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Maximize Profits With Smart Pricing And Strategic Plating

SLC Bookkeeping

In the dynamic and competitive restaurant business world, two essential elements play a significant role in captivating customers: smart pricing and food plating.

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CIMA and CPA Canada ink reciprocal membership pact

Accounting Today

The Chartered Institute of Management Accountants and the Chartered Professional Accountants of Canada signed a memorandum of understanding.

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Intuit Named to FIDO Alliance Board in Recognition of Passwordless Authentication Standards Leadership

Intuit

Every day, our employees set out to solve customer problems and deliver seamless experiences, propelled by our AI-driven expert platform strategy and mission to power prosperity around the world. Part of delivering on this means delivering industry-leading customer experiences for more than 100 million consumer and small business customers with Intuit TurboTax , Credit Karma , QuickBooks , and Mailchimp.

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5 tips to get the best out of apps at Xerocon

Xero

Xerocon is fast approaching: the best forum to hear about the latest innovations within Xero, get inspired and connect with other accountants and bookkeepers. Plus, with more than 70 app partners from the Xero ecosystem exhibiting at Xerocon Sydney on 23-24 August, it’s also the best opportunity you’ll have all year to connect with and learn about apps that can take your practice to the next level.

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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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Streamlining Financial Processes: How Client Accounting Services Drive Efficiency

Accounting Department

Efficient financial processes are essential for the success and growth of any business. However, managing tasks like invoicing, payroll management, and financial reporting can be time-consuming and complex, diverting valuable resources from core operations.

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The Leadership Files: Tim Ryan

Accounting Today

The chair and senior partner of PwC shares why it's important for firms to have their employees' backs.

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Achieving that sale getting harder for small businesses

Xero

Small business owners are well aware how hard it is for their customers right now, who are trying to stretch their budgets to cover the rising cost of household bills, transport, housing and debt repayments. This isn’t leaving a lot of cash to spend in their local small business. This difficult task of making a sale is showing up clearly in the latest Xero Small Business Insights (XSBI) data, with sales growth slowing across all Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the UK and the US.

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Is it Time for an Outsourced Bookkeeper?

Accounting Department

Some business decisions are obvious. Others can seem like 50/50 propositions that make doing nothing a good third option. Deciding what to do about your bookkeeping, fortunately, is not a dilemma when you know what to factor into your considerations. So, how can you determine whether you would be better off with outsourced bookkeeping services or continuing it onsite at this stage of your growth?

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Employers added 187K jobs in July, but lost 400 in accounting

Accounting Today

The unemployment rate dipped one-tenth of a point to 3.5%, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported.

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Why Does Your Home Healthcare Service Need Monthly Accounting?

CSI Accounting & Payroll

When you own a home healthcare practice, such as senior care or disability care, you're often dealing with small profit margins. If you run into even a moderate problem at the wrong time, that can mean big trouble for your business. You might be surprised to hear that your accounting strategy can make all the difference. Most small businesses have an administrative employee handle bookkeeping as a side task, then outsource annual taxes to an accountant.

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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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Can ChatGPT Comply with Accounting Rules?

Insightful Accountant

New Oracle NetSuite white paper not only provides a guide for CFOs about the topics of AI and Machine Learning, but also evaluates ChatGPT. Read our summary of how ChatGPT explained ASC 842 compliance.

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Chat with PDFs using ChatGPT & OpenAI GPT API - A Detailed Tutorial

Nanonets

In this blog post, we explore Language Learning Models (LLMs) and their astounding ability to chat with PDF files. To start, we will show you how to chat with PDF files via the ChatGPT website. Next, we dive into a detailed code tutorial on how to chat with all kinds of PDF files. After that, we build our first automation to automate a repetitive task involving PDFs using ChatGPT API.

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On the move: Windes names next EVP of operations

Accounting Today

CBIZ Somerset promotes six to senior manager; Walter Shuffain hires CAS managing director; and more news from across the profession.

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Healthcare Accounting Services Provide Security for Your Practice

CSI Accounting & Payroll

More and more medical groups, including small practices and home healthcare, are outsourcing accountants for expanded services. Why? Regardless of how small it is, a medical practice is a business and needs to turn a profit to operate and grow. However, not all accountants or forms of accounting are created equal. Finding the right fit for your practice is a crucial step in the process.

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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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AICPA Takes Aim at ERC Accountability

Insightful Accountant

American Institute of CPAs pushes for more ERC accountability following Capitol Hill committee hearing.

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6 Tips to Solve Scope Creep in Your Service-Based Business

Brigade

If you run a service-based business, you may be familiar with the term “scope creep” which is essentially a stream of change requests that come from clients either during or after project delivery. This can be a major challenge for many reasons, not the least of which being your profit margin!

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IRS guidance shows the value of home energy audits

Accounting Today

The service released information on how taxpayers can claim the energy efficient home improvement credit.

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The Ultimate Guide To Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE) Pricing

CloudZero

Google Cloud released Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE) as a commercial version of native Kubernetes (K8s). GKE promises a user-friendly, reliable, and cost-effective service. Yet, calculating GKE costs can be daunting, including how to understand what you're paying for and how to maximize your return on investment.

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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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Canopy Expands its AI-driven Capabilities

Insightful Accountant

With its new Canopy Insights, the account management software provider advances its practice management analytics with AI-Driven custom query and reporting capabilities.

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Payroll Deductions: What are they and how to calculate them

LedgerDocs

What is a Payroll Deduction Payroll deductions are an amount of money withheld from a paycheck by an employer to be used to pay taxes and cover any benefits that are provided such as retirement contributions or health insurance premiums. It is the responsibility of the employer to calculate and collect the correct amount from the employee’s gross pay before issuing a paycheck Common Types of Payroll Deductions: There are a few reasons why an employer may need to deduct money from an employeeR

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IRS issues guidance on Medicare drug pricing tax

Accounting Today

The Internal Revenue Service and the Treasury Department said Friday they will be issuing rules for prescription drug makers and importers about a new tax imposed by a provision in last year's Inflation Reduction Act to allow Medicare to negotiate on the prices of many medications.

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4 Ways SaaS Brands Evolved Their Pricing Strategy Using Cost Intelligence

CloudZero

One powerful way SaaS companies can balance their own costs while still providing plenty of value to their customers is to be strategic about pricing tiers and payment plans.

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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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Intuit Releases July 2023 QuickBooks Small Business Index

Insightful Accountant

Intuit has released the July 2023 QuickBooks Small Business Index, which provides unparalleled insight into employment and hiring activity among the smallest of businesses in the US, Canada and UK.

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Fixed asset accounting

Accounting Tools

Related Courses Accounting for Intangible Assets Fixed Asset Accounting How to Audit Fixed Assets How to Account for Fixed Assets A fixed asset is an item having a useful life that spans multiple reporting periods, and whose cost exceeds a certain minimum limit (called the capitalization limit ). There are several accounting transactions to record for fixed assets, which are noted below.

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IRS loses track of tax info between processing centers

Accounting Today

The service isn't doing enough to safeguard sensitive information when it's shipped between tax processing centers, according to a new report.

Tax
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Billing Software: What You Need to Know

Billing Platform

Described as software that enables companies to, at its most basic level, generate and send invoices, collect payments, and calculate taxes – billing software is now capable of so much more. Regardless of whether you run a small and-medium sized business (SMB), a large enterprise, or something in between – implementing the right billing solution enables you to drive operational efficiencies, reduce errors, and boost profitability.

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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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How to Ensure Long-term Lease Accounting Success

Insightful Accountant

A new webinar by LeaseCrunch will help guide attendees through preparing for the next chapter of ASC 842 lease accounting implementation. See how to sign up today.

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Types of accounting functions

Accounting Tools

Related Courses Bookkeeping Guidebook CFO Guidebook New Controller Guidebook There are several types of functions fulfilled by the accounting department within a business. These accounting functions are noted below. Financial Accounting The financial accounting group records accounting transactions and converts the resulting information into financial statements.

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IRS cracks down on monetized installment sale transactions

Accounting Today

The Internal Revenue Service and the Treasury want to curb the use of some types of monetized installment sale transactions by listing them as potentially abusive tax dodges.

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How to Conduct an Internal Audit in Your Company

SMB Accounting and Consulting

Internal audits play a crucial role in the success and sustainability of a company. They are systematic and independent evaluations of a company’s internal controls, financial reporting, and operational processes. Conducting regular internal audits helps identify potential risks, improve operational efficiency, and ensure compliance with laws and regulations.

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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