Sat.Feb 11, 2023 - Fri.Feb 17, 2023

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Why we can’t keep old reports (and other burning questions)

Xero

The retirement of old reports is now only a little over five months away. If you’re like many small business owners and advisors, you’re probably starting to seriously think about how this will impact your day-to-day work. We’ve answered some of your most common questions, so you can feel confident about switching to new reports before 31 July 2023.

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Overcome these Business Challenges in 2023

Accounting Department

Over the last few years, the rapid acceleration of accounting technology has redefined the way businesses go about their bookkeeping, operations, and more. This ramp-up in technology has caused a rise in the need for professional outsourced services and automation opportunities, however, business owners are still facing some challenges that can be avoided in 2023.

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Effective Savings Rate: Establishing a Metric to Measure the True Impact of Cloud Financial Management

ProsperOps

Erik Carlin, co-founder and CPO at ProsperOps, recently joined the FinOps Guys podcast to share his take on FinOps metrics including Effective Savings Rate (ESR). The discussion centered on the evolution of automated cloud financial management and the establishment of a metric to track true cloud savings. Read on to learn why ProsperOps has introduced ESR as the single most important cloud savings metric.

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Is Internet Explorer really really “retired”? Not quite…

Fidesic blog

Microsoft implemented another gate to keep people on most client versions of Windows 10 from running Internet Explorer 11 on Feb 14.

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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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Five tech trends for small businesses to watch in 2023

Xero

Technology advancements are continuously reshaping not only the way we work, but fundamentally how we operate across nearly every industry. With new innovations unlocked almost daily — each with a unique promise to transform how we do business — how do busy small businesses and their advisors separate the fad from the fancy? We’ve been doing a lot of thinking about this recently, and it’s a priority for us this year to help demystify some of these trends and shine a light on those which could be

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Client Hub Launches Free Recategorize Plan

Insightful Accountant

The new tier will enable accountants to get all their QuickBooks transaction questions resolved from their clients quickly and easily—and the subscription is free.

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SEO for Accountants: 14 Tactics to Acquire Clients

Future Firm

Looking for one of the top digital marketing strategies to help potential clients easily find you? Then you’ll want to read the rest of this article on SEO for accountants. In this article, you’ll find out: What SEO for accountants is Why it’s important for your firm’s growth 14 practical tips & tricks to boost your website to the top of Google Let’s go!

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Five steps to a seamless payroll year end

Xero

It’s that time of year again. As summer winds to a close, the days will start getting shorter as the workload ramps up. For those working in payroll, that can only mean one thing: year end is approaching. There are four key changes in New Zealand payroll calculations for the new financial year: Adult minimum wage will increase to $22.70 per hour from 1 April 2023 The annual ACC earner levy rate is increasing from 1.46 percent to 1.53 percent The annual ACC earner levy threshold is increasing to

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QuickBooks Business Network – A Vision on the Way

Insightful Accountant

Murph brings you up to date on the vision that is the QuickBooks Business Network. While it's not fully capable yet, it's getting there, and appears to be heading in the right direction.

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How to Deal with Clients Who Don't Pay

Enterprise Recovery

When you agree to do business with another company, the expectation is that you'll provide goods or services, and they'll pay in a timely manner. Providing the goods or services costs your company in overhead, salaries, expenses, and more. So what happens if your client doesn't pay on time or at all? Is there anything you can do to get paid or prevent late payments?

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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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OCR Software vs AP Automation

Ascend Software blog

What is OCR?

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Streamline Your Claims Management Process with Epic and SSI Integrations

SSI Healthcare Rev Cycle Solutions

Streamline Your Claims Management Process with Epic and SSI Integrations [Live Webinar] Back by popular demand! The SSI Group, LLC (SSI) invites all hospitals and health systems that run Epic as their HIS to a webinar specifically designed to showcase the integrations between our systems. Learn how to simplify your claims process, reduce time to payment, and make it all a snap for your RCM team.

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What's New with Xero: February 2023

Insightful Accountant

Xero is continually updating and upgrading its accounting platform to provide an enhanced look and feel, improved accessibility and faster features. Here are some of its recent and in-progress enhancements.

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6 Short Term Financing Options for Growing SMBs

FundThrough

No doubt that you’ve seen for yourself that having quick access to capital is vital for keeping your business running smoothly. One way to get funding in a hurry is short term financing. It can help business owners cover unexpected costs or losses, bridge cash flow gaps, or take advantage of timely opportunities while limiting […] The post 6 Short Term Financing Options for Growing SMBs appeared first on FundThrough.

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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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How to Choose a Finance Tech Stack (CFO Software Checklist)

Sage Intacct

When it comes to CFO software, it pays to be a forward-thinker as well as someone who sets high standards and strives for quality. The SaaS industry is too competitive for corporate leaders to get complacent about their finance tech stack.

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5 Common Payroll Mistakes Businesses Must Avoid

Outsourced Bookeeping

The payroll department is responsible for the delivery of payroll checks, maintenance of employees’ and ex-employees records, wage deduction, calculation of bonuses & overtime, and most importantly, ensuring compliance. This is the only department that deals with and manages functions that impact almost everyone in the organization. A simple delay can be a talking point across the organization, and an innocuous mistake can attract compliance problems for the business.

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Nomination Deadline is Just Two Weeks Away

Insightful Accountant

The Nomination Deadline for the Insightful Accountant 2023 ProAdvisor Awards Process is just two weeks away on March 1, 2023. Don't leave yourself off this year's list.

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SURVEY: CFOs Will Fuel Growth with Tech Investments, Not Increased Headcount

AvidXchange

The Controllers Council and Sage recently released the results of the 2023 Controller/CFO Sentiment Study , which surveyed 300 North American CFOs and controllers. The study uncovered how macro-economic trends are shaping corporate finance planning, strategy, priorities and outlooks. Among the findings, the majority of respondents expect topline revenue to increase in 2023, but very few plan to make large investments in headcount for their financial operations to manage such growth.

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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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Keys to Mutually-beneficial Relationships with an Investor Board

Sage Intacct

Forging a trusted relationship with your investors is one of your career-defining goals and responsibilities as a SaaS CFO. Especially during market turbulence and broader financial instability, your primary investors can be an essential source of capital and stability around resources.

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Understanding the Employee Retention Credit

Brigade

It’s no surprise that the Covid-19 pandemic changed the way most businesses operate. From adjustments to staffing and labor, to remote workplaces and more, businesses have had to make financial decisions to maintain the health of their business. The Employee Retention Credit (ERC) is an opportunity to receive a refundable tax credit for businesses that paid employees while shut down due to the COVID-19 pandemic, or businesses that had a significant decline in gross receipts from March 13, 2020 t

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Client Hub Launches a Free Recategorize Plan

Insightful Accountant

The new tier will enable accountants to get all their QuickBooks transaction questions resolved from their clients quickly and easily—and the subscription is free.

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5 Common Payroll Mistakes Businesses Must Avoid

Outsourced Bookeeping

The payroll department is responsible for the delivery of payroll checks, maintenance of employees’ and ex-employees records, wage deduction, calculation of bonuses & overtime, and most importantly, ensuring compliance. This is the only department that deals with and manages functions that impact almost everyone in the organization. A simple delay can be a talking point across the organization, and an innocuous mistake can attract compliance problems for the business.

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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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Optimize Your 2023 Billing Strategy with These 6 Subscription Management Software Features

Billing Platform

Continuing on its upwards trajectory, the global market value of the subscription economy reached $292 billion in 2022 – up from $224 billion in 2021. What does 2023 hold in store for subscription-based organizations? According to consumer surveys , the competitive nature of the industry will be at an all-time high in 2023. With increasingly fierce competition, how can subscription companies outpace the competition and remain relevant to subscribers?

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Amazon ECS Pricing Explained: A 2023 Guide To ECS Costs

CloudZero

With containerization, you can write an application once and run it anywhere. Along with portability, containers are also much more resource-efficient than traditional virtual machines (VMs). However, managing containers at scale can be challenging.

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Survey Shows What Small Business Owners Want

Insightful Accountant

Goldman Sachs' poll shows today's entrepreneurs owners want lawmakers to modernize and improve the Small Business Administration.

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How to Choose a Finance Tech Stack (CFO Software Checklist)

Sage Intacct

When it comes to CFO software, it pays to be a forward-thinker as well as someone who sets high standards and strives for quality. The SaaS industry is too competitive for corporate leaders to get complacent about their finance tech stack.

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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 Accounting Must Mirror the Rise of Digital Commerce

Dext

At Dext, we’ve been documenting the rapid rise of digital commerce and the opportunities it brings to the accounting industry. But, like all seismic change, the rate at which things evolve rarely comes to a grinding halt. In the case of digital commerce, it appears things are accelerating once again.

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What Is Full-Charge Bookkeeping? Everything You Need to Know

Less Accounting

Figuring out the basics of bookkeeping and finding a reliable bookkeeper is the nightmare of every small business owner just starting. However, as the business grows, so do the bookkeeping needs, which is why you should consider stepping up your bookkeeping game. Today we will explain what is full-charge bookkeeping and how you can benefit from it. What Is Full Charge Bookkeeping?

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The Future of Accountancy Revealed

Insightful Accountant

ACCA’s annual 'Global Talent Trends Survey' shows a profession in workplace transition, grappling with a multitude of short-term challenges and longer-term questions.

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A Simple Accounting Policies and Procedures Template for 2023

Jetpack Workflow

Does your accounting firm have a policies and procedures manual for your business or your clients? Or have you avoided creating a manual because it requires too much time and involves too many technical details? There are bookkeeping and accounting business owners who put off assembling a manual and wing it instead. However, not having a defined set of policies and procedures can cause significant problems for your clients and make your work more difficult, especially as your company grows or du

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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.