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February 7, 2018 

Avalara CRUSH DC Keynote Features Gartner Analyst

Avalara CRUSH will also include an expanded Developer Track, covering everything from the basics of calculating tax using AvaTax to building connectors for enterprise-level organizations. Avalara has added nearly double last year’s number of ...

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February 7, 2018 

The 2018 Payment Technology Checklist: 5 Trends to Watch

With a new year comes new resolutions, disruptors and trends. This will especially ring true in the payments space, which boasts one of the biggest growth markets in the world - fintech. Research estimates that global fintech solution usage is ...

 10 Ways Boardrooms are Tackling Risk in 2018

February 6, 2018 

10 Ways Boardrooms are Tackling Risk in 2018

Looking to the year ahead, the organization WomenCorporateDirectors convened top global corporate directors in its EMEA and Asia Institutes this fall, and, from those and other discussions, identified ten ways boards are seeking to mitigate risk today.

Firm Automation

February 6, 2018 

5 Qualities to Differentiate Your Accounting Firm

The days of thinking that “process” is something that only low-level staff and administrative staff work on are over. Those days should’ve been over ten years ago, but they’re definitely over today. In future-ready firms, process is a core strategic ...

Dustin Hostetler

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February 6, 2018 

Xero Partners with Stripe for Integrated ACH Transfers

Xero, a provider of small business accounting and management solutions, has partnered with Stripe, enabling Xero customers to accept Automated Clearing House (ACH) bank transfers. With the availability of ACH payments, Xero’s more than 1.2 million ...

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February 6, 2018 

The Secret Lives of Accountants

Over the centuries, accountants have been fashionistas, inventors, and spies. They fight crime, write books, and uphold the law. The more one learns about accountants, the more surprises one uncovers. Secret lives, indeed.

Gail Cole

 Cryptocurrency, Initial Coin Offerings and Subpart F Income

February 5, 2018 

Cryptocurrency, Initial Coin Offerings and Subpart F Income

Income from a CFC is not taxed until it is repatriated to the US. In crypto, this would happen when the money is sent to the US based company. Let’s say the US company sells widgets to the foreign corporation at cost. The foreign corporation is set up ...

Firm Automation

February 1, 2018 

Technologies Driving Remote Auditing

On-site auditing has been the customary default since the dawn of accounting. It’s worked reasonably well, though time and cost considerations – both from the company and firm’s vantages – typically took secondary focus to successful audit completion, ...

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February 1, 2018 

How to Jumpstart Workforce Planning for 2018

The definition of workforce planning describes a continual business planning process. It’s a long-term, ongoing effort that expands as the organization grows. This isn’t a quick fix, so settle in and prepare for the long haul.

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January 31, 2018 

What Do Young Finance Professionals Want?

Young finance professionals at large accounting firms view a background in finance as a springboard for a career in business, finds a new report by ACCA (the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants).

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January 29, 2018 

ACA Deadlines are Looming: How to Help Clients Comply

For the past three years enforcement of the ACA has been shaky at best. But employers are now beginning to experience the repercussions of noncompliance. The IRS has begun sending out ACA penalty Letter 226J to applicable large employers that didn’t ...