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 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 ...

PPP Paycheck Protection Program

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

 Powerful Women

November 23, 2020 

Powerful Women

With well over 200 nominations this year, our judges were faced with the enormous task of sorting through the candidates who brought forward a level of dedication and exemplary job performance that has surpassed all previous years.

Gail Perry

 2020 Review of CFS TaxTools

November 23, 2020 

2020 Review of CFS TaxTools

2020 Review of CFS Tax Tools CA Sales Tax Preparer NY Sales Tax Preparer CFS Tax Software Inc. www.taxtools.com From the 2020 reviews of sales tax compliance systems. CFS Tax Software Inc. offers sales tax software for accounting firms that need to calculate, print, and file sales tax returns for clients in California and/or New...…

Mary Girsch-Bock

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November 23, 2020 

2020 Review of eFileSalesTax.com

eFileSalesTax.com www.efilesalestax.com From the 2020 reviews of sales tax compliance systems. eFileSalesTax.com is a web-based application that offers complete sales tax filing for four states:  California, Colorado, Florida, and Illinois. Best suited for small to mid-sized businesses and firms that need to file sales tax returns for any or all of these four states, eFileSalesTax.com...…

Mary Girsch-Bock

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November 23, 2020 

2020 Review of Avalara AvaTax

Avalara’s AvaTax is a cloud-based sales and use tax calculator that offers integration with popular retail and accounting software applications for easy, automated sales and use tax calculations. AvaTax is a good fit for businesses of any size as well...

Mary Girsch-Bock

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November 23, 2020 

2020 Review of CCH SureTax Calc

CCH SureTax Calc from Wolters Kluwer is part of the SureTax suite of applications which along with SureTax Calc include SureTax ECM, SureTax Integration, SureTax Returns, and SureTax Rates & Rules. SureTax Calc can be used as a ...

Mary Girsch-Bock