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November 25, 2020 

In a letter sent today to the Small Business Administration (SBA) and the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), the American Institute of CPAs (AICPA) has reiterated that the new PPP “Loan Necessity Questionnaires” are burdensome and do not ...

November 24, 2020 

Ahead of IIRC and SASB conferences next week, the Association of International Certified Professional Accountants (the Association) shared its 2021 plans to deliver education and resources that assist accountants with reporting on and assurance of ...

November 24, 2020 

The new feature allows employees to submit expense receipts online via the Beanworks app or website. Once uploaded, managers can review receipts and approve reimbursements from any location. The process is fast, accurate, and a much-needed solution as ...

November 24, 2020 

The American Institute of CPAs (AICPA) has announced that N.C. State University’s Poole College of Management’s Roby Sawyers, Ph.D, CPA, has received its Arthur J. Dixon Award. Also, Grant Thornton’s Jamie C. Yesnowitz, J.D., L.L.M. and Jeff Martin, ...

November 24, 2020 

Marcum LLP has released its 2020 Year-End Tax Guide, reviewing the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on individual and business taxpayers and outlining tax strategies for consideration before the end of this year and looking ahead to 2021.  The 88-page report’s nearly two dozen articles cover topics ranging from the Paycheck Protection Program and gift...…

November 24, 2020 

Let’s be real. None of us really knows what the end of 2020 and the beginning of 2021 are going to look like. The good news is that CPA firms that survived the pandemic chaos have learned valuable lessons about how to adapt work processes in ...

November 24, 2020 

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 ...

November 24, 2020 

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

November 24, 2020 

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

November 24, 2020 

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

November 24, 2020 

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

November 3, 2020 

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.