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

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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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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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Elevating Accounting Practices: The Power of Outsourcing and Automation in the Digital Age

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

Join us for an enlightening webinar as we delve into the transformative realm of modern accounting practices. In today's digital age, the convergence of outsourcing and automation has revolutionized how businesses manage their financial operations. In this webinar we will explore the synergistic potential of these two strategies to streamline processes, enhance accuracy, save cost and drive strategic decision-making.

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

Accounting Today

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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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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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2022 tax planning after the Inflation Reduction Act

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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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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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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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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Art of Accounting: Terminating your practice

Accounting Today

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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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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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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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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

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US Inflation Rates Remain High Despite Slight August Drop

NACM

U.S. inflation rates slowed for a second consecutive month in August—the result of a significant drop in gas prices. Still, the costs of other goods remain stubbornly high. The Consumer Price Index rose 8.3% last month year over year, down from an 8.5% jump in July and a four-decade high of 9.2% in June.Strip away volatile food and energy prices, a.

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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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Why Accountants Lose Money

Cloud Accounting Podcast

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Rising number of Americans overestimate their financial literacy

Accounting Today

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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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Your New & Improved Month-End Close Process Is Not So Far Out of Reach!

All accounting teams know what it is like to dread the inevitable month-end scaries. If there was a way to feel less burdened and maybe even a little enthusiastic to work on your month-end close and reconciliation process, would you do it? No, don't answer that, of course you would! Automate your month-end close process by up to 40% with SkyStem's ART and see how much more alive you feel!

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PCAOB plans to update some long overdue auditing standards

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Inflation Reduction Act significantly changes 179D building deduction

Accounting Today

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Study: Companies get stock boost from appointing Black CEOs

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Tech News: OneStream rolls out new capacities

Accounting Today

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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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Tipalti rolls out virtual 'card'

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Taxpayers trust tax pros more than politicians or media

Accounting Today

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

Accounting Today

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

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Global Accounting Principles and Commission Capitalization

Speaker: Ryan Dillard, Chief of Staff Director at CBIZ ARC Consulting LLC; Kelly Hicks, Global Controller at Airbase

ASC 606 is the revenue recognition standard that sets global accounting principles for all private or public companies that enter sales agreements or contracts with customers. Along with ASC 606, ASC 340-40 was added to address accounting costs to obtain a contact and costs to fulfill a contract. Join us for this webinar when Airbase Controller Kelly Hicks and Ryan Dillard, a Director at CBIZ ARC Consulting explore how to approach capitalizing sales commissions under ASC 340-40.