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Misunderstandings keep families from claiming tax credits

Accounting Today

Lack of awareness, fear of mistakes and penalties, and the cost of filing are preventing many families from claiming millions of dollars in tax credits.

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Built for Complexity: Why True AP Automation Starts with the Right Architecture

Ascend Software blog

In a space filled with buzzwords like "intelligent automation" and "AI-powered workflows," it's easy to lose sight of what actually makes great software workespecially in enterprise environments with massive invoice volume, strict compliance needs, and cross-departmental complexity.

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UK watchdog slammed EY's NMC audit in early report, lawyers say

Accounting Today

The Financial Reporting Council found EY "demonstrated a complete lack of professional skepticism" and failed "to be alert to conditions that may have indicated possible fraud.

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Top 10 Cyber Threats To Look Out for in 2025

Ace Cloud Hosting

Cybercrime is no longer a distant threatits a global crisis accelerating at an alarming rate. By 2025, the cost of cybercrime is expected to reach $10.5 trillion annually, effectively making.

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Why Tech-Forward Tax and Accounting Firms Have the Inside Track to the Future

Speaker: Joe Wroblewski, Sales Engineer Manager

Automating time-consuming manual tasks can save your firm hundreds of hours–and thousands of dollars. But it can also have longer-lasting benefits, like helping you attract and retain the next generation of CPAs, and we don’t need to tell you how important that is amid the current generational staffing crisis in the tax and accounting profession. You'll want to save your seat for this new webinar with industry expert Joe Wroblewski, where we'll explore how to: Maximize ROI with Cost-Effective Te

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Ignition Announces New SVP of Product

Insightful Accountant

The revenue and billing automation platform for professional services, Ignition, has announced that Tammy Hahn, an award-winning leader in product development and innovation, has joined the Ignition executive team as Senior Vice President of Product.

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In the blogs: Truths and consequences

Accounting Today

No more paper checks; death and tax debt; the perfect time to onboard software; and other highlights from our favorite tax bloggers.

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Remittance tax plan poses threat to US allies in Central America

Accounting Today

The bill would levy a 5% tax on remittances for noncitizens and foreign nationals, on top of a roughly 5% to 10% fee already charged on the payments.

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Transforming Business Buying -The AI Amazon Revolution

Compleatable

Redefining Procurement with AIpowered Amazon Punch-In Were thrilled to see Amazon Business highlighting the role of AI in modern procurement. As it rightly notes, artificial intelligence is transforming how organizations purchase, manage spend, and drive value. But for us, this isnt just a trend on the horizon, its a reality weve been shaping for years.

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Tax Strategy: Post-tax filing season update

Accounting Today

With the number of extensions, many practitioners are seeing tax season continue through the summer and fall.

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Hiring the Wrong Bookkeeper Equals Messy Books — And Costly Mistakes

Stephanie Peterson

By Stephanie Peterson, Advanced QuickBooks ProAdvisor | Superior Virtual Bookkeeping LLCIn todays digital world, its easier than ever for someone to start calling themselves a bookkeeper even if they have zero accounting background or real experience. As a result, countless small business owners are hiring the wrong help and ending up with messy books, missed deductions, and major headaches come tax time.

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Live Demo - Supercharge your Month End Close

Automation generally supercharges any process and brings its value to the forefront. See how infusing automation such as ART (our month-end close solution), into your close can get you to the next level of closing. We will share a live demo of SkyStem's solution, ART and share the key elements of month-end close automation. Through ART, we'll take a look at: What month-end close automation entails Which process steps can and should be automated Benefits of achieving process automation, and Why i

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Minnesota passes licensure changes bill

Accounting Today

Minnesota approved a bill on Monday night to create additional pathways to CPA licensure, and it awaits the signature of Gov. Tim Walz.

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The Future of Accounting: AI, CAS & Cybersecurity with Randy Johnston

Insightful Accountant

In this episode, host Gary DeHart speaks with tech visionary and industry veteran Randy Johnston about the critical trends shaping the future of accounting and advisory firms in 2025 and beyond.

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Firms should start auditing AI algorithms

Accounting Today

Accountants can turn the audit playbook into an AI assurance framework that policymakers have been groping for.

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Preparing for 2026 ProAdvisor Awards - Current Certification

Insightful Accountant

If you want to know what certifications will be required for the 2026 U.S. ProAdvisor Awards, this article is for you.

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Mid-Year Review: How to Ignite Employee Potential Through Meaningful Feedback

Mid-year performance reviews aren’t just boxes for HR to check. Paycor’s toolkit empowers leaders to: Identify high-potential team members. Boost engagement with meaningful feedback. Support struggling employees. Nurture top talent to drive results. Learn how to ignite employee potential through meaningful feedback. When you nurture top talent, everybody wins.

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GT soups up compliance with new AI-based platform

Accounting Today

Compliance professionals at Grant Thornton will be making use of the improved CompliAI platform, infused with generative AI to enhance service delivery.

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From Crawl to Run: KPI Strategies for Each Maturity Level

finout

Understanding cloud spend isn't just about tracking numbersit's about making strategic decisions to maximize the value of every dollar. Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) are essential tools that enable organizations to measure, manage, and optimize cloud costs effectively. This blog explores practical strategies and actionable insights for integrating effective KPIs at each stage of your FinOps maturity, based on insights from industry leaders at Roku and Finout.

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Senate panel grills IRS commissioner nominee Billy Long

Accounting Today

The Senate Finance Committee questioned Trump's nominee about his plans for the beleaguered agency and promotion of dubious tax credits.

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Cloud Budgeting in 2025: Tools, Techniques & Best Practices

finout

What Is Cloud Budgeting? Cloud budgeting involves planning, tracking, and managing cloud expenditure within an organization to ensure financial control and resource efficiency. It requires accurately forecasting expected usage patterns and costs, monitoring real-time cloud resource spending, and adapting to changes in cloud usage.

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Your Accounting Expertise Will Only Get You So Far: What Really Matters

Speaker: Victor C. Barnes, CPA, MBA

In the climb from contributor to leader, the rules quietly change. If you’re aiming for the summit, the air gets thinner—and what got you here won’t be enough to get you to the top (a concept first popularized by Marshall Goldsmith in his book What Got You Here Won’t Get You There ). What made you successful early in your finance career—technical accuracy, sharp analysis, flawless execution—won’t be what carries you to the next level.

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Trump pushes SALT Republicans to abandon further cap increase

Accounting Today

In a private meeting, Trump singled out the lawmakers from New York, New Jersey and California who have rejected the $30,000 deduction limit.

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