Fri.Sep 01, 2023

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AICPA proposes changes in standards for quality management

Accounting Today

The institute's Auditing Standards Board issued an exposure draft for some proposed changes in the attestation standards for quality management and is asking for comments.

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Intuit Responds to U.S. Federal Trade Commission’s Anticipated Decision And Reaffirms its Commitment to Free Tax Preparation

Intuit

The U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is expected to announce that an FTC administrative law judge – an employee of the FTC – has ruled in favor of the FTC in the agency’s own lawsuit against Intuit. Intuit will appeal this groundless and seemingly predetermined decision by the FTC to rule in its own favor and is confident that when the matter ultimately returns to a neutral body Intuit will prevail, as it has previously in this matter.

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Forensic accounting for restaurants can uncover fraud

Accounting Today

Employees perpetrate the most common fraud schemes at restaurants, including various cash and inventory misappropriation schemes.

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147 Cloud Accounting Software Apps: The Big List

Future Firm

If you want to see the best cloud accounting software apps all in one place, then you’ll LOVE this ultimate list. In it, I’ll be sharing 147 of the best cloud accounting software apps on the market. Each item in the list will contain a brief description and will focus on how you can level up your accounting automation. While the list of accounting software is in no particular order, it has been grouped according to categories based on their accounting features so you can find the best accounting

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Elevating Accounting Practices: The Power of Outsourcing and Automation in the Digital Age

Speaker: Nancy Wu, Head of Sales and Customer Success at SkyStem

Join us for an enlightening webinar as we delve into the transformative realm of modern accounting practices. In today's digital age, the convergence of outsourcing and automation has revolutionized how businesses manage their financial operations. In this webinar we will explore the synergistic potential of these two strategies to streamline processes, enhance accuracy, save cost and drive strategic decision-making.

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Employers added 187K jobs in August, including 2.7K in accounting

Accounting Today

The labor market showed some signs of cooling, with the unemployment rate rising three-tenths of a percentage point to 3.8%.

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Best Of The Best: 99+ Top SaaS Companies To Know (2023)

CloudZero

Picture this. Gartner forecasts worldwide end-user spending for public cloud usage to ramp up to nearly $600 billion in 2023 — from $491 billion in 2022. Out of that spend, SaaS will make up a chunky $200 billion. For comparison, Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) and Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) will make up $150 billion and $139 billion, respectively.

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Growing Your Firm Podcast: Building Trust with Tejal Shah

Jetpack Workflow

Podcast Summary David and Tejal have a vast conversation about all things business inception and building infractrues to IPOs and venture capital exits. Understanding the pace of trust in business and the importance of the emotional aspect of relationship building. Learning that good business really does speak for itself. Found in Today’s Conversation Congruent Advisory Services, LLC Tejal Shah CPA, MBA Double Your Accounting Firm Meet Tejal Shah Congruent Advisory Services, LLC be

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Everything you always wanted to know about advisory, but were afraid to ask

Accounting Today

Like the path to enlightenment, the path to advisory services for accounting firms is not always clearly laid out.

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Jerome’s Furniture Digitizes Media Payments

AvidXchange

Jerome’s family-run furniture business has been serving the Southern California region for 66 years with 14 showrooms and 10 dream shops. Although COVID forced it to temporarily close down its retail locations, a dramatic increase in demand from people staying at home led to explosive growth. Jerome’s marketing team quickly pivoted their messaging and outreach to focus on the safety of their community while at the same time ensuring business continuity.

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The first steps toward advisory

Accounting Today

Experts share their advice on the best ways to launch a shift in your practice.

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Predictions You Can Rely On: How Data Drives Successful Financial Forecasting

Speaker: Robbie Bhathal, Founder & CEO, and Matthew Acalin, Head of Credit Intelligence

In today's volatile financial environment, how confident are you in your company’s financial forecasting? To get the most accurate cash predictions that will lead to long-term financial survival, real-time data is critical. Innovative cash management strategies can lead to better credit opportunities, more sustainable growth, and long-term financial prosperity.

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What's the strangest class you took to get to 150 hours?

Blake Oliver

I took "Intro to Philosophy" to finish out my 150 credits. I thought that was ridiculous. But this guy has me beat! A listener confessed to taking "Beginner's Walking/Jogging" as his final class before earning his 150 credits to sit for the CPA exam. He went back to his college transcript, and sure enough - In the summer of 2013, he passed "Beginning Walking/Jogging" with an A, graduating that August with exactly 150 semester hours.

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SEC sued over private fund advisor rule

Accounting Today

The Securities and Exchange Commission is facing a lawsuit filed Friday by a group of financial industry trade associations over its recently approved rule, which would require more disclosures of fees and expenses and annual audited financial statements of private equity and hedge funds.

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How FedNow will Disrupt Vendor Payments

Nanonets

In Accounts Payable, the importance of vendor payment methods often goes unnoticed despite their substantial influence on the overall cash flow, efficiency of the AP team, and profit margins. The US Federal Reserve's new payment rail FedNow can shake up the landscape, offering significant time and cost savings. In this blog post, we delve into how FedNow could impact businesses and their vendor payment practices.

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On the move: MassCPAs names VP of gov't affairs

Accounting Today

Herbein + Co. raises money with leadership dunk tank and cornhole tournament; ConvergenceCoaching graduates its Transformational Leadership class; and more news from across the profession.

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Your New & Improved Month-End Close Process Is Not So Far Out of Reach!

All accounting teams know what it is like to dread the inevitable month-end scaries. If there was a way to feel less burdened and maybe even a little enthusiastic to work on your month-end close and reconciliation process, would you do it? No, don't answer that, of course you would! Automate your month-end close process by up to 40% with SkyStem's ART and see how much more alive you feel!

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AWS S3 Lifecycle Management Guide – Policies & Configuration

Economize

What is the AWS S3 lifecycle? The AWS S3 lifecycle refers to the series of stages an object goes through from the moment it’s uploaded to an S3 (Simple Storage Service) bucket until it’s eventually deleted.

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Tech news: Vic.ai expands into payments

Accounting Today

Plus, Expensify adds enhanced insights and custom reporting functionality; IMA launches new cybersecurity certificate program; and other accounting tech news.

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Distribution to owners definition

Accounting Tools

Related Courses Partnership Accounting Partnership Tax Guide What is a Distribution to Owners? A distribution to owners is a payment of the retained earnings of a business to its owners. This distribution may be made in a smaller company because there is no other way for the owners to gain value from the enterprise, as would normally be achieved through the sale of stock or sale of the business.

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Can compliance survive?

Accounting Today

With so many saying that the future of accounting is in advisory services, experts weigh in on whether there will be room for more traditional services.

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The Definitive Guide to Spend Management

The status quo for AP in small and mid-market companies is broken. It consists of messy tech stacks of siloed solutions that give rise to manual work, a lack of control, wasted spend, and unnecessary risks. The benefits of shifting to spend management are tangible, measurable, and are felt across the whole organization. Spend management is a different way of thinking and an innovation whose time has come.

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Direct financing lease definition

Accounting Tools

Related Courses Accounting for Leases What is a Direct Financing Lease? A direct financing lease is a financing arrangement in which the lessor acquires assets and leases them to its customers, with the intent of generating revenue from the resulting interest payments. A direct financing lease is usually offered by financing institutions, such as equipment leasing companies.

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IMA and EFWA award annual scholarships

Accounting Today

The Institute of Management Accountants and the Educational Foundation for Women in Accounting announced their annual scholarship recipients.

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Debenture bond definition

Accounting Tools

Related Courses Corporate Cash Management Corporate Finance Treasurer's Guidebook What is a Debenture Bond? A debenture bond is a bond that is not secured by any assets of the issuer. Instead, the bond is only backed by the reputation and integrity of the issuer. This type of bond typically carries a higher rate of interest than a secured bond, to compensate investors for the increased risk of not having their funds repaid.

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The Leadership Files: Seth Siegel

Accounting Today

The chief of Grant Thornton shares the importance of recognizing your own mistakes and keeping an open mind.

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Navigating Financial Storms: Strategies for Building Resilient Balance Sheets

Speaker: Carolina Aponte - Owner and CEO, Caja Holdings LLC

In today's rapidly changing business environment, building a resilient balance sheet is crucial to the survival of any business. A resilient balance sheet allows a company to withstand financial shocks and adapt to changing market conditions. To achieve this, companies need to focus on key strategies such as maintaining adequate liquidity, managing debt levels, diversifying revenue streams, and prioritizing profitability over growth.

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Deferred income taxes definition

Accounting Tools

Related Courses Accounting for Income Taxes What are Deferred Income Taxes? Deferred income taxes are taxes that a company will eventually pay on its taxable income , but which are not yet due for payment. The difference in the amount of tax reported and paid is caused by differences in the calculation of taxes in the local tax regulations and in the accounting framework that a company uses.

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How AI Automation for Accounting Works

Nanonets

AI is wonderful for automating manual work, but automating business processes is not just as straightforward as a 1-line prompt. Tools like ChatGPT are incredible at answering your questions. However, true automation looks different. Let's dive in: Introduction There is no escaping that AI will be the most talked about topic on the internet in 2023.

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Depreciation expense definition

Accounting Tools

Related Courses Fixed Asset Accounting How to Audit Fixed Assets What is Depreciation Expense? Depreciation expense is that portion of a fixed asset that has been considered consumed in the current period. This amount is then charged to expense. The intent of this charge is to gradually reduce the carrying amount of fixed assets as their value is consumed over time.

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5 Ways Using Business Process Automation Technology Can Help Grow Your Business

NextProcess

High operating costs stifle business growth. In contrast, if you’re able to cut back on operating costs and streamline business processes, you’ll be in a better position for your company to thrive and grow. A survey of CFOs in November last year revealed that their top priorities for 2023 involve “significant strategic change” in finance ( “Gartner Survey Identifies the Top 10 Priorities for CFOs in 2023” ).

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Putting the ‘Tech’ in Spend Management Techniques

Speaker: Wayne Spivak, President and CFO of SBA * Consulting Ltd., Industry Writer, Public Speaker

If you’re lost in the world of spend management needs and your GAP analysis is lacking perspective on the future state of your business performance, listen up! With the advancement of technology, the implementation of spend management best practices and concrete GAP analyses is more streamlined and accessible than ever before. And while this may sound like great news for you and your clients, it won’t be worthwhile unless you have the latest techniques to back up your ambitions!

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Depletion expense definition

Accounting Tools

Related Courses Accounting for Mining Oil and Gas Accounting What is Depletion Expense? Depletion expense is a charge against profits for the use of natural resources. The depletion concept is most commonly used in the mining, timber, and oil and gas industries, where exploration and development costs are capitalized , and depletion is needed as a logical system for charging these costs to expense.

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Donor-imposed restriction definition

Accounting Tools

Related Courses Auditing Nonprofit Entities Nonprofit Accounting What is a Donor-Imposed Restriction? A donor-imposed restriction is a limitation on how a contributed asset can be used. This restriction can address the purpose to which an asset is put, the time period during which it can be used, or both. A restriction may be permanent, or limited to a specific period of time or an event, after which the restriction is lifted.

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Deferral-type adjusting entry definition

Accounting Tools

Related Courses Bookkeeper Education Bundle Bookkeeping Guidebook Closing the Books What is a Deferral-Type Adjusting Entry? A deferral-type adjusting entry is an accounting entry that shifts some portion of a recognized amount into a future period. This journal entry may be used to defer the recognition of revenue or an expense. A deferral-type adjusting entry is only used in accrual basis accounting , and usually only during the closing process, in preparation for the release of financial stat

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Equalization definition

Accounting Tools

Related Courses Real Estate Tax Guide What is Equalization? Equalization is the adjustment of assessed property values in a taxing district in order to align the values with assessment values in nearby taxing districts. The concept is usually applied within counties to adjust for assessment values in other counties in the same state. By engaging in equalization, taxpayers will pay their fair share of the state tax.

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Book of Secrets for the Month-End Close

Developing a consistent month-end close doesn’t need to be a mystery. We’re sharing our top 10 secrets (plus one bonus!) for streamlining your close.