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April 21, 2017 

Green Finance Practices for Earth Day

Accounting firms looking to be a little greener have many ways to accomplish the goal. With Earth Day coming up (Saturday, April 22), Basware is offering some tips, starting with adopting paperless business processes throughout their financial ...

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April 21, 2017 

MyFirmsApp

Get digital and mobile with your own App and secure your firm’s future in this changing world. It’s easier and more effective than you could ever imagine. Don’t get left behind. The world we live in is now mobile first. It’s often the first and last thing your customers look at, plus every 5 minutes...…

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April 21, 2017 

TOP MOBILE PRODUCT 2017 – FREE DOWNLOAD

Put your firm on your client’s phones, 24/7. Selected as Accounting Today’s ‘Top Mobile Product for 2017’, this CPA App saves you time and money, differentiates your firm, secures new clients and builds long-term relationships.

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April 21, 2017 

Survey Shows Doubt on Value of Mandatory Auditor Rotation

Perhaps no issue in contemporary accounting has drawn more attention than that of mandatory auditor rotation – whether companies should be required, in the cause of sound financial reporting, to periodically change audit firms or audit-firm engagement ...

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April 21, 2017 

Knock, Knock. Who’s There? … The IRS. Really?

IRS revenue agents will sometimes visit a taxpayer who is being audited. That taxpayer would have first been notified by mail about the audit and set an agreed-upon appointment time with the revenue agent. Also, after mailing an initial appointment ...

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April 21, 2017 

Taxpayer Leaves IRS Settlement Offer on the Table

If a client owes the IRS money, he or she may not have to cough up the full amount. Instead, the taxpayer can make the IRS “an offer it can’t refuse” under its offer in compromise (OIC) program. This way, both sides may go home relatively happy.

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April 21, 2017 

Expensify Adds New Features to Partnership Program

In addition to these new features, Expensify has also introduced a new tier in the Approved! Program called the Champion tier, whereby firms that adopt Expensify internally get an additional 5% discount for both internal firm use as well as for their ...

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April 20, 2017 

White Paper Shows Firms How to Leverage Social Media

Thomson Reuters has released a Checkpoint white paper, Four Ways to Effectively Leverage Social Media for Your Firm, which makes the case for why businesses need social media marketing in order to remain competitive. It delivers practical advice on ...

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April 20, 2017 

Free eBook: Embrace Tomorrow: How to Future-Proof Your Practice

You’ve spent years studying to become an accounting professional, built your skill set, earned your clients’ trust and established a successful firm, mainly based on using traditional accounting services. But the hard truth is that the professional ...

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April 20, 2017 

Do Income Taxes Decrease Worker Motivation?

The results suggest that people who believe in redistribution and government intervention would benefit from reminders of what their tax dollars pay for. In addition to filing tax returns, Rick and Burson suggest that a reminder note might be useful ...