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September 9, 2019  Sponsored

With Receipt Capture, you and your clients can snap and store receipts digitally in QuickBooks Online to save hours of labor. Once receipts are uploaded to QuickBooks Online, they are automatically categorized and matched to transactions.

September 9, 2019 

The tasks being automated aren’t what clients value. Does anyone truly believe that clients appreciate that your staff manually enters every number into a tax return or trial balance? Of course not.

Jim Boomer

September 5, 2019 

Employers face hiring challenges in every business environment. Today, however, when the unemployment rate for accountants and auditors is just 1.5%, recruiting difficulties become even more severe.

Paul McDonald

September 4, 2019 

The accounting profession tends to overcomplicate processes and insert extra steps to ensure quality. Even if you’ve been through a process improvement initiative, unless you continually monitor the process and look for ways to improve it, these extra ...

Arianna Campbell

September 3, 2019 

This trend toward offering a broader set of services looks to be a win for both accountants and their clients, but it also poses a big challenge for firms offering services that may be outside their comfort zone — both from a knowledge standpoint and ...

September 2, 2019 

Employers and employees in the service industries that involve tipping need to comply with a unique set of tax rules. Like wages, you must pay income tax, Social Security tax and Medicare tax on tip income.

Mike D'Avolio

August 26, 2019 

, regulatory changes and more demanding clients, and it’s understandable if you’ve had little time to consider what’s ahead. These are created when the array of software, solutions and subscriptions you’ve deployed don’t play well together. One function of your firm could be using a customer relationship management (CRM) solution to handle interactions with clients...…

Mark van Leeuwen

August 22, 2019 

Companies that prioritize gender diversity are 15 percent more profitable than the median figures in their industry, but in order to unlock all that extra earning power, you need to first create an environment that puts women in the right positions to ...

Jodi Chavez

August 22, 2019 

Merging or acquiring another firm is one of the most effective methods of growing an accounting practice. Potential candidates are usually vetted based on partner and practice compatibility, desired location for expansion, niche specialization ...

Roman Kepczyk

August 22, 2019 

Every year, small businesses spend countless hours trying to figure out payroll – and they often get it wrong. According to the U.S. Small Business Administration, approximately 45 percent of businesses incur IRS penalties each year ...

August 20, 2019 

If you have a large repository of returning customers and referrals, you may not feel like you need to focus on lead generation. But, even regular clients can stop coming back. So, rather than resting on your laurels and letting the competition gain ...

Becky Livingston

August 15, 2019 

What’s the first thing you do when you find yourself in a new city or town? Twenty-five or so years ago, you might ask someone for directions or look for a local visitor’s center as you enter the town. You could find the heart of the town by looking for a courthouse or see if...…

Gail Perry