June, 2023

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Payments Fraud Trends to Watch in 2023

Fidesic blog

Overall, payments fraud is the lowest it has been in nearly 10 years, according to an annual report released in May by the Association for Financial Professional and J.P. Morgan.

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Small firm, big impact: Tennick Accountants win hotly contested Xero Award

Xero

You win, or you learn – that’s one of Tennick Accountants’ internal mottos, and one that encouraged the firm to put themselves in the running and enter the 2023 Xero Awards UK & Ireland. For Graeme Tennick and his team that belief paid off, with the firm taking home the Small Firm of the Year award, the most hotly contested category of the programme.

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AI can help UK small businesses grow and do more

Intuit

Intuit’s mission is to power prosperity around the world and help customers and communities overcome their most important financial challenges. Helping small businesses succeed is personal for us. In the UK, 99% of businesses are small or medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), and they account for 61% of all employment. Small businesses power local communities and are the economic engine of countries all over the world, but more than half don’t survive beyond their fifth year.

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Deadline for MP Elite 2023 submissions extended

Accounting Today

Due to extensive interest, Accounting Today is extending the deadline for submissions for its annual Managing Partner Elite list to the end of the day on Monday, July 10.

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8 Signs Your Accounting Team Is Ready to Automate Month-End Close

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

How do you know if your accounting team is ready to automate the month-end close? Join us in this informative webinar, where we share the top 8 signs that indicate that a team has outgrown all existing tools and may be ready to embark upon month-end close automation. We will examine the process clues that help determine whether your team would be a good candidate for automation.

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18 Unbeatable Benefits of Using Business Process Automation

Accounting Department

Business Process Automation (BPA) is used for operations in production workflows, accounting systems, data management, customer service processes, and even sales funnel coordination. Forms of BPA have become indispensable in industries such as manufacturing, banking, telecom, shipping, stock trading, food production, and many others. NetSuite is a software solution that offers many superior benefits for businesses that make the transition to automated processes.

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Rewind 'Bulk Linking' Feature Now Available

Insightful Accountant

Rewind, the No. 1 rated commercially-available backup app for QuickBooks Online, has just introduced a new bulk linking feature, which makes it easier than ever for ProAdvisors to protect their clients' data.

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Changes are coming to the contact overview page

Xero

Changes are coming to the contact overview page We wanted to share the next step in improving the contacts experience in Xero, helping you better manage the relationships with your customers and suppliers, as well as your cash flow. We’re excited to share that we’ve updated the design of our contact overview page, and introduced search and filter functionality.

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Consumer Data Right (CDR) reform presents limitless opportunities for Australia’s small businesses

Intuit

As inflation and other economic pressures weigh on Australian small business owners, having access to tools that can help them make smart financial decisions is critical. The best tools should leverage data to provide a personalised experience and give small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) the information they need to hire, expand, cut costs, and streamline with confidence.

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Recruit, retain, repeat: Top tips for talent

Accounting Today

With the pipeline problem on everyone's mind, here are the most important strategies and approaches firms need to take to remain competitive.

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FP&A is More Than Just Traditional Accounting

Accounting Department

Every savvy business leader knows the value of having a well-run bookkeeping or accounting department. But, not everyone is aware of how important it is today to have a financial planning and analysis (FP&A) team to help back their business with effective and accurate financials. While both accounting professionals and FP&A team members guide executive decision-makers and improve an organization's financial health, each one serves a different, critical function within the company.

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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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Forwardly Instant Payments Debuts to Improve Cash Flow for SMBs

Insightful Accountant

See how the First Real-Time Payments only solution empowers US businesses to get paid up to three days faster, while saving money on processing fees and streamlining workflows with automatic payment reconciliation.

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Handling Multiple Companies and Entities inside Business Central (BC)

Fidesic blog

Handling Multiple Companies inside Business Central (BC): The Difference between multiple companies and multi-entity management (MEM)

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How we’re making it easier for practices in the UK to manage clients in Xero

Xero

We’ve made some great progress towards creating a single source of truth for your client data. It’s all part of our work to connect our practice tools, so that in the future, as you manage your clients’ tax obligations in Xero, the data flows seamlessly into our practice management tools. This will help you work more efficiently, collaborate with your clients more effectively, and manage everything for your practice within Xero.

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Announcing our Investment in Finch

Intuit

As a leading payroll provider for small and medium businesses (SMBs), Intuit knows how valuable payroll data is to them. However, the payroll ecosystem is highly fragmented with close to 6,000 total payroll providers. On top of that, most of these systems run on legacy software stacks that don’t easily share data. Companies who need data from these systems—such as 401k/benefits providers or HR tools—must rely on individual integrations and manual data transfers with every payroll system their cu

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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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New guidance on tax credits for clean energy projects

Accounting Today

The service posted a fact sheet Friday on tax credits for renewable energy projects under the Inflation Reduction Act.

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Finding the Right Outsourced Client Accounting Services for Your Business

Accounting Department

Making the decision to turn to outsourced client accounting services can be a great way to save time and resources for your business. However, finding a trustworthy outsourcing partner can be a challenge. But how can you be sure you’re choosing an outsourced accounting service you can trust? There are a few characteristics of trustworthy, competent, and reliable accounting services that will help you know the provider you chose is the right one.

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Eight New Apps in the QuickBooks App Store

Insightful Accountant

Just because you are not at Scaling New Heights doesn't mean you can't have an 'exhibit hall' of your own. Check out these eight new apps in the QuickBooks App Store, I guarantee it won't be nearly as many steps to walk.

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The Best Integration Apps for Law Firms for Quickbooks Online

SLC Bookkeeping

Law firms face new challenges every day as technology advances and security becomes more and more important. With the new remote work environment, it is essential that workflow processes keep up with the changes. This equates to eliminating manual work, maximizing performance, and helps to strengthen case victories.

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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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Our support for women’s football through the better numbers program

Xero

Millions of people around the world, myself included, are beyond excited in anticipation of the FIFA Women’s World Cup 2023 in July and August and Xero is incredibly proud to be a FIFA Women’s Football Partner. While we’ll all be caught up in the excitement of the tournament, it’s important to keep in mind the legacy – the enduring benefit – we can create from this moment in time.

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A North Star for the Next Generation of Women Technologists

Intuit

By day, I work as a Senior Software Engineer on the Intuit TurboTax team. I spend the rest of my time as one of the co-founders of Code With Her , a San Diego-based 501(c)(3) non-profit. Code With Her’s mission is to close the gender, diversity, and socio-economic gaps in tech. It’s an issue that’s close to my heart. As an Indigenous Chamoru woman from the island of Guam, being in the tech industry transformed my life beyond my parents’ wildest dreams.

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Everything You Need to Know About Offshore Staffing For Accounting Firms & Its Beneficial Nature

CapActix

Financial and Accounting Services are one of the core elements of a business organization. Thus, it is the responsibility of accounting firms and staff to perform their duty with utmost care and dedication. After understanding the weight of accounting work, some of the CPA firms in the US are adopting alternative hiring models to develop flawless accounts like offshore staffing for accounting firms.

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The Benefits of Outsourcing for E-commerce Businesses

Accounting Department

Simplifying e-commerce business operations can be achieved by outsourcing specific functions such as accounting and bookkeeping services. For an e-commerce business to thrive and succeed, it is crucial to maintain a clear understanding of its financial position, performance, profit margins, marketing commitments, stock levels, and cash flows on a regular basis.

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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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CLA Summer Internship Underway

Insightful Accountant

CliftonLarsonAllen LLP has kicked off its high school summer internship program in 15 select cities across the country with 60 students chosen from more than 400 applicants.

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The Surviving “Busy Season Accounting” Guide

Future Firm

Busy season accounting can in many ways seem unavoidable, but it can be manageable with the right approach. In this post, I’ll lay out 10 simple tips your firm can implement to keep yourself sane and to avoid you from working long hours during the busiest time of the year. Table of Contents Why Does Busy Season Accounting Happen? 10 Tips to Master the Busy Season 1.

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Small business retailers, beat the tax time woes with these simple tips

Xero

If your inbox is anything like ours right now, emails spruiking EOFY discounts, mid-year promotions and stocktake clearances are piling up by the dozen. And with a new financial year around the corner, it’s no surprise that retailers are cleaning house in preparation. So if you’re looking to do the same (and tackle tax time while you’re at it), below are a few simple tips to consider ahead of the ‘23 year-end.

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From Intern to Full-Time: Britney Peart’s Journey of Growth and Opportunity

Intuit

Tell us about your background and what brought you to be an intern at Intuit. I’m an alum of George Washington University where I graduated with a B.S. in Public Health with a concentration in Health Equity and a minor in African American & Diaspora Studies. My coursework focused heavily on structural barriers that marginalized populations faced throughout history and its impact on their livelihoods and communities.

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Quick Start Guide to a Crystal Clear Close

Did you know automating your month-end close can save up to 40% of the time typically spent on manual reconciliations? CFOs and controllers are leveraging SkyStem's workflow management and reconciliation tool to eliminate costly mistakes, ditch manual reconciliations and close faster. Want to know how they do it? Download our Quick Start Guide to a Crystal Clear Close!

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How to Extract Data From PDF Documents

Nanonets

The Portable Document Format (PDF) is the go to file format for sharing & exchanging business data. You can view, save and print PDF files with ease. But editing, scraping / parsing or extracting data from PDF files can be a big pain. For example, have you ever tried to extract text from PDFs , extract tables from PDFs or make a flat PDF searchable ?

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Manage Invoices an Payments Easily with Tipalti

Accounting Department

Imagine having the ability to scale accounts payables (AP) operations for your e-commerce business, with the same amount of staff, or even less. With Tipalti's AP automation technology, businesses can do just that and accelerate their AP processes across the board.

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Intuit Ventures Invest in Finch

Insightful Accountant

Intuit Ventures has announced an investment in Finch, the No. 1 API for employment systems. The investment will allow Finch to build deeper integrations with the Intuit QuickBooks ecosystem.

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Rethinking the CPA 150-hour requirement: There must be a change

Blake Oliver

If we want a robust, dynamic, and inclusive accounting profession, we need to remove costly and unnecessary barriers to becoming a CPA. In my latest article on the Firm of the Future blog, I delve into the challenges associated with the CPA 150-hour education requirement.

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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.