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Supercharge your success: Plaid joins forces with Xero for enhanced US bank feeds

Xero

We’re always focused on making your financial management simpler, more secure, and more powerful with Xero. So we’re excited to share news of our collaboration in the US with Plaid , a leading fintech company. This effort significantly improves how your business bank accounts connect with Xero. Our goal is to help you save valuable time and gain a clearer view of your money.

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That WISP you downloaded? It's a liability, not a defense

Accounting Today

Don't risk everything you've built for a short-term saving on a template. In today's world, that's the difference between surviving and thriving.

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Busting the Myths: Six Costly Commercial Collection Fallacies

Trade Credit & Liquidity Management

Misconceptions and myths often shape our actions, sometimes to our detriment. For example, the idea, perpetuated by TV dramas, that you must wait 24 hours before reporting a missing person is false; immediate action increases the chances of a safe return. If Silver Alerts were delayed by a day, many more families would suffer unnecessary loss. (Photo by aisvri on Unsplash ) Collecting from business customers is no different.

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QuickBooks Monday Minute: Requesting Customer Prepayments (Deposits) on QBO Estimates

Insightful Accountant

Have you routinely required customers to make 'deposits' or 'prepayments' for work you propose in an estimate as a requirement of acceptance of the work or services you will provide?

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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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Supercharge these five Xero features with apps

Xero

The new financial year in Australia is here, bringing with it a fresh wave of opportunities and, let’s be honest, a bit of a paperwork pile-up. As a small business owner, you’re no doubt always looking for ways to streamline operations, boost efficiency, and ultimately, supercharge your business. Using Xero to manage your books is a fantastic start, but did you know you can unlock even more power from Xero by connecting to the right apps?

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Life insurance proceeds and valuation after Connelly

Accounting Today

Here's why insurance-funded redemptions do not necessarily increase enterprise value and how a Supreme Court decision didn't reflect economic reality.

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Why Working with an Accounting Recruiter Beats DIY Hiring

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Hiring the right accounting talent is one of the most crucial investments a firm can make. But too often, firm owners attempt to go the do-it-yourself (DIY) route, believing it will save money and yield the same results as working with an accounting recruiter. The reality? DIY hiring is a costly gamble that drains your time, slows firm growth, and often leads to less-than-ideal hires.

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Intuit Assist Explained: QuickBooks’ New AI for Small Businesses

Fit Small Business

Launched in September 2023, Intuit Assist marked Intuit’s entry into AI. With AI agents having been rolled out on July 1, 2025, the company is doubling down by creating virtual teams for businesses, streamlining workflows from financial analysis to customer management, and freeing up valuable time for strategic work. This latest move ensures your company.

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VDI Deployment – On-premises or On the Cloud

Ace Cloud Hosting

Remote and hybrid work has become common in the industry ecosystem. Enterprises struggle to allocate resources, time, and money to fulfill managerial requirements. The biggest challenge they face is ensuring.

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BlueSnap’s Channel Partner Program Is Surging

Trade Credit & Liquidity Management

From a Press Release dated July 8, 2025, Boston, Massachusetts & London, England BlueSnap, a global payment orchestration platform serving B2B and B2C businesses, has announced remarkable growth (137%) in its Channel Partner Program since its launch in September 2024. The program has expanded to include 41 system integrators worldwide, with 11 new partners joining recently, reflecting a strong market demand for seamless and scalable global payment solutions.

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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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IRS high-income taxpayer audits in doubt after layoffs

Accounting Today

The Internal Revenue Service's plan under the Biden administration to audit high-income taxpayers appears less likely after staffing and budget cuts.

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eFax Review 2025: Is This Online Fax Service Worth the Cost?

Fit Small Business

eFax is one of the most well-known names in the online fax space, offering plans tailored to healthcare, government, and business users. While it’s often criticized for its higher price point, it stands out for its strong security and unique tools, such as searchable faxes and large file sharing. In this eFax review, I’ll break. The post eFax Review 2025: Is This Online Fax Service Worth the Cost?

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Worldpay Accelerates Global SaaS Growth with Embedded Payments Platform

Trade Credit & Liquidity Management

From a Press Release dated July 8, 2025, Cincinnati, Ohio Worldpay has announced a significant global expansion of its Worldpay for Platforms embedded payments solution, targeting Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) providers in Canada, the UK, and Australia. This move comes in response to rapidly growing demand for integrated financial services, with Worldpay research showing that 90% of small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) consider access to financial products within their software platforms crit

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4 tax-saving real estate strategies — and how to avoid their pitfalls

Accounting Today

The Trump megalaw's expansion of opportunity zone credits and other investment approaches comes with caveats based on timing and taxes.

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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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Next Trump budget bill begins taking shape in House

Accounting Today

The ink is hardly dry on the $3.4 trillion tax and spending package and House Republicans are already at work on a follow-up budget bill coming this autumn.

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Trump tax law takes aim at office snacks

Accounting Today

The president's signature tax law allows a long-standing business deduction for the cost of food provided to employees to expire.

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Trump's tax law throws lifeline to unloved energy and climate sectors

Accounting Today

The sweeping $3.4 trillion fiscal package is already creating opportunities for segments of the energy and climate industries that had fallen out of favor.

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Thomson Reuters launches agentic AI for tax advisory, 1040 processing

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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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Texas flooding, weather victims get tax relief

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Tax strategies to maximize short-term rental profits

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Deloitte Tax acquisition boosts fiduciary trust services

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Wolters Kluwer announces cloud-native version of CCH Validate

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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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Verito offering bespoke WISP service

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