.

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The Art of Employee Recognition at a Growing Remote Company | Beyond the Books Podcast by AccountingDepartment.com

Accounting Department

Join your host, Kevin Drye, and Director of Marketing, Andrea Boccard, as they take a deep dive into the art of appreciating your workforce.

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How Intuit’s tech culture helped me grow as an individual and engineer

Intuit

Tell us about your career journey to Intuit. How did you learn about the Apprenticeship Pathway Program ? Anything you would like to share about that experience? I learned about the Apprenticeship Pathway Program through G{Code}, an organization that teaches the basics of web development to women and non-binary POC. It was a challenging but life-changing experience.

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IRS opens PTIN renewal period for 2024

Accounting Today

The service began allowing nearly 800,000 tax preparers to renew their Preparer Tax Identification Numbers for next year.

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Key MLOps processes (part 3): Automated machine learning workflow

FinOps in Practice

In this article, we describe block D, devoted to the automated machine learning workflow. Please, find the whole scheme, which describes key MLOps processes here. The main parts of the scheme are horizontal blocks, inside of which the procedural aspects of MLOps are described (they are assigned letters A, B, C, D). Each of them is designed to solve specific tasks within the framework of ensuring the uninterrupted operation of the company’s ML services.

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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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ADC Reinvents at EO Nerve 2023

Accounting Department

Our team rounded out another successful year of EO events last week while attending EO Nerve. ADC Business Development Representative, Shawn Marcum, and Content Manager, Mike DeFusco, attended the multi-day event in Tampa, FL.

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We went to Summit NA 2023! VIDEO

Fidesic blog

We had a blast at Dynamic Communities #SummitNA 2023! Great to see everyone! Watch our video recap with juggling!

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IRS faces long-term challenges despite extra funding

Accounting Today

Commissioner Werfel encouraged Congress to keep the money coming.

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Chase Bank Requires QuickBooks Accounts' Reconnections

Insightful Accountant

As part of security enhancements being implemented between mid-October and the end of November 2023, Chase Bank will require all QBO and QuickBooks Desktop users to reconnect their bank connections.

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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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11 Best Movies Accountants Must Watch in 2024

Ace Cloud Hosting

In a world where numbers and spreadsheets often take center stage, it’s time for accountants and financial enthusiasts to let their hair down and embrace the cinematic side of life.

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5 Ways Companies Gamified FinOps To Drive A Cost-Aware Engineering Culture

CloudZero

Getting engineers to take action to optimize spending can feel like an eternal struggle for many cloud-based companies. In fact, this particular issue is consistently considered to be one of the number-one cost challenges modern companies face.

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How homeowners can benefit from the Inflation Reduction Act's tax credits

Accounting Today

The legislation incentivizes consumers to buy energy-efficient electric appliances, clean vehicles, rooftop-solar and home energy storage systems.

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The Secrets to Lasting Business Growth for Non-Marketers

Insightful Accountant

Everything comes down to marketing. Balanced Awakenings' Dr. Hannah Yang provides some insights practice owners can use to help leverage their market strategies and build momentum.

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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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Top Cloud Models for QuickBooks Desktop

Ace Cloud Hosting

As technology continues to evolve rapidly, it is no surprise that small businesses and entrepreneurs are constantly looking for innovative ways to enhance their operations. While QuickBooks Desktop has been.

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Invoice Financing: Breaking Down the Basics and Real-World Success Stories 

FundThrough

Cash flow issues can feel like an uphill battle for many business owners, especially when you’re waiting on unpaid invoices. We get it – as both both finance leaders and entrepreneurs ourselves, we know all too well how cash flow can make or break a business. As traditional methods like lines of credit become more […] The post Invoice Financing: Breaking Down the Basics and Real-World Success Stories appeared first on FundThrough.

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20 states where taxpayers get the least bang for their buck

Accounting Today

These are the bottom 20 states ranked by return on investment for taxpayers, based on quality of government services versus how much they cost.

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Sage Announces HR Integration for Sage 50 (US and Canadian versions)

Insightful Accountant

US and Canadian users of Sage 50 now can integrate Sage HR to bring together their accounting, HR and payroll functionalities to streamline their operational environment.

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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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Spend Management for Your School’s Budget

Compleatable

What’s the best way to add value to something? Make it more efficient. Instead of adding new processes, hiring new staff, increasing your output, have you ever looked into what you already do, and simply tried making it better? Sometimes it’s a simple fix. Even just making sure everyone is following the same processes can see gains in productivity.

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How to Systemize Your Firm to Take Maternity Leave w/Melissa L. Miranda, CPA

Jetpack Workflow

Podcast Summary In this episode, host David Cristillo interviews Melissa Miranda, a certified public accountant and owner of Step-by-Step Accounting. They discuss the importance of preparing for maternity leave as a business owner and how to structure your team and workflow. Whether it’s maternity leave or any other extended absence, Melissa shares valuable insights on setting up processes that can be applied across the board.

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Disruption protection: Higher standards, deeper relationships

Accounting Today

The ethics of the profession and the trust they build with clients will protect accountants from outside competitors.

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Hitch Your Wagons 'Pardner' for the Best Migration Yet

Insightful Accountant

'Wagons Ho.' Murph's guiding you on the trail of migration from QuickBooks Desktop to QuickBooks Online. So, you better get to readin' cause you don't wanna get left behind.

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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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Top 5 Credit Bureau Companies for B2B in 2023

Gaviti

As the global economic situation fuels business uncertainty, many companies are experiencing a much slower cash flow than they would prefer, a result of late payments from customers. From cash flow issues to inefficient payment processes and the inability to choose from a variety of payment methods, B2B companies face a number of challenges with regards to the timely payments of invoices.

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A Guide to AP Automation Technology

MineralTree

Automation is reshaping the way companies manage their financial operations, especially in accounts payable (AP). Understanding how AP automation works and how it streamlines AP processes is vital to keeping your company ahead of the curve in a rapidly evolving business finance landscape. AP efficiency is more important than ever given the growing need to do more with less.

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Tech News: EY and AuditBoard release risk assessment tools

Accounting Today

Plus, Gusto and FreshBooks jointly release FreshBooks Payroll; and other accounting technology news.

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Winning Solution for BPOs: NetSuite BPO Program

Insightful Accountant

If you are a BPO or CAAS provider struggling with your current desktop or cloud accounting systems to support all of your clients, it might be time to look at NetSuite.

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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.