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Accounting in an era of disruption

Accounting Today

AICPA chair Lexy Kessler looks ahead at the challenges and opportunities that are facing the profession, and what accountants need to do to be ready for them.

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Beyond Efficiency: Why AP Should Own More of the Finance Strategy Conversation

Ascend Software blog

In many enterprise organizations, accounts payable has long been seen as a quiet, operational function — efficient, reliable, and often overlooked. But that perception is changing. Leading finance teams are beginning to recognize AP not just as a transactional necessity, but as a strategic asset. With the right systems in place, AP becomes a source of real-time financial insight, operational resilience, and cross-functional agility.

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Streamlining document security and workflow in accounting

Accounting Today

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The Hidden Costs of DIY Bookkeeping (And Why Hiring Local Matters)

Stephanie Peterson

By Stephanie Peterson, Advanced QuickBooks ProAdvisor | Superior Virtual Bookkeeping LLCWhen you’re running a small business, it’s tempting to do everything yourself; especially your books. With QuickBooks Online or other DIY accounting software, it might seem like handling your finances is just a few clicks away.But here’s the truth: DIY bookkeeping often costs more in the long run; especially if you’re not trained in accounting or tax strategy.

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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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Offshoring and AI seen as partners, not competitors

Accounting Today

While it might intuitively seem AI and offshoring are in direct competition, offshore talent providers report that the two have instead created powerful synergies.

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Discover What’s New: FundThrough’s June 2025 Feature Releases

FundThrough

We’re excited to share the latest innovations in the FundThrough platform—updates designed to make your funding experience faster, easier, and more transparent. With improvements to reporting tools, customer management, and invoice uploads, along with a new way to fund for Enverus clients, these changes are all about helping you access capital more efficiently.

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Hospice Care Six Months After the 100M Funding Boost

Compleatable

Back in February, the UK government announced a £100 million capital investment into hospices across England, the largest in a generation. The headlines focused on patient room refurbishments, gardens, and accessibility upgrades. But buried in those same announcements was something that’s just now coming into sharper focus, a major push to modernise IT infrastructure in hospices.

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RSM launches myRSM Tax ecosystem

Accounting Today

RSM announced the launch of myRSM Tax, a suite of proprietary platforms that work together using AI to reduce manual processes, accelerate insight generation and ensure transparency.

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Are Your Collection Emails Getting Results?

Trade Credit & Liquidity Management

A properly managed Accounts Receivables (AR) portfolio is essential to maintain the liquidity your company needs to sustain its business and grow. This requires efficient and effective collection practices, a well-trained staff, and some degree of process automation. Reaching out to customers by email to collect open balances is a key element in a comprehensive collection approach.

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A new revenue strategy for firms

Accounting Today

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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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Navigating Talent Trends in CPA M&A with Geoff Bruskin

Jetpack Workflow

Podcast Summary In this episode of Growing Your Firm, host David Crostello welcomes back Geoff Bruskin , founder of White Tiger Connections, to discuss the evolving landscape of talent in the accounting profession. Geoff shares insights from his extensive experience in mergers and acquisitions (M&A) for CPA firms, emphasizing the growing importance of talent acquisition and retention in today’s market.

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The tax benefits — and complexities — for business owners hiring kids

Accounting Today

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Outsourced vs In-House SOC: Which Is Right for You? 

Ace Cloud Hosting

Online attacks are no longer a once-in-a-while event. They happen every day, and they target companies of all sizes.

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QuickBooks Monday Minute: New QuickBooks Experience On The Way

Insightful Accountant

Did you know that a 'new' QuickBooks Online is soon to be released? I'm not talking about simply a few new features like those commonly released every month or so, I'm talking about a whole new QBO, as we know it.

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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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One Big Beautiful Bill full of impactful tax provisions

Accounting Today

The bill, whose revised text was just released by the Senate, includes a number of significant tax provisions for both corporate taxpayers and nonprofits.

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Redefining Rainmaking for Tax Practitioners

Insightful Accountant

The tax profession is facing an uncomfortable truth: even your most satisfied clients are becoming less loyal. Despite delivering exceptional value year after year, many tax practitioners are watching long-standing client relationships weaken.

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Senate Republicans release revised tax cuts and debt limit bill

Accounting Today

Senate Republicans propose to cut trillions of dollars in taxes for households and businesses in their version of President Trump's signature economic package.

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Senate to unveil Trump tax bill draft with SALT fight unresolved

Accounting Today

The bill text will represent a major breakthrough for the GOP as it seeks to continue to advance the centerpiece of Trump's economic agenda.

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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 wants to make it more expensive to sue over his policies

Accounting Today

President Donald Trump and his allies are pursuing an alternative strategy to defend against mounting court orders blocking his policies: Raise the financial stakes for those suing the administration.

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