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Transforming client relationships: The crucial role of customer experience

Accounting Today

Focusing on client relationships and satisfaction can lead to longer and more productive partnerships, directly impacting the firm's revenue.

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When Venture Capital Flies High, Accounting Services Crash Hard

Accounting Department

In the fast-paced world of small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) and startups, reliable accounting services are crucial. Recently, a new trend has emerged—accounting firms operated with the help of venture capital funding. On the surface, these services may appear attractive due to their low costs and initial benefits. However, SMB owners, entrepreneurs, and finance professionals need to tread carefully.

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How to Apply to the Entry-Level Tax Specialist Role at TurboTax Live

Intuit

At Intuit Academy , we offer a free pathway for people interested in a career as a financial services professional to learn about federal tax returns and become eligible to apply to an entry-level Tax Specialist role. This pathway requires no prior professional experience in tax preparation. The only requirement to apply without having prior experience is to complete our Tax Level 1 and Tax Preparation programs, both of which are completely free and self-paced on Intuit Academy.

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Improving Cash Flow for Freelancers and Small Businesses

Enterprise Recovery: Accounts Receivable

Failing to manage accounts receivable can result in delayed payments, hindering the ability to pay bills, meet payroll, and reinvest in your business. For freelancers and small businesses especially, it is imperative to prioritize strategies that will help keep accounts receivable in check and improve cash flow to meet expenses. Boost the financial stability of your freelance or small business by mastering accounts receivable management for a proactive cash flow.

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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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PTIN renewal season kicks off

Accounting Today

The IRS is reminding tax pros to register for or renew their professional ID number by Dec. 31.

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Elevate Your Business with Outsourced Financial Services

Accounting Department

In today's rapidly changing business world, small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) face numerous challenges, especially when it comes to managing their financial operations efficiently. Many business owners find themselves juggling multiple roles, often at the expense of financial management.

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Summit NA 2024 Highlight Reel Video

Fidesic blog

We had a blast at Dynamics Communities Summit NA 2024! The conference was great, the people were awesome and we loved exploring the City of San Antonio.

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By the numbers: Industry niches, standard deductions and more

Accounting Today

The latest data on how accounting firms spend time serving CAS clients, current and projected standard deductions, and other key metrics.

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Top Remote Accounting Candidates for Hire | October 24, 2024

accountingfly

Top Remote Candidates This Week Are you in need of remote accountants? Accountingfly can assist you! Our ‘ Always-On Recruiting ‘ program allows you to connect with highly skilled and experienced remote accounting candidates without any upfront costs. Here are some of our top remote accounting candidates for this week. Sign up now to receive the full list of available top accounting candidates on a weekly basis!

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Amber Bond, the Dreamer and Doer behind Love is Bond

Intuit

Read the inspiring stories of entrepreneurs that participated in the Intuit IDEAS program and are making a difference in their communities. Turning an obsession with clothing and shoes into helping stars feel their best Amber Bond is among the visionaries, dreamers, and entrepreneurs who participated in the Intuit IDEAS program. Through her work she is making a difference, building a legacy, and achieving her dreams.

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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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Summit NA 2024 Highlight Reel Video

Fidesic blog

We had a blast at Dynamics Communities Summit NA 2024! The conference was great, the people were awesome and we loved exploring the City of San Antonio.

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IRS adjusts tax amounts for inflation for 2025

Accounting Today

The Internal Revenue Service issued its annual inflation adjustments for tax year 2025, including changes in the standard deduction, marginal rates, tax credits and more.

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Effective Email Templates for Overdue Invoice Reminders

Enterprise Recovery: Accounts Receivable

Do you tense up every time you run your business's aging report ? Instead of feeling helpless about delinquent accounts, you can stay calm and take proactive steps to manage the situation. By adopting a strategic approach, you can implement practical solutions to increase your success at recovering outstanding payments. Tired of chasing overdue invoices?

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Intuit CEO Sasan Goodarzi Opens LA Clippers Season

Intuit

Intuit CEO Sasan Goodarzi Kicks Off the LA Clippers’ Season Opener at Intuit Dome Three years ago, Intuit made a long term commitment to create a one-of-a-kind partnership with the LA Clippers as they embarked on building a world-class arena, setting a new bar for what’s possible in sports and entertainment. LA Clippers owner, Steve Ballmer , president of operations, Gillian Zucker , and the LA Clippers had a vision for building a venue for incredible shared experiences, to watch wor

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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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AI Powered Invoice Matching Software for Modern Businesses

Compleatable

In today’s fast-paced business landscape, managing invoices manually can be cumbersome and time-consuming. Traditional methods of handling invoices lack the efficiency that today’s technology, particularly AI-powered invoice matching software, brings to the table. This cutting-edge software automates the entire invoicing lifecycle—from data extraction to payment—boosting accuracy and efficiency while reducing operational costs.

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5 cybersecurity best practices for accountants

Accounting Today

Making sure your firm is well protected is critical for maintaining client trust.

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Contra asset definition

Accounting Tools

What is a Contra Asset? A contra asset is a negative asset account that offsets the asset account with which it is paired. The purpose of a contra asset account is to store a reserve that reduces the balance in the paired account. By stating this information separately in a contra asset account, a user of financial information can see the extent to which a paired asset should be reduced.

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Understanding 529 Plans: Benefits & Savings

Intuit

What is a 529 plan? A 529 plan is a specialized savings account specifically designed to help pay for college-related expenses. These accounts enable you to save tax-deferred money that can be later withdrawn tax-free to pay for student loan repayments, college and K-12 tuition, and other educational expenses. For these reasons, they are a popular investment option for families who want to save for college but who may not have the money to completely cover all their expenses.

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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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Unlocking the Benefits of Online Buying for Your Business

Compleatable

In today’s fast-paced, digitally driven world, businesses are always looking for ways to streamline their processes and reduce manual workload. One key area that has seen significant transformation is procurement, and the introduction of online buying platforms has played a pivotal role in this change. In this blog post, we’ll take a closer look at how online buying can increase user adoption, drive automation, and transform your purchasing process.

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IRS starts up pass-through compliance unit

Accounting Today

The Internal Revenue Service is looking to boost its historically low audit rates for complex arrangements.

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Accounting for a non interest bearing note

Accounting Tools

What is a Non Interest Bearing Note? A non interest bearing note is a debt for which there is no documented requirement for the borrower to pay the lender any rate of interest. If such a note were to be resold to a third party, the debt would be sold at a discount to its face value , so that the third party purchaser would eventually realize a gain when it was redeemed by the borrower at its face value.

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Strategies for Building Credit Successfully

Intuit

How to build your credit Having a good credit score opens the door to a world of opportunities, not to mention lower interest rates when you borrow money. Unfortunately, we’re not born with a high credit score—we must build one.  So, how do you build your credit? First, let’s look at the importance of building credit as early as possible and some key considerations to think about.

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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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Scaling Down Post Covid and Designing the Ideal Lifestyle, w/Jeremy Wells

Jetpack Workflow

Podcast Summary In this episode of Growing Your Firm, host David Cristello welcomes Jeremy Wells, EA and CPA , owner of JWellsCFO and Chief Operating Officer Steadfast Bookkeeping. Jeremy specializes in tax planning and business strategy for small businesses and has been active in the field since 2018. Before his accounting career, he spent a decade as a college instructor.

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After the election: What's next

Accounting Today

Regardless of the election results, we will see some tax legislation next year, says one expert.

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Examples of variable costs

Accounting Tools

What is a Variable Cost? A variable cost is a cost that changes in relation to variations in an activity. In a business, the "activity" is frequently production volume, with sales volume being another likely triggering event. Thus, the materials used as the components in a product are considered variable costs, because they vary directly with the number of units of product manufactured.

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Easily Check Your Credit Score Online with These Steps

Intuit

How can I check my credit score? Your credit score indicates your creditworthiness. It’s a number that tells creditors the level of risk you present as a borrower. Many businesses, including insurance companies, phone companies, credit cards, and loan and mortgage providers, review your credit score when determining whether they should issue you a policy, loan, or service and what rates and terms you’re eligible for.

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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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Integrating Azure with Slack: A Comprehensive Guide

Economize

Why Integrate Azure with Slack? Slack is a messaging tool that keeps your project workflows, team collaborations, and communications in one place. It integrates your project files, meeting schedules, and team conversations and is organized and easily accessible. It also integrates easily with many tools that you use on an everyday basis.

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A plague on both your (political) parties

Accounting Today

Accountants are pretty unhappy with the current political situation.

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Reversing entries

Accounting Tools

What is a Reversing Entry? A reversing entry is a journal entry made in an accounting period, which reverses selected entries made in the immediately preceding period. The reversing entry typically occurs at the beginning of an accounting period. It is commonly used in situations when either revenue or expenses were accrued in the preceding period, and the accountant does not want the accruals to remain in the accounting system for another period.

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Smart Strategies for Saving Money for College

Intuit

How to save for college: strategies and tactics Saving for college for your child or another loved one is a big step in planning for their future. But before you start saving for a child’s college education, it’s good to know your options. Some of the most popular savings vehicles include 529 plans, education savings accounts (ESAs), Uniform Gifts to Minors Act (UGMA) accounts, and Uniform Transfers to Minors Act (UTMA) accounts.

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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.