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Expanded 45L and 179D energy efficiency tax breaks have implications for real estate owners

Accounting Today

Tax
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Xero’s Diversity Pledge to nurture more female inventors

Xero

When it comes to how we deliver our commitment to innovation, we believe that patents are a proxy for it. That’s why, on behalf of Xero, I’ve signed the Diversity Pledge. It’s an exciting step, and a move that symbolises a meaningful focus for us on ensuring the innovative contributions of more females are recognised in the patent applications we file each year.

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Fundraising Tips and Best Practices for SaaS CFOs

Sage Intacct

Reliably securing funding is an indispensable component of any SaaS CFO's job. And now that the SaaS market has begun to follow suit with the broader economic trouble brewing at the moment, this is more true than ever.

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Cybersecurity Companies Have A Customer Profitability Problem — Here’s Why

CloudZero

The age of growth-at-all-costs is over. Profitability matters — and it matters now.

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8 Ways to Torture Your CFO

The office of the CFO is rapidly evolving, with more and more demands being placed upon the finance and accounting team each year. Join us in this webinar, where we share 8 things to NOT do when it comes to helping the CFO office advance in supporting the business. Learning Objectives: This course objective is to understand how best to support an organization's finance leadership.

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October is the cruelest month: Tax pros discuss the second season

Accounting Today

Tax
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FinOps in the Real World: How One MSP Uses CloudCheckr

CloudCheckr

When taking care of houseplants, you need to know exactly what they need—like the right amounts of water and sunlight—so that they can grow to their fullest potential. The same is true for cloud finances, says Benjamin van der Maas, Cloud Financial Management Practice Lead for Cloudar, a managed service provider (MSP). FinOps requires you to know exactly where to optimize your cloud costs, van der Maas says, so that you can sustain the “growth” of cloud transformation.

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20+ Google Cloud Monitoring Tools And Best Practices For 2022

CloudZero

Google Cloud Platform (GCP) offers a great alternative to Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Microsoft Azure. In case you use Google Products extensively at work, such as Google Workspace, moving to GCP may be a natural choice too.

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2022 tax planning after the Inflation Reduction Act

Accounting Today

Tax
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Survey Uncovers Top Priorities for HOA Management Firms

AvidXchange

The homeowners association (HOA) and community association management (CAM) industry has seen significant changes since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. Many associations have faced staffing challenges, resulting in a need to create efficiencies due to limited employees. According to the 2022 CINC Systems State of the Industry report , overload and burnout are frequent topics of discussion in the HOA industry.

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Podcast – Episode #4 – Managing your cloud in an economic downturn

The FinOps Alliance

The on-demand pricing and pay-as-you-go models of the cloud might soon become even more important as businesses are preparing for a possible economic downturn. In this livestream, the FinOps Alliance discusses what role the cloud plays in these types of business challenges. We discuss in what ways inflation could impact cloud pricing and how cloud can help you scale around fluctuating needs for resources.

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How to Streamline Payment Applications & Lien Waivers Through Innovative Construction Technology

Speaker: Dylan Secrest, Founder of Alamo Innovation and Construction Digital Transformation Consultant

Construction payment workflows are notoriously complex when you consider juggling multiple stakeholders, compliance requirements, and evolving project scopes. Delays in approvals or misaligned data between budgets, lien waivers, and pay applications can grind progress to a halt. The good news? It doesn't have to be this way! Join expert Dylan Secrest to discover how leading contractors are turning payment chaos into clarity using digital workflows, integrated systems, and automation strategies.

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The Ultimate Kubernetes Cost Monitoring And Management Guide

CloudZero

While Kubernetes enables your team to deliver more value, more rapidly, cost discussions around Kubernetes — and Kubernetes cost monitoring — can be difficult.

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Art of Accounting: Terminating your practice

Accounting Today

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10 ways accountants could become more like characters from Star Trek

Accounting Fun

1. Find a weird hand signal that means either, “Live long and prosper,” or “My hand feels cramped from typing all these numbers into an Excel spreadsheet.” 2. Take the firm up to warp factor five, or the speed you generally go about a week before January 31. 3. Raise the deflector shields, especially if HMRC contacts your clients about an investigation. 4.

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Is Outsourced Bookkeeping the Right Choice For IT Firms?

OSYB

As an IT professional, it’s imperative that you spend the bulk of your time on providing the top-notch service that your firm is known for. Similar to other professional services, such as CPAs or healthcare providers, this day-to-day grind can take a toll on some of the back-end operations. Those tedious-yet-highly important tasks that you know you can’t put off but take up an ungodly amount of time you could dedicate to your customers and services.

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Precision in Motion: Why Process Optimization Is the Future of Manufacturing

Speaker: Jason Chester, Director, Product Management

In today’s manufacturing landscape, staying competitive means moving beyond reactive quality checks and toward real-time, data-driven process control. But what does true manufacturing process optimization look like—and why is it more urgent now than ever? Join Jason Chester in this new, thought-provoking session on how modern manufacturers are rethinking quality operations from the ground up.

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Ep. 199: Anthony Nitsos, CMA - Riding the Tidal Wave of Data Automation

IMA's Count Me

Connect with Anthony Full Episode Transcript: Adam: I'm Adam Larson and welcome back to Count Me In, the podcast by and for management accountants. Today's guest comes to us from the forefront of the data automation revolution. Anthony Nitsos, a proud CMA, a consulting CFO, and the founder of SAS gurus shares the unique story of how he transitioned from pursuing a career in medicine to how he discovered the power and beauty of accounting.

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Victims of Mississippi water crisis get filing relief

Accounting Today

Tax
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Wholesale Inflation Dips in August

NACM

Inflation at the wholesale level rose 8.7% year over year in August, according to the producer price index. Prices fell 0.1% from July to August, according to data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics released Wednesday."Just one day after August's disappointing Consumer Price Index report triggered a meltdown on Wall Street, a separate inflation re.

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Why Accountants Lose Money

Cloud Accounting Podcast

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AI In Accounting: A Practical Roadmap For Smarter AP

Speaker: Gerald Ratigan

The accounts payable (AP) function is evolving and AI is leading the charge. As finance teams face rising invoice volumes and expectations for speed and accuracy, AI-powered automation has shifted from a futuristic concept to the most practical solution. But for finance leaders, success isn’t just about selecting the right tools, it’s about implementing the right strategy.

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Rising number of Americans overestimate their financial literacy

Accounting Today

Tax
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SEC charges advisory firms with custody rule violations

Accounting Today

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Accountants and the fight against corruption

Accounting Today

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Inflation Reduction Act significantly changes 179D building deduction

Accounting Today

Tax
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You upgrade everything else. Why not your close process?

You wouldn’t keep using a 2009 flip phone - so why settle for outdated close processes? It’s time for an upgrade. SkyStem's Guide to Month-End Close Software walks you through what today’s best tools can do (and what your team shouldn’t have to deal with anymore). Get smart, fast, and a whole lot less stressed when it’s time to close the books.

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PCAOB plans to update some long overdue auditing standards

Accounting Today

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Study: Companies get stock boost from appointing Black CEOs

Accounting Today

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Better collaborative worksheets, and other tech stories you may have missed

Accounting Today

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Paychex introduces new voice feature

Accounting Today

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Stop Budget Burnout: A Better Way to Grow Your Nonprofit in 2026

Speaker: Sean Yoder

Nonprofits are under more pressure than ever to demonstrate financial accountability while continuing to expand their impact. Traditional budgeting models often fall short, reinforcing silos, limiting flexibility, and stalling growth. Enter collaborative budgeting: a dynamic, team-driven process that enables smarter resource allocation and builds financial resilience at scale.

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Taxpayers trust tax pros more than politicians or media

Accounting Today

Tax
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High inflation expected to lead to big changes in tax brackets and exclusions

Accounting Today

Tax
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Calendar entries don't substantiate business driving

Accounting Today

Tax
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Tipalti rolls out virtual 'card'

Accounting Today

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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