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March 1, 2017 

Only 17% of Finance Team Time Spent on Strategic Activities

The CFO Indicator Q4 2016 report reveals that while 85% of CFOs say their teams have direct access to the financial and operational data needed to generate accurate reports, it is the non-value-added tasks—like data gathering, verifying accuracy, and ...

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March 1, 2017 

Making Sense of Travel and Expense Management in 2017

No matter what leads a company to embrace the latest technologies, those who do make the switch to T&E automation are generally pleasantly surprised with the outcome. We know this because we asked, and in the 2017 study the actual benefits companies reali

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March 1, 2017 

Illinois CPAs Offer Tax Season Security Tips

Identity theft is often the first step leading to an equally painful, if not a bigger, headache of falling victim to tax fraud. Scammers who stole your personal information may have already filed a tax return in your name and collected a refund ...

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March 1, 2017 

Tax Prep Scams Expected to Rise

The NCL, which operates Fraud.org, says that in a typical scam, an unscrupulous tax preparer may falsify a victim’s earnings, claim credits they did not earn, or even steal a consumer’s entire refund by having it deposited into a different account.

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March 1, 2017 

Atlanta Accounting Firm BNKJ Joins Carr Riggs & Ingram

The CRI-BNKJ merger strengthens CRI’s position as one of the nation’s leading benefit plan audit service providers. Collectively, the two firms perform more than 450 benefit plan audits annually. Along with its current offerings, BNKJ can now deliver ...

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March 1, 2017 

Viking Launches Third Luxury Ocean Liner

On Viking Ocean Cruises, every fare includes a veranda stateroom, an included shore excursion in each port of call, all onboard meals, beer and wine with lunch and dinner service, premium dining reservations, Wi-Fi internet, 24-hour room service ...

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February 28, 2017 

PwC Faces Fall-Out From Oscar Night Flub

Confusion reigned at the Academy Motion Picture Art and Sciences awards on Sunday night as Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway, the duo who appeared together in the iconic film, “Bonnie and Clyde” 50 years ago, initially announced the winner of the Best ...

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February 28, 2017 

Indiana CPA Society Receives Top Association Media Honors

The Indiana CPA Society (INCPAS) was presented with one top honor - a Gold Award - for "Best New App," and one Silver Award for "eLearning and Live Training" by Association Trends on February 23 at a luncheon in Washington, D.C.

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February 28, 2017 

Americans Too Relaxed About ID Theft During Tax Season

Taxpayers show a pattern of poor practices that leave much of their data vulnerable to breach, according to the second annual Tax Season Risk Report from CyberScout, a data security and identity theft protection firm. While the IRS is taking steps ...