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September 19, 2017 

CPA Tomorrowland

This is a tantalizing brave new world for younger accountants who like the idea of turning their penchant for number-crunching into a sexier profession, but what about those who are, ahem, reaching their golden age? It kind of sounds like rather than ...

Gail Perry

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September 19, 2017 

How to Create a Culture of Innovation

The word innovation is thrown around a lot in our profession. Everyone wants ideas for doing things faster, easier, cheaper, or better. But rather than drive innovation from within the firm, they’re trying to keep up with what others are doing ...

Jim Boomer

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September 18, 2017 

Leveraging Supplier Payment Networks for ePayments

The hardest problem in B2B payments isn’t moving the money. It’s simple enough to get payment to suppliers electronically through a credit card or ACH network. What’s hard is vendor enablement—knowing which suppliers accept what payment type, and ...

Sue Ellen Hodnot

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September 18, 2017 

Hardware Matters – Think About Working With None!

With so much focus on Cloud and Mobile, can you imagine using your technology with no hardware? Hardware has become so cheap, reliable and generally good, many of us take this part of our technology experience for granted. It has been ten years since ...

Randy Johnston

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September 18, 2017 

How Tax Pros Can Stay Busy in the Off Season

I have stayed busy this offseason. For instance, during tax season, my editor gave me an idea to turn all of my articles into continuing professional education (CPE) classes. I hated sitting through boring CPE classes that didn’t hold my attention.

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September 18, 2017 

2017 Reviews of Inventory Management Systems

While inventory management is not a new concept, with the advent of online stores to coincide with their brick and mortar counterparts, it’s more important than ever that retailers have a solid handle on their inventory. Good inventory management is ...

Mary Girsch-Bock

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September 14, 2017 

Accounting for Inventory Shrinkage After a Major Loss

Your small business clients who suffer inventory shrinkage – whether it’s from a natural disaster like Hurricane Harvey or Irma, or theft or simple mismanagement – must account for the event on their financial books. Generally, a firm can enter a ...

Ken Berry, JD

 The Fight for $15, and More

September 14, 2017 

The Fight for $15, and More

Over the past several years we have seen nationwide efforts, often precipitated by unions, to increase the minimum wage at the local level to $15 as a means of addressing economic inequality. The movement, called the "Fight for $15," has seen some ...

Richard D. Alaniz, JD