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What Oreos can teach accountants about growing the firm

Abrigo

Your accounting, audit and tax services -- they’re all pretty much mature services,” she said. And in the same way that most people know what to expect from a basic Oreo (two thin chocolate wafers sandwiching a creamy filling), they typically know what to expect from an accountant providing tax, audit or general accounting services.

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Getting Past ‘Standard’ To ‘Fair’: Tech Brings Efficiency To Mileage Reimbursements

PYMNTS

For that, thank digital and mobile technologies, and the ability to analyze data in such a way as to find those seemingly small, but meaningful differences in the cost of driving throughout various locations. Beyond that, though, using the IRS rate can lead to unnecessary expenses, including tax-related ones, for employers.

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Deep Dive: Adapting Worker Payments To The On-Demand Era

PYMNTS

Numerous economic, social and technological trends are rendering this system more outdated, however. The pandemic-related economic fallout has hit the gig economy hard, but technology-oriented platforms have also demonstrated that they can adapt to rapid economic shifts. The Flexible Pay Imperative And On-Staff Workers.

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Walmart Presents A Ten-Point Plan To Renew U.S. Manufacturing

PYMNTS

In a press release detailing the effort, the retailer said the meeting included a bipartisan conversation about the current challenges and opportunities in the American manufacturing sector as well as case studies of successful collaboration among different players. “As sourcing and manufacturing , in the press release. Enhancing U.S.

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Challenges to monetary policy: lessons from Medieval Europe

BankUnderground

History offers policymakers and academics useful case studies that can serve as distant mirrors beyond the study of crises and policy responses to them. This is done by ensuring money is produced according to the strictest standards and avoiding manipulating it to the king’s benefit ( inflation tax ).

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How Decision Management Powers Growth at African Bank

FICO

With decision management technology , businesses can make better decisions faster, and change strategies quickly to be more agile in the marketplace. An excellent example of this is African Bank, the seventh-largest bank in South Africa, which grew operating profit before tax by 67% in 2017, after launching in 2016.

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Xero TaxTouch is Tinder for the Gig Economy’s Taxes

Fintech Labs Insights

The app, Xero TaxTouch aims to help self-employed workers track business expenses and manage their business-related tax deductions. It also tracks estimated taxes and generates a report to help users prepare a Schedule C document to send to their Xero tax accounting professional (if they have one).

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