Supply chain financing has become popular among businesses like yours, and the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) has taken notice. A new rule approved by FASB's board on July 20 means you'll have to disclose information on any supply chain…
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To prevent rising interest rates from taking a bite out of the bottom line, your peers could be considering an interest rate hedging strategy in order to keep the rates low on variable-rate business loans and stabilize cash flow. Because…
As the tax relief programs implemented by the American Rescue Plan Act continue to expire, it'll have an impact on your Form 941 reporting to IRS starting with the second quarter of 2022. IRS has released revised editions of: Form…
To prevent cash from slipping through the cracks, many Finance teams periodically run an A/P recovery audit to identify and recover erroneous payments and unidentified credits. Besides year-end financial reporting time, other optimal times to conduct an A/P recovery audit,…
Many of your peers at publicly traded companies are mulling over best practices for reporting purchases of climate-friendly credits to build their environmental, social and governance (ESG) portfolio. If the proposed Securities and Exchange Commission's (SEC) ESG disclosure requirements become…
If your company has been thinking about creating a leave donation program to help the victims of Russia's invasion of Ukraine, the IRS has just approved it. In Notice 2022-28, the IRS issued guidelines for employers wishing to adopt a…
Valuable tax credits from the IRS could be an untapped boost to your bottom line. With today's tight labor market, the Service reminded short-staffed organizations in a recent press release, about the Work Opportunity Tax Credit (WOTC). To take advantage…
The new standard for lease accounting from the Financial Accounting Standard Board (FASB), ASC 842, has been in place for about six months now, taking effect for fiscal years beginning after Dec. 15, 2021. Companies that have been dragging their…
Heads up Finance leaders! The IRS announced on its website that Form 8879-C - the E-file Signature Authorization for Form 1120, the U.S. Corporation tax form - is now "historical." What this means: "The 2021 revision is the last revision…
Fringe benefits can be tricky when tax time comes around. Keeping complete records helps you avoid legal hassles. Here's a recent case where an employer's excellent recordkeeping and reporting kept it out of trouble with the Service. After United Airlines…
You and your team are numbers people, so it’s pretty obvious when the amount of a payment doesn’t match what you’ve billed. Enter the payment variance. Some can be resolved in a few seconds (when it’s a simple math mistake);…
Your company may benefit from the temporary 100% business deduction for food or beverages from restaurants, and A/P and Payroll hold key information that can help. By way of reminder, the Taxpayer Certainty and Disaster Relief Act of 2020 bumped…
