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Time running out to claim $1B in 2021 refunds

Accounting Today

The median unclaimed tax refund from 2021 is $781, but it has to be claimed by April 15.

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Use the Digital Advantage to Streamline Charity Operations and Spending

Compleatable

In a world where efficiency and transparency are paramount, charities must leverage digital tools to maximise their impact. The pressure to do more with less, while ensuring donor trust, has never been greater. With local government structures evolving, through the creation of Strategic Authorities (SAs) and the shift towards unitary authorities by 2028 , charities must also adapt to new ways of working.

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No, there's no such thing as a forensic audit

Accounting Today

The term forensic audit is an oxymoron, and its use is not only wrong, it's dangerous, at least as far as our world is concerned.

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What to Look for in a Payroll Service Provider: A Small Business Guide

Outsourced Bookeeping

A small business owner must prioritise payroll management as a vital operational duty. Accurate and timely employee payments maintain high employee morale while meeting all tax regulations. The payroll system contains various complexities as it requires thorough tax and legal obligation knowledge to execute. Thus, experienced payroll service provider act as the perfect solution to manage payroll operations.

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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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IRS would still operate during a shutdown

Accounting Today

The threat of a government shutdown appears to be receding Friday, but the IRS would nevertheless still operate during tax season, even at lower capacity, in the event of a shutdown.

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What Is Disaster Recovery? Definition, How It Works & Benefits

Fit Small Business

As businesses rely more on technology to run operations and manage distributed teams, protecting your communication systems from catastrophic events becomes increasingly important. The best preparation for uncertainty is taking the initiative to develop a clear disaster recovery plan. Disaster recovery involves crucial steps, starting with prevention and mitigation, to fully restore data and operations.

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6 State CPA Society Leaders Address CPA Licensure Requirement Changes

Blake Oliver

As leaders of state CPA societies across the country, we want to set the record straight and provide clarity on what these changes mean for the profession and its future.

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Tech news: EY rolls out Blockchain Analyzer for smart contract reviews

Accounting Today

EY rolls out Blockchain Analyzer for smart contract reviews, Intuit launches Tap to Pay for iPhone users, AuditBoard unveils new AI-driven features, and other accounting tech news.

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Improving Efficiency and Employee Satisfaction with Business Process Automation Software

NextProcess

Business leaders pushed for a year of efficiency in 2024, and the momentum is still going this year. Making business processes more efficient is a goal that supports other business priorities, including cutting costs, fighting fraud, optimizing employee time, and improving data quality. The right business process automation (BPA) software can enable efficiency in key areas.

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The influence of AI-driven automation on accounting

Accounting Today

The accounting profession, long regarded as a meticulous and data-driven field, is undergoing a significant transformation.

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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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What Is Weighted (AKA Blended) Overtime? How Do You Calculate It?

CSI Accounting & Payroll

Weighted, or blended, overtime is a little complicated but necessary if a non-exempt employee makes more than one pay rate and works overtime in one pay period. Lets discuss definitions, how this happens, & how to calculate it.

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PwC's consulting ban from Saudi fund has rivals hunting for work

Accounting Today

Managers at Deloitte and Ernst & Young have instructed staffers to prepare for more work in the kingdom.

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Image ideas for an accountants' website

Accounting Fun

Years ago an architect blew me away by showing me a few photos on his smartphone during a networking event. They reinforced what he was saying about the style of houses he had designed for clients. How might accountants do something similar? The following list does not contain the most serious of suggestions! The car parking spaces reserved for clients behind your office in the centre of town?

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Hire a Self Assessment Tax Return Accountant for Expert Tax Assistance

Black Ink Tax & Accounting

Table of Contents How do I Report a Viatical Settlement on My Tax Return A self-assessed tax return can be […] The post Hire a Self Assessment Tax Return Accountant for Expert Tax Assistance appeared first on bitaccounting.

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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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IRS chief counsel bumped for DOGE ally

Accounting Today

A recent lawsuit suggests that IRS leaders who refuse to hand over taxpayer information to the Trump administration are being moved out.

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How Trump's Pick to Run Medicare Paid No Medicare Taxes in 2023

Cloud Accounting Podcast

This week on the pod: Judge orders 6 agencies (including IRS?) to rehire fired probationary workers, we dig into the tax trick Dr. Oz used to pay no Medicare taxes, AICPA in pointless talks with the IRS, Digits takes on QuickBooks with AI-powered GL, remote accounting jobs in retreat, and more! Sponsors OnPay - [link] Relay - [link] Chapters (01:29) - Listener Feedback and Criticism (02:37) - Political Discussions and Their Impact on Accounting (12:34) - IRS Workforce Cuts and Technology Issues

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Green energy incentives in doubt under Trump

Accounting Today

The Trump administration has been rapidly backing away from the various green energy tax incentives offered under the Biden administration.

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