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Stacking the pipeline
Accounting Today (August 29, 2024) – Accounting’s top managing partners are doing what they can to ensure there will be new generations of people they can lead — and tap to succeed them — in the coming years. The 2024 MP Elite, representing accounting’s top leaders, are well aware of the dwindling state of the […]
A Guide to Business Process Assessment and System Selection
A business process assessment is the first step in identifying, addressing, and solving inefficiencies that may hold back performance and productivity within your organization. Successful, growing organizations often find themselves over-reliant on Excel for data management, facing reporting delays, lacking real-time insights, struggling with data processing and intensive reconciliations between systems, or closing late due […]
Podcast: CPA — the C is for ‘cool’
MACPA (August 29, 2024) – Carla explores how the profession can attract new talent by focusing on purpose and passion rather than just tasks and hours. By highlighting the “why” behind accounting — what makes it exciting, meaningful, and impactful — we can inspire the next generation to see the true value of a career […]
AAFCPAs Receives 2024 Golden Globes Award
Boston, MA (August 28, 2024) – AAFCPAs, a preeminent 350+ employee CPA and consulting firm specializing in tax, assurance, accounting, wealth management, business process and IT advisory solutions, is proud to announce recognition as Sustainability Champion by PrimeGlobal’s 2024 Golden Globes Awards. The award was presented at the PrimeGlobal MegaWeek in San Antonio, Texas on […]
The State of Cannabis Rescheduling: Where Does It Stand?
Cannabis Business Executive (September 3, 2024) – AAFCPAs would like to make cannabis clients aware that the public commentary period on cannabis rescheduling has ended, marking a key turning point in the ongoing debate over cannabis regulation. On July 22, the commentary period officially closed, with more than 43,000 comments submitted. The overwhelming majority of […]
Seminar Recap: 2024 Employee Benefit Plan Risk Update
During AAFCPAs’ recent Nonprofit Seminar (April 2024), Shawn P. Huxley, CPA, MSA and Davide Villani, CPA, CGMA updated approximately 400 attendees on employee benefit plan risk. The full session was recorded and may be viewed as a webcast at your convenience.>> Secure Act 2.0 Overview Secure Act 2.0 is designed to increase access to retirement […]
IRS Launches Second Employee Retention Credit Voluntary Disclosure Program
AAFCPAs would like to make clients aware that the Internal Revenue Service introduced its second Employee Retention Credit (ERC) Voluntary Disclosure Program, which runs until November 22, 2024. This initiative allows businesses to correct improper ERC payments at a 15 percent discount and avoid future audits, penalties, and interest. Under this program, businesses will need […]
Video: Ana Rodriguez, AAFCPAs’ 2023 DEIB Award Recipient
We recently sat down with Ana Rodriguez, an inspiring leader at AAFCPAs and the proud recipient of our 2023 DEIB Award. Ana was selected by her peers for this award because she exemplifies our commitment to diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging through her actions, the education of others, and communication of what DEIB means to […]
Expert Tip from AAFCPAs – 340B Report Guest Blog
340b Report (August 15, 2024) – Monitoring and maintaining an active patient listing (APL) for all patients whose prescriptions qualify as eligible under the 340B program is imperative. This APL should be updated daily and maintained through the electronic medical record system. The entity’s 340B policy should specify the time period during which a patient […]