sure, cpe, networking, and quality content are indeed a thing when it comes to considering the time and expense of attending an in-person event. but accountants these days need more. they need each other more than ever.
it draws tourists who stop by to look for local fossils, even though its elevation is higher than its population. however, different types of fossils, or fossil fuels, produce the best jobs. three power plants are powered by a coal mine and gas wells, which together employ around 450 people. however, kemmerer officials see the writing on the wall with the declining use of fossil fuel and all the efforts to migrate to cleaner energy. read more →
lawmakers need to step up. don’t expect big tech to help.
by jonathan baron
i’m thankful for the european union. they watch out with much more diligence to protect privacy and do so with an eye to cybersecurity as well. but at least our regulators in the u.s. are fairly good, but slow, followers.
i was reminded of this because the other day, i received my quarterly report from deleteme, which i use to periodically clean up my data being bought and sold without my knowledge on the open market. since our last report, my wife and i have had over 20 new third parties needing cleanup. unbelievable.
how does one honor a life? it’s a heavy thing upon initial approach. but when you start from a point of celebration of what was lived and not mourning what was lost, i think you begin down the right path. but this isn’t about me or anyone other than the man i knew barely eight years of chronological time and who, i believe, should be remembered in the accounting community.
to know john stokdyk as an editor, thinker, avid statistician and collector of all manner of data on accountants and related technology only touches the surface. i met him as he still held the editor title of accountingweb uk, which still boasts the largest audience of accountants in the uk. he and then accountingweb us publisher andy north interviewed me for the vacant managing editor role here.
an improved and better-trained version of chatgpt took a simulated cpa test after an earlier failure and passed, similar to the roughly half of human applicants who fail on their first attempt. but does this trial suggest that chatgpt will soon compete for accounting positions?
“this calls into question the ‘competitive advantage’ of the human accountant relative to the machine. to our knowledge, for the first time, ai has performed as well as most human accountants on a real-world accounting task. this raises important questions of how machines and accountants will work together in the future,” the study’s authors said. read more →
the avalara accountants confidence report points to difficulties ahead for small businesses to access capital, increase profits, raise revenues, hire new employees, and control costs.
looking ahead 12-18 months, accountants expect increasingly acute hardships, led by problems in accessing fresh capital, hiring, and managing labor costs. but new technology and automation could help cushion the pain for some.click to download (pdf 19 pages)
avalara, inc., a leading provider of cloud-based tax compliance automation for businesses of all sizes, released a new survey of over 500 main street accountants representing more than 100,000 small businesses.
survey responses revealed that looming economic headwinds could create challenges for small businesses in the next 12–18 months. the survey, conducted during the 2023 tax season, shows that accountants believe small businesses will face challenges in accessing fresh capital, increasing profits, managing payroll costs, weathering supply chain difficulties, and hiring new staff.
the 2023 avalara accountants confidence report, produced in conjunction with 卡塔尔世界杯常规比赛时间, queried trusted advisors with clear insights into the financial health of small business clients. the report measures accountants’ attitudes and outlook on a variety of pressing issues, leading with sentiment on the health of small business clients, and providing a read on the national economy and the state of smaller accounting practices. accountants were surveyed as they combed through business clients’ financials and prepared their tax returns.
district attorney bragg announces 34-count felony indictment of former president donald j. trump
the charges contained in the indictment are merely allegations, and the defendant is presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty. all factual recitations are derived from documents filed in court and statements made on the record in court.
manhattan district attorney alvin l. bragg, jr. today announced the indictment of donald j. trump, 76, for falsifying new york business records in order to conceal damaging information and unlawful activity from american voters before and after the 2016 election. during the election, trump and others employed a “catch and kill” scheme to identify, purchase, and bury negative information about him and boost his electoral prospects. trump then went to great lengths to hide this conduct, causing dozens of false entries in business records to conceal criminal activity, including attempts to violate state and federal election laws.
trump is charged in a new york state supreme court indictment with 34 counts of falsifying business records in the first degree.
it probably won’t surprise the average tax practitioner to learn that in the american customer satisfaction index of federal agencies, the internal revenue service ranks dead last.
over 46 percent of respondents expect a five to ten percent expansion of clientele, and another 13 percent say theirs will swell by more than ten percent.
in van nuys, calif., steve glick came up with a new concern: “now the software companies—turbotax, intuit, etc.—are competing against their customers by preparing tax returns.”
gretl siler, at succentrix business advisors, in panama city, fla., has the problem everyone wishes they had, plus the one everyone wishes they didn’t. she says, “note that i am not having any problem with increasing prices or with competitors. the problem is too many new clients and staffing… plus the irs is still terrible.”
to be sure, there’s bob langworthy, the founder of southern maine’s management accounting. he couldn’t name a single concern. “none!” he says. “we served 1,000 clients last year and already have more than 200 committed new clients this season.”
for 2023, the 卡塔尔世界杯常规比赛时间 busy season barometer expanded the list of possible concerns, 24 in all, plus an “other” option. it’s our longest list ever, and accountants checked off each and every possible worry.
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its average score was 85.1.
guess who suffers?
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