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How Cloud ERP is Taking the Financial Core of Businesses Remote Amid COVID-19
With the right tools, businesses can continue operations as usual, and innovation does not have to fall to the wayside. By leveraging cloud ERP systems, businesses can continue day-to-day operations via a mobile browser, with 24/7 access to business ...
How AccuFund Helped a Local Government Keep Serving Citizens
Although the city’s administrative staff are considered essential government workers, city clerk Amber Hinton determined that most could work from home. Her office oversees operations of several departments, including financial, payroll, payables, ...
Tax Scammers are Still in Business, Warns IRS
The IRS, state tax agencies and the nation’s tax industry continue to see an upswing in data thefts from tax professionals as cybercriminals try to take advantage of COVID-19 and Economic Impact Payments to create new scams.
Illinois CPA Society Announces 2020 Outstanding Leadership Award Recipients
The Illinois CPA Society (ICPAS)—one of the largest state CPA societies in the nation—is proud to announce the recipients of its prestigious 2020 outstanding leadership awards.
AICPA’s Offers Free Tools to Help Americans Weather Financial Impact of Coronavirus
Americans began 2020 with record levels of personal financial satisfaction. However, as COVID-19 spread across the country and businesses closed, more than 16 million Americans have filed for unemployment in the last three weeks alone.
Illinois’ Top CPA Exam Performers Honored With Excel Award
The Excel Awards were established in 1984 by the Illinois CPA Society Board of Directors to recognize new CPAs and CPA candidates for outstanding performance on the Uniform CPA Exam. Honorees must achieve a total average score of 90 or above, complete ...
Some Businesses Choosing Debt Over Selling Stock to Avoid Audit
While extremely low interest rates are generally assigned most of the responsibility for the debt explosion, regulatory factors have been implicated as well. Now research in a leading accounting journal newly identifies federal accounting regulations ...
Online Risk Assessment Tool Helps Online Sellers Understand Sales Tax Obligations
Avalara launches the Sales Tax Risk Assessment at a time when businesses, primarily online sellers, are facing added sales tax complexity. The South Dakota v. Wayfair, Inc. ruling in June 2018 stated that given the power and prevalence of the ...