Sales and use tax shouldn't just be the responsibility of your A/P and A/R departments. Although they're the ones who are experts in sales and use tax liability, your sales and purchasing teams can support Finance by double-checking that the…
Staff management
Some of your people may be excellent at problem solving. But even those team members can occasionally run into problems that seem so complex and overwhelming that they get stuck because they're unsure about where to begin. That’s when it’s…
CEOs, CFOs and departmental managers all get used to fielding "urgent" email and text message requests. If you're like most finance pros, your inbox is at its fullest on Mondays with flagged and exclamation-marked messages needing your attention. (And the…
It's a good bet we'll hear a lot about big companies laying off employees in the coming weeks. The latest example: Goldman Sachs just announced a purge of 3,200 employees. Yet there's more of a sense of calm - even…
Now that you have a feel for what positions at your firm should be hybrid, you might be considering giving employees the ultimate work schedule flexibility - the ability to autonomously choose the days and hours that they work. Many…
Companies’ databases, customer info and bank accounts are never safe from malicious attackers. The most common way in for cybercriminals remains via email. Email scams are getting more sophisticated, to make matters worse. Some companies' employees are getting fooled by…
Love him or loathe him, Elon Musk is dominating the business news cycle. When you're rich enough to drop $44 billion on a bloated tech company like Twitter, people pay attention to what you say or do. Musk and his…
With business travel volume expected to return to 96% of pre-pandemic levels in 2023, now's a good time to review your firm's business travel liability risk. In a ResourcefulFinancePro webinar, Dr. Jim Castagnera, an attorney affiliated with the Washington International…
Whether speaking to a group of employees or a room full of industry peers, there's always room for assessing one's skills and improving on what's improvable. Just don't count on others to tell you the truth about your public speaking…
Form 1099-MISC and 1099-NEC deadlines are fast approaching, and you don't want an IRS audit revealing that your company sent vendors the wrong form. Determining when to use 1099-NEC for payments of $600 or more to nonemployees can be tricky…
Collections and accounts receivable professionals will develop more confidence in their abilities and rank ahead of their peers by following the ASK method. What's the ASK method? It stands for Attitude, Speed and Knowledge. And it's a tried-and-true strategy that…
Some of the workers that quit during the Great Resignation may be trying to become boomerang employees - meaning they're turning around and coming back after realizing the grass wasn't greener on the other side. More than one out of…
