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August 27, 2019 

BlackLine Partners with Google Cloud for Data Services

BlackLine will leverage Google Cloud Platform to add innovative, cloud-native capabilities such as machine learning and artificial intelligence to enhance its financial automation platform with new real-time, intelligent functionality.

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August 27, 2019 

Five Common Scenarios That Can Lead to a Material Weakness

While organizational agility is often critical to a company’s success, change management can be challenging for companies to navigate, especially when implementing new technologies. Material weaknesses commonly arise when change management controls ...

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August 27, 2019 

Deloitte Transforms Indirect Tax Recovery With AI

The solution not only allows tax professionals to save time and resources but can help companies to proactively avoid overpaying their indirect tax liabilities. CogTax leverages optical character recognition (OCR), along with advanced machine learning ...

IRS Scammer Gets Called by the BBB

August 27, 2019 

IRS Scammer Gets Called by the BBB

Here is a scammer and a buster from the BBB. Beware that you should never give our your personal information to someone you don't know over the phone. To learn more about scams, visit bbb/org/scamtips.

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August 26, 2019 

Home Values in U.S. Continue Strong Growth

The typical U.S. home is worth $229,000, up 5.2% from a year ago – this is the smallest annual appreciation since October 2015. Last year at this time, home values rose 7.7% year-over-year. Still, home values are up 0.3% month-over-month, an ...

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August 26, 2019 

How to Use Data Discovery to Forecast Your Firm’s Future

, regulatory changes and more demanding clients, and it’s understandable if you’ve had little time to consider what’s ahead. These are created when the array of software, solutions and subscriptions you’ve deployed don’t play well together. One function of your firm could be using a customer relationship management (CRM) solution to handle interactions with clients...…

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 HLB Appoints Member Accounting Firm in Belize

August 26, 2019 

HLB Appoints Member Accounting Firm in Belize

HLB, the global network of independent advisory and accounting firms, welcomes its newest member, HLB Belize LLP. Founded in 1984, HLB Belize is a professional services firm with expertise in audit & assurance services and has offices in Belize City and the Corozal Free Zone of the Belize-Mexico Border. Managing Partner, Claude Burrell says: “We...…

 The Advantages of Filing Separate Tax Returns for Healthcare Reasons

August 23, 2019 

The Advantages of Filing Separate Tax Returns for Healthcare Reasons

We generally assume that it is advantageous for a married couple to file jointly (MFJ) – it may almost feel natural to file a married filing separate tax return (MFS). That’s because filing joint returns comes with many well-known benefits, including a lower tax bracket at both the federal and state level, a larger standard...…