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November 24, 2020 

2020 Year-End Tax Planning: Georgia on My Mind

2020’s year-end tax and financial planning is unique. It will require consideration of the taxpayer’s facts and circumstances, existing rules, predicted election results in Georgia, and the potential of resulting retroactive tax legislation ...

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November 24, 2020 

2020 Review of Cloudvara Hosting

Cloudvara www.Cloudvara.com From the 2020 reviews of hosting systems for accounting firms. Ideal Firm Cloudvara offers value in its simplicity. This is a very straightforward move to the cloud, putting all your favorite desktop applications on a virtual desktop in the cloud. The shift to Cloudvara is ideal for small firms looking for a virtual...…

Garrett Wagner

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November 24, 2020 

2020 Review of Cetrom Hosting

Cetrom www.Cetrom.com From the 2020 reviews of hosting systems for accounting firms. Ideal Firm Cetrom is one of the premiere cloud hosting providers in the accounting vertical for firms of all sizes looking for a full-service IT hosting provider to handle all server, applications, and desktops. Cetrom is one of long-standing cloud hosting providers serving...…

Garrett Wagner

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November 24, 2020 

2020 Review of Abacus Private Cloud

Abacus next Ideal Firm https://www.abacusnext.com From the 2020 reviews of hosting systems for accounting firms. AbacusNext has moved from the legal vertical and into the accounting vertical to offering a number of hosting options for small and medium size accounting firms. AbacusNext has expanded its market considerably in recent years with the acquisition of several...…

Mary Girsch-Bock

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November 24, 2020 

2020 Review of Right Networks

Right Networks offers a growing range of solutions for small-to-medium accounting practices. Generally, they divide these into two camps for you to explore. One is their flagship QuickBooks Desktop hosting, offered under their ...

Mary Girsch-Bock

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November 3, 2020 

Free CPE Dec. 2 and 3: Earn Up to 16 Hours

Ensuring Success is a completely online, two-day series of CPE-qualifying webcast sessions hosted by CPA Practice Advisor, and presented with many of the most respected thought leaders in the profession.

 IRS Announces Partnership to Improve Procurement Processes

November 24, 2020 

IRS Announces Partnership to Improve Procurement Processes

The effort will bring together a multi-disciplinary team comprised of procurement practitioners as well as university professors and students with procurement and machine learning experience. Machine learning is a form of artificial intelligence that ...

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November 23, 2020 

Detecting Fraud: What Are Weak Signals and How to Process Them

Certain companies, specifically organizations with the wrong tone at the top, improper incentives, confusing cash flow trends, and siloed departments, are more susceptible to fraud than others. Pick up on weak signals and take steps to ...

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November 23, 2020 

AICPA Urges Congress to Support PPP Expense Deductibility

The AICPA is now calling upon its members to ask Congress to pass bipartisan legislation S.3612 and H.R.6821 – the Small Business Expense Protection Acts of 2020, or H.R. 6754 - the Protecting the Paycheck Protection Program Act – that will ensure the ...

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November 23, 2020 

Does Your Firm Have a Clear Vision for the Future?

Vision for the future comes from a variety of sources. Clear vision and sources of inspiration can come from colleagues, friends, quiet time, struggling with an issue, conflict, relaxing on the beach or vacation, meditation or attending a religious ...

Randy Johnston