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19% of accountants have nightmares about revenue data

Accounting Today

Two different surveys suggest accounting and finance pros may be even more unhappy with their work than expected.

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What Is Provisioning? A Simple Guide For 2023

CloudZero

Your IT infrastructure, resources, and components play a crucial role in your system performance, security, and overall health. Provisioning is often one of the very first steps toward setting up the right environment for your workload requirements - both locally and in the cloud.

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How accounting is taking on the challenges of fraud

Accounting Today

IRS warnings about a "wave of summer scams" and new business rules designed to combat fraudulent claims for refundable credits are among the latest developments.

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Xero Accounts Payable

Tipalti

Get more out of your Xero accounts payable software by leveraging add-on integrations and optimizing your Xero AP workflows. Learn how in our step-by-step article.

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Your Accounting Expertise Will Only Get You So Far: The New Way To Lead

Speaker: Victor C. Barnes, CPA, MBA

In the climb from contributor to leader, the rules quietly change. But 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. 🗻 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. The higher you go, the more your effectiveness depends on how you connect, adapt, and communicate.

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IRS touts big gains a year after IRA funding

Accounting Today

Billions of dollars later, the agency is claiming major improvements in service, technology and enforcement.

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4 Key Financial Tips for Dentists

CSI Accounting & Payroll

You didn’t choose dentistry because you love finances. However, you know that simply putting in time at your office isn’t enough to keep your practice afloat, much less growing. At CSI Accounting & Payroll, we've worked with small businesses - including dental practices - for over 50 years. In all of that time, we've gotten a lot of questions about what dental practices can do to improve their businesses.

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A Step-by-Step Explanation of How Invoice Payment Works

Invoicera

Ever Puzzled over an invoice and wondered how it all works? You are in the right place. Invoices play a key role in business transactions, ensuring we get paid on time. You need to know the ins and outs of the invoice payment process to make the most of them. In this blog post, we will guide you through invoice payment while deep-diving into the essential elements of invoices.

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Vendor Spotlight: LeaseCrunch

Accounting Today

In this Vendor Spotlight, we talk with Ane Ohm, CEO and co-founder of lease accounting solution LeaseCrunch.

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Calling All Accounting Professionals

Insightful Accountant

What are you doing to address the industry's talent crisis? The Center for Accounting Transformation is conducting a study to find out what's being done. See how your data can help.

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Pathways to Growth: Driving demand with revenue segment leadership

Accounting Today

Firms need to operate more like football teams than loose collections of golfers.

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The Hidden Science Behind Why Finance Teams Resist Change—And How to Fix It

Speaker: Kim Beynon, CPA, CGMA, PMP

The most overlooked, yet most critical, element of transformation is preparing people for change. Automation and AI aren't just technical upgrades, they’re cultural shifts which can challenge identities. That’s why change management isn’t a side project—it’s the foundation. In finance, where precision and process rule, navigating change can feel especially disruptive.

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A Peek at NetSuite 2023R2: A/P and Bill Capture Enhancements

Insightful Accountant

Murph begins a series of 'peeks' into the new features and functionalities on the way in the 2023 Release 2 update to NetSuite. Here, he looks at A/P and Bill Capture enhancements.

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Complying with the FTC Safeguards Rule

Accounting Today

Balancing the mandates of the rule with accounting firms' IT capabilities is crucial task.

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Online Influencer Payment Calculator

Tipalti

Use our Paypal Fee Calculator to quickly and accurately calculate your Paypal fees for any transaction. Save time and avoid errors with Tipalti's calculator.

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Pricing your CoPilot, and other tech stories you may have missed

Accounting Today

Microsoft makes two moves in AI, and eight other developments in technology from the past month, and how they'll impact your clients and your firm.

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Doing More With Less: The Modern Finance Miracle

Speaker: Mark Gilham, FCCA, CPP

Finance used to be the function that counted, now it's the one that’s counted on. 📊 For accounting firms, controllers, and finance leaders, expectations are rising faster than headcount. Businesses want agile forecasts, granular analysis, seamless reporting, and smart automation—often without added resources while demanding uncompromised accuracy and compliance.

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Exploring Solutions to the Accounting Talent Shortage with Jen Cryder, CEO at PICPA

Cloud Accounting Podcast

Jen Cryder, CEO of the Pennsylvania Institute of Certified Public Accountants, joins Blake and David to discuss the accounting profession's pipeline problems, including the decline in accounting majors and the difficulties of replacing retiring CPAs. Join the discussion on solutions like work-and-learn models and redefining education requirements. Discover strategies to attract and retain talent, prioritizing the preferences of younger generations and aligning company culture with marketing effo

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4 Steps to Streamline Your Client Onboarding Process

Future Firm

Client onboarding is a critical process that comes with its fair share of challenges. In this episode, I explained the importance of the client onboarding process and shared four tips on how to streamline it. Listen Below. 0:48 – My best clients, those who remained and built strong relationships with my firm, were consistently those who had a seamless and stress-free onboarding. 1:32 – Automated processes can be overly impersonal and robotic, lacking the human touch.

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Basis Period Reform: All You Need to Know

Dext

Basis Period Reform (BPR) is coming into full effect from 2024/25. To help you navigate this change, our experts have put together all the information you need including what is changing, who it will affect and when. The basis period reform (BPR) alters how unincorporated businesses are taxed.

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6 FinOps Principles & Best Practices – GCP, AWS, and Azure

Economize

Explore the core principles of FinOps and its pivotal role in cloud cost optimization.

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8 Pillars of Leadership Development

Great leadership development is the key to sustainable business growth. Are you ready to design an effective program? HR can use Paycor’s framework to: Set achievable goals. Align employee and company needs. Support different learning styles. Empower the next generation of leaders. Invest in your company’s future with a strong leadership development program.

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Survey: Accountants’ Dream of Financial Transformation but Lack Fulfillment and Confidence

Insightful Accountant

The latest 'Controller’s Guidebook' from FloQast reveals that 60% of accountants would give their on-the-job fulfillment a C grade or lower. See what else the survey says.

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Global Treasury Management

Tipalti

Learn how to effectively manage cash, mitigate risks, and optimize liquidity in an international business environment for streamlined global treasury management operations.

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Tax credits struggle to boost sales of electric vehicles

Accounting Today

Confusion around ever-changing rules, price-sensitivity and other factors have dampened the results of the Inflation Reduction Act's incentives.

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Member Spotlight: Stay One Step Ahead with a CCE

NACM

The credit industry is constantly evolving. Credit professionals can remain on the cutting edge by earning a designation through NACM's Professional Certification Program. Through the various designations, credit professionals are guaranteed to learn more skills and gain knowledge in credit management that will keep them one step ahead.Harinder Vir.

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How to Modernize Manufacturing Without Losing Control

Speaker: Andrew Skoog, Founder of MachinistX & President of Hexis Representatives

Manufacturing is evolving, and the right technology can empower—not replace—your workforce. Smart automation and AI-driven software are revolutionizing decision-making, optimizing processes, and improving efficiency. But how do you implement these tools with confidence and ensure they complement human expertise rather than override it? Join industry expert Andrew Skoog as he explores how manufacturers can leverage automation to enhance operations, streamline workflows, and make smarter, data-dri

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The price tag of the Inflation Reduction Act remains a mystery

Accounting Today

The cost of the IRA's uncapped tax credits and incentives is almost impossible to pin down.

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