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What does psychological safety mean, anyway?

Atlassian

Subscribe to Work Life Get stories like this in your inbox Subscribe. 5-Second summary. Psychologically safe work environments allow team members to feel that they can safely take calculated risks without fear of repercussions. A lack of psychological safety may deter people from speaking up about mistakes, knowledge gaps, or potential problems. When working remotely, you can promote psychological safety by being intentional about scheduling one-on-one meetings, asking open-ended questions, mode

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How FP&A Teams Can Tame Cloud Costs: 4 KPIs For Success

CloudZero

At a growing SaaS company, cloud costs can change dramatically from month to month depending on the software you’re building, the number of customers you have, and how products are performing.

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SAP Ariba Integration: How IPS Helps Make the Most of Your Investment

IPS

It’s tempting to think that deploying SAP Ariba will solve all your invoice processing problems. But it doesn’t take long to realize that you might need a bit more help.

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New Tax Laws for 2022 - Venmo, PayPal, Cash App, Etc.

Stephanie Peterson

Due to the American Rescue Plan, which was established last year, payment app providers like Venmo, PayPal, CashApp, etc. are all now required to issue you a Form 1099-K and report your earnings to the IRS for all business transactions of a combined total of $600 or more per year. This new law was created to make it tougher for someone to evade paying taxes they owe on business-related transactions.

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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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Agile transformations with measurable impacts? Jira Align does that!

Atlassian

Subscribe to Work Life Get stories about tech and teams in your inbox Subscribe. The true cost of an agile transformation can be hard to measure, boiling down to a combination of process, people, and tools. As soon as an organization discovers a better way of working, the investments begin. First, you have to decide which framework or methodology works best for your teams; then, you spend time researching and getting buy-in, setting the stage for the cultural change required to adopt new ways of

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What Is Cloud Cost Optimization? 15+ Best Practices For 2022

CloudZero

As companies increasingly build in the cloud, cost optimization has become a major issue for many engineering teams. While cloud providers like AWS offer flexibility and easy scalability, cloud costs are often opaque and difficult to track.

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How Do You Get Started in FinOps?

Azure FinOps

This post is about getting started with FinOps or, more specifically, how to cultivate a cloud optimization point of view and the obstacles you’re likely to face. If you’re interested in starting a FinOps practice within your organization, this is for you. FinOps Personas from the FinOps Foundation We’ve reached an interesting point in the still unfolding cloud era.

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3 ways a partner ecosystem helps your SaaS business grow

Atlassian

5-second summary. As a volume-based business – that is, one that is oriented around selling as many units as possible – you can’t cover every corner of the market or every use case yourself. So don’t bother trying. For SaaS companies that are using the flywheel model, partnering with other organizations on sales, integrations, and add-ons is the best way to attract and satisfy customers who have unique needs.

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8 Issues With AWS Tags And How To Overcome Them For Good

CloudZero

AWS resource tagging is fundamental for effective cloud cost management. By creating and allocating cost-related tags in AWS, you can organize and manage your resources according to keys and values that make sense to you. This helps you better understand your cloud costs and manage your spending.

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HOA Management Group, AP Manager Both Grow Using Automation

AvidXchange

For years, accounts payable (AP) automation wasn’t a consideration for Agynbyte LLC , a leading community association management company based in Bellevue, Washington. The AP department was happy with its in-house practices, and the company was enjoying steady growth. Then, Agynbyte acquired a local condominium management company with 25 associations leveraging AvidStrongroom from AvidXchange.

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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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How Do You Get Started in FinOps?

Azure FinOps

This post is about getting started with FinOps or, more specifically, how to cultivate a cloud optimization point of view and the obstacles you’re likely to face. If you’re interested in starting a FinOps practice within your organization, this is for you. FinOps Personas from the FinOps Foundation We’ve reached an interesting point in the still unfolding cloud era.

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Important Cryptocurrency Tax Rules (Bitcoin & Etc.)

Stephanie Peterson

Do you own any cryptocurrencies? If so, it is wise to stay on top of tax laws and regulations that may impact your crypto investments. Will you need to pay taxes on your crypto? Due to the fact that the IRS classifies crypto as a capital asset (a significant piece of property), you will owe taxes when you sell crypto and make a profit. Similar to more traditional investments, such as stocks traded at a gain.

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The How Of Being Intentional

Earmark Accounting Podcast

Sign up to get free CPE for listening to this podcast: [link] Download the Earmark CPE App: Apple: [link] Android: [link] Guests Andrea MacDonald, CPA: [link] Owner, Pro Tax & Accounting | Accredited Business Intermediary | Fractional Chief Financial Officer for Spike's K9 Fund Learn more about Andrea's firm, Pro Tax & Accounting: Official website: [link] Twyla Verhelst, CPA: [link] Head of FreshBooks Accountant Channel & Leader of the Accounting Partner Program | Creator of the Wo

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Timesheets Cause Accountants To Flee Profession

Cloud Accounting Podcast

Sponsors OnPay: [link] Synder: [link] FreshBooks: [link] Need CPE? Subscribe to the Earmark Accounting Podcast: [link] Get CPE for listening to podcasts with Earmark CPE: [link] Show Notes . We've also got updates on the IRS "facelift" that fell flat, some big raises, some app news, and much more! 02:44 – IRS backs away from facial recognition [link] 04:26 – IRS To Ditch Biometric Requirement for Online Access [link] 06:33 – A Guide to Completing Your Organizer This Tax Season [link] 11

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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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The New Normal in Accounting: The Digital Client Experience Imperative

Dext

The COVID-19 crisis has led to dramatic shifts in how accountants and bookkeepers work with their clients. Accountants will have to work harder to meet the ever-evolving client experience requirements in order to win and remain relevant. The race to become a digital practice has arguably already been run.

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Ep. 170: Alissa Vickery - Purpose Driven Leaders

IMA's Count Me

Contact Alissa Vickery: [link] References and Resources for Alissa Vickery and Leadership: [link] [link] [link] [link] [link] [link] [link] [link] [link] [link] FULL EPISODE TRANSCRIPT: Adam: (00:05) Welcome back to Count Me In, IMA's podcast about all things affecting the accounting and finance world. This is your host, Adam Larson, and we are now starting episode 170 of our series.

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Client Data Security: Best Practices to Protect Your Firm and Clients

Earmark Accounting Podcast

Sign up to get free CPE for listening to this podcast: [link] Download the Earmark CPE App: Apple: [link] Android: [link] Client Data Security: Best Practices to Protect Your Firm from Serious Threats [link] Connect with Our Guest, Byron Patrick LinkedIn: [link] Twitter: [link] Learn more about Botkeeper Website: [link] Connect with Blake Oliver, CPA LinkedIn: [link] Twitter: [link] According to a report from 2021, some 42 percent of business and professional services organizations suffered

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Fight Against Inflation Proves to be Complicated

NACM

Inflation rose to 7.5% last month, exceeding the 40-year-high record set in December. Typically, the Federal Reserve would raise interest rates to offset inflation. However, nothing about current inflation levels is typical."There's a confluence of factors …," David Wessel, the director of the Hutchins Center on Fiscal and Monetary Policy at the Br.

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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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The next chapter of cloud compliance

Atlassian

Subscribe to Work Life Get stories about tech and teams in your inbox Subscribe. Cybercrime has dramatically increased during the pandemic, with businesses suffering 50% more cyberattack attempts per week in 2021 compared with 2020. With more and more organizations moving to the cloud, organized crime groups have also evolved their operating tactics to take advantage of the digital revolution, hiring and recruiting hackers to engineer attacks and steal valuable data from organizations across the

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Middle Market Data Uncovers Prevalent Industrial Warehousing Trend

AvidXchange

While the pandemic changed a number of industries in profound and unprecedented ways, you’d be hard-pressed to find an industry more radically transformed than real estate. Reconfiguration of the residential and commercial real estate space has been widely covered, but AvidXchange’s AvidIndex, which analyzes millions of payments made across the AvidPay Network each quarter, showed an interesting trend emerging in the industrial warehousing sector.

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Forms 1099-NEC and W-9 explained

5 Minute Bookkeeping

Are you feeling unsure about how to fill out Forms 1099-NEC and W-9? When the time of the year rolls around to prepare these forms, you might struggle to remember how exactly to go about it. In this article, I’ll explain how to fill out Forms 1099-NEC and W-9. Form 1099-NEC for Non-Employee Compensation. Non-employee compensation is reported in Box 1.

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Protests Along U.S. and Canadian Border May Result in Multi-Million Dollar Loss

NACM

Protests along Ambassador Bridge, the busiest international crossing on the U.S. and Canadian border, could lead to shipping delays and more inflation, according to Morning in America. The fallout from these protests could land a major impact to the U.S. supply chain in particular.Both governments have indicated the automotive industry and agricult.

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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!