What experts are saying the top business finance trends will be for the upcoming year may sound familiar. They're worth highlighting because companies that are able to adapt to these finance trends are most likely to be well-positioned for success…
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A beneficial ownership reporting rule that takes effect January 1, 2024 may add another critical item to your compliance to-do list. An estimated 32.6 million LLCs and corporations that will be subject to the rule must complete a Beneficial Ownership…
Inflation isn't dropping as low as Jerome Powell and the governors of the Federal Reserve thought it would when they began ratcheting up the funds rate in March 2022. No matter: A growing number of financial pros predict the Fed…
Fall is the crunch-time season for unclaimed property reporting and escheatment. The states with approaching deadlines are almost as numerous as the leaves falling this time of year. The majority of them are either October 31 or November 1. In…
Sales tax compliance is a demanding job for finance teams like yours. For example, comparing the number of tax rate changes across the U.S. for January 1-June 30, 2023 vs. January 1-June 30, 2022, the volume of changes increased 43%,…
Industry demand for crude oil is rising. The price of a barrel of oil could top $100 before Halloween. Since OPEC announced it would reduce output in the spring, energy prices flattened out for most of the year. That calm…
It's not a coincidence that National Payroll Week is always the same week as Labor Day. This year, it's September 5-9. In an interview, 40-year payroll industry veteran James Paille, CPP, and the director of compliance for IRIS Software Group,…
As talented as your C-suite team is, that lineup won't stay intact forever. If your organization hasn't addressed its future with an executive succession plan, or an update of the existing plan, now's the time. It's inevitable - there will…
Congress created the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to protect investors from market manipulation following the 1929 stock market crash. And for decades, the SEC focused on enforcing securities laws and punishing wrongdoers. Fast forward to today: Republicans in Congress…
To buy or not to buy commercial space ... it's a question companies and CFOs wrestle with all the time. We predict savvy companies (and investors) will be keyed in on available real estate in the coming weeks and months.…
The Supreme Court will be putting an end to the 39-year-old Chevron deference that's been afforded to federal rulemaking agencies. The upshot? Agencies will have a much more difficult time enacting rules that impose substantial costs on an industry sector…
Before the pandemic, controllers had the luxury of being able to stay focused on company accounting and financial reporting, and not much else. But that isn't the case anymore - especially for controllers aspiring to advance into a CFO role,…
