Blogs - Finance
SOX 404(a) - It Can Apply To More Than You ThinkPosted by (CIO & Co-Founder at Vibato, LLC & AccountingTemplates.com) | 03-24-2013The Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010 – passed in July 2010 -- permanently exempted non-accelerated filers (public companies with a market cap <$75M) from Sarbanes-Oxley... Read more... |
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Senate Finance Committee's New Approach to Tax ReformPosted by (Professor at San Jose State University) | 03-22-2013The Senate Finance Committee recently announced that it will be holding weekly meetings to discuss various topics. There will be "tax policy option papers" posted to... Read more... |
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Consider Your Risks in the Cloud: Don’t Be SurprisedPosted by (Vice President at RoseRyan) | 03-21-2013While proving popular and chock-full of benefits, the cloud, and working in it, comes with risks. You don’t control the platform, and your company’s critical data (about employees,... Read more... |
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Global Mobility: 4 Steps to Creating a Strong Expat PolicyPosted by (Sr. Director, Advisory Svcs at High Street Partners) | 03-21-2013During a recent High Street Partners panel presentation on best practices for creating overseas entities and getting key staff in-country, my colleague Bill Peiffer was asked for tips on managing... Read more... |
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Intuit’s Direction for QuickBooks Add-On Software–Online!Posted by (President at The Sleeter Group, Inc.) | 03-21-2013Let’s face it – Intuit can’t create a feature for EVERY requirement that a business will have when using QuickBooks and QuickBooks Online. To that end, they provide several... Read more... |
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QuickBooks for Law Firms: Trust TransactionsPosted by (President at The Sleeter Group, Inc.) | 03-20-2013Most Trust/IOLTA transactions in law firms (e.g., writing checks, making deposits, entering and paying bills) are treated the same as in other businesses. However, properly handling... Read more... |
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Fixing the tax gap as part of tax reformPosted by (Professor at San Jose State University) | 03-17-2013Source: IRS Tax Gap - http://www.irs.gov/uac/The-Tax-Gap How does the net annual tax gap of $382 billion fit into tax reform? This is a lot of money that is not... Read more... |
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Gas Tax and Tax ReformPosted by (Professor at San Jose State University) | 03-16-2013I was recently asked by a reporter for StreetsBlog.org if tax reform might also include an increase in the gas tax. I said no. Tax reform discussions have focused on the... Read more... |
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Performance Risk Management - the practical approachPosted by (SVP - Risk Management at Inland Bank and Trust) | 03-14-2013Performance Risk Management is my new and immensely practical approach to integrating performance management and risk management. This is the breakthrough that finally allows the “good ideas... Read more... |
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When Good Procurement Policy Goes BadPosted by (Partner at Rounded Third) | 03-14-2013Developing policies to help govern procurement is generally considered a best practice. However, if not done properly, it can create its own set of issues. The use of a good governance... Read more... |
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Confused by the Options in Intuit Merchant Service?Posted by (President at The Sleeter Group, Inc.) | 03-14-2013I have to admit, I certainly have been confused! There are a LOT of options when considering how you can accept payments in QuickBooks using services available from Intuit Merchant Services.... Read more... |
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Governors' Tax Reform PrinciplesPosted by (Professor at San Jose State University) | 03-14-2013The National Governors Association has released a 1-pager, set of Tax Reform Principles. The purpose is to help guide Congress in its tax reform work - and of course, consider state... Read more... |
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