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 of the form. Prior revisions will be available on IRS.gov,” the Service said. Specifically, the […]
Your peers and your A/R team are concerned about delayed and re-negotiated B2B payments. Research from The Hackett Group found that many companies took even longer to pay suppliers during the first half of 2021 than they did at the start of the pandemic in 2020. And last year, The Wall Street Journal reported that […]
More than two out of three CIOs (67%) say they have an IT skills gap. That means they lack the knowledgeable tech talent to keep pace with the changes necessary for implementing digital transformation projects. If that finding from the 2021 Harvey Nash Group Digital Leadership Report (formerly known as the CIO Survey) is accurate, […]
COVID showed how important it is to use technology, such as “low-code” software development, to help your teams adapt to challenges. What if employees who aren’t coding experts could get involved in creating apps that boost productivity? Tech tools and platforms labeled as low-code can help. Both IT and non-IT folks can use them to […]
Whenever your people are working remotely, they still have to be vigilant about protecting sensitive financial data from different kinds of digital attacks. To ensure staffers doing remote work don’t unwittingly make your organization vulnerable to hackers, here are some strategies from tech experts. Remote work safeguards Prevent data leaks with these steps: Require employees […]
Great news: There are now just two final contenders that you’re going to ask for an accounting or payroll software demo. So now you’re ready to see the products in action. But you may be dreading the thought of interacting with a vendor rep focused on closing the sale. What can you do to keep […]
Good news: Many of your vendors moved from check payments to ACH. Bad news: Criminals will try to find a way to hijack money that’s supposed to go to them by changing or stealing their banking info. Vulnerabilities that contribute to fraud include unencrypted email communication and A/P departments that are so busy that verifying […]
Expense report automation solutions on the market can free up your finance staffers by eliminating inefficient manual/Excel procedures that they may be using to process employee expenses. Automation solutions with optical character recognition technology can even eliminate the need for complex expense policies. If you’d rather have team members working on more strategic tasks, here’s […]
Sign here! Signing documents digitally has become mainstream in the past couple years. Even IRS has a long list of forms it’ll let people e-sign, at least temporarily. But what’s acceptable? After all, digital signatures can come in many formats, generated with a wide range of technologies. 5 ways to e-sign IRS recently updated its […]
