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SEC advisory committee recommends revamp of FASB

Accounting Today

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Changes to multi-factor authentication are coming for Australian customers

Xero

Over the last few years, our lives – and businesses across the world – have moved online at a rapid pace. Unfortunately, cybercriminals have followed and are using new, digital methods to target Australians. At Xero, we are custodians of your data and do all we can to protect the information held in your account. One of the ways we do this is through multi-factor authentication (MFA), a process designed to secure how you log in to Xero and verify it’s really you.

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How to get copies of your Facebook receipts

The Savvy Bookkeeping Blog

Using Facebook ads is a popular way to market your business. Being relatively new to creating paid Facebook ads, I do find that a lot of my time and energy is spent on coming up with the marketing material and then navigating my way around Facebook Ads Manager (Arghh, so many decisions.

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Gaining Customer Awareness for Your New Business

SMB Accounting and Consulting

As a new business owner one of your first priorities is to get the word out about your company. Grassroots marketing can be a low-cost but effective way to gain a large amount of exposure to locally owned businesses or other specific audiences. Grassroots marketing involves narrowing the type of customer and making your business known to those customers you’re hoping to attain.

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Breaking Ground on Better Payment Processes: Strategies for Construction Pros

Speaker: Timothy Allsopp

Payment challenges often lead to delayed projects, financial bottlenecks, and strained relationships. With construction projects becoming more complex, outdated processes are no longer sustainable. By refining financial workflow, companies can improve cash flow, reduce error, and foster trust between stakeholders. Discover practical strategies for redesigning payment systems to overcome workflow challenges while creating a smoother, more reliable process for contractors and subcontractors alike.

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IRS distributed most Child Tax Credit payments correctly, but millions missed out

Accounting Today

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What data can, and should, small businesses collect about their customers?

Xero

Last week, we held our fifth Responsible Data Use Advisory Council meeting. These meetings, held quarterly, are an opportunity to discuss emerging trends around responsible data use for small businesses. . As we move into our second year, the council is evolving too. . Samuel Burmeister of Tall Books has regretfully stepped back from the council to focus his efforts on his growing business.

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The Emergency Mini Budget Breakdown

Dext

The Emergency Mini Budget, termed as ‘the Growth Plan’, was announced on 23rd September 2022 and it included many important updates. The announcements touched upon several areas including Business taxes and schemes, Personal taxes, Investment zones, SDLT and much more.

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The forecast calls for increased revenue

Accounting Today

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Procore + Xero: Building a new platform partnership to help digitalize construction

Xero

As we scale our small business platform, we are always looking at ways we can work with like-minded partners to deliver best-in-class cloud tools to our customers. This is all part of the work we are doing to build out the Xero platform, catering to the industry specific needs of our customers. Speaking of building, I’m proud to announce our new partnership with Procore , connecting their industry leading construction platform into Xero. .

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Fintech Payment Companies: What the Best Ones Have in Common

FundThrough

Fintech payment companies provide services such as credit card payments, e-commerce checkout, mobile wallets, and other financial transactions. They also offer merchant accounts and other tools to help businesses accept payments. As the global economy continues to evolve, fintech payment companies are becoming increasingly vital to the success of businesses of all stripes and sizes. […].

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The Growth Architect: How Financial Leaders are Unlocking Potential

Speaker: Ashley Harlan, MBA

What if your role as a fractional CFO went beyond operational support to actively shaping the future of your clients’ businesses? 💼 ✨ In this session, discover how fractional finance professionals can position themselves as architects of growth, guiding their clients toward sustainable success and preparing them for full-time financial leadership.

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Redshift Pricing Explained: A 2022 Beginner-Friendly Guide

CloudZero

The Amazon Redshift data cloud provides a fast, secure, and widely accessible data warehouse solution. It is an ideal platform for performing complex analytics and processing large data sets. In addition to supporting multi-parallel processing (MPP), Redshift is also a type of Online Analytical Processing (OLAP) database.

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Blooper reel: Tiny but important mistakes on returns

Accounting Today

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Business apps: Everything you need to know

Xero

With the explosion of different business apps now available, more and more businesses are using apps to help run their daily operations and to grow – gaining access to smarter insights and banishing manual tasks to the past. But what exactly are business apps? And how are businesses that embrace app technology seeing the benefits? . First, what exactly do we mean by apps?

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The Complete Guide to Cross-Border Payments and AP Automation

AvidXchange

Companies that pay suppliers abroad can leverage accounts payable (AP) automation to complete both domestic and cross-border payments in one place, decreasing the time and money spent on payment processing. In this blog, you will learn about cross-border payments including its history, definition and the benefits it can provide organizations. What are cross-border payments?

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2025 Payroll Calendar Templates (Biweekly, Semi-Monthly, and Monthly)

Use these handy calendar templates to stay on top of payroll in 2025! Download them today to share with your HR team or post for employees. Whether your company has biweekly, semi-monthly, or monthly pay periods, Paycor has you covered. Get your templates today!

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How SaaS CFOs Can Spend Intelligently in Rough Markets

Sage Intacct

Knowing how to spend effectively in turbulent markets is an art and a science. Accounting software can automate the "scientific" aspects for maximum speed, accuracy, and effectiveness.

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SEC charges Friedman with improper professional conduct in audits

Accounting Today

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A guide for understanding self-employed tax obligations, thresholds and payments

Xero

If you’re self-employed, chances are you look forward to organising and fulfilling your tax obligations as much as you would a particularly upsetting root canal. While it may be vital to your ongoing wellbeing, that doesn’t make it any less painful. . Given the ins-and-outs of the process can feel a little opaque, we’ve provided a guide that covers some of the key facets of the tax process for the self-employed – from understanding obligations and thresholds, to calculating your payments. .

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The overly ambitious aspirational trainee accountant

Accounting Fun

The young accountancy graduate, fresh out of university and knowing everything, applied for his first job in a large firm of accountants. The partner interviewing him asked what starting salary he was looking for. The young man replied: “Around £100,000 a year, plus usual benefits.” The partner responded: “Well, how does this sound? Five weeks annual leave, 15% non contributory pension, reimbursed expenses - no questions asked, free attendance at an overseas conference every year with your partn

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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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Case Study: Tylor Hutchinson, Hutchinson & Company

Dext

For over 75 years, Hutchinson & Company has been supporting Canadian businesses with bookkeeping and accounting services. Now run by Tylor Hutchinson, the firm continues its traditional mission whilst also looking to the future by introducing technology to improve processes. Meet Tylor Hutchinson Continuing a third-generation family accounting practice of over 75 years.

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Security weaknesses at IRS facilities go unaddressed

Accounting Today

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Get face-to-face with the Xero ecosystem at the Singapore Roadshow

Xero

Empowering small businesses with the digital tools they need to thrive is an important part of our commitment at Xero, and it is in large part through our vibrant, ever expanding ecosystem that we continue to deliver an exceptional experience. From POS systems to inventory management to payroll, Xero connects with over 1,000 apps as well as 300 banks and financial institutions across the globe.

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Ep. 201: Mat Boyle – More Impact. More Profit.

IMA's Count Me

Connect with Mat Read more about Online to Offline Full Episode Transcript: Adam: Welcome back to Count Me In, the podcast that brings you impactful people and stories from across the world of management accounting. I'm your host, Adam Larson, and joining me today is Mat Boyle, CEO of Online to Offline, to discuss how businesses and management accountants can make a big difference in the world by shifting their focus from profits first to mission first.

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Less Stress, More Success: Accounting Best Practices & Processes for 2025

Speaker: Duke Heninger, Partner and Fractional CFO at Ampleo & Creator of CFO System

Are you ready to elevate your accounting processes for 2025? 🚀 Join us for an exclusive webinar led by Duke Heninger, 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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Federal Reserve Expects Unemployment to Rise

NACM

​The Federal Reserve ramped up its fight against inflation last week with a 0.75% rate hike and hinted to more interest rate increases in the future. The Central Bank expects a jump in unemployment as a result. "There will very likely be some softening of labor market conditions," Fed Chair Jerome Powell said during a press conf.

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Baker Tilly to acquire True Partners Consulting

Accounting Today

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Xero UK’s first cyclosportive: Putting a spin on how we network

Xero

“Bicycle, bicycle, bicycle! I want to ride my bicycle, I want to ride my biiiiike” said a bunch of cycling-enthusiast Xero accountants! . When we get together with our accounting and bookkeeping community, we’re not typically dressed head-to-toe in lycra. However, for a dedicated group of Xeros and Xero partners last week, that was exactly what they did. .

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Tax Fraud as a Service

Cloud Accounting Podcast

Sponsors LiveFlow: [link] uCollect: [link] Liscio: [link] Need CPE? Subscribe to the Earmark Accounting Podcast: [link] Get CPE for listening to podcasts with Earmark CPE: [link] Show Notes 4:31 – Email from Stuart – Thank you! College Student Question - blake@earmarkcpe.com - Earmark Mail [link] 7:51 – Email from Britney – Thank you! 8:28 – The robots are here.

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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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British Pound Plunges to Record Low Against US Dollar

NACM

The British pound dipped to a record low against the U.S. dollar on Monday, as uncertainty surrounding the U.K. economy grows. The pound dropped to roughly $1.03 Monday and recovered slightly on Tuesday, rising back to $1.07, according to CNN Business.

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Deloitte's China firm penalized $20M for letting clients audit themselves

Accounting Today

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Xero and The Football Association launch partnerships to champion women in football

Xero

Where were you on 31 July 2022, when a corner was swung in and Chloe Kelly poked the ball into the net? A scrappy goal made beautiful by the weight of history, the support of a nation, and of course, 56 years of hurt. England were crowned UEFA Women’s Euro 2022 champions. . More moments like this will only be possible when the barriers facing girls and women in football are removed.

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Grant Thornton sees revenue grow 17% to $2.3B in FY 2022

Accounting Today

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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.