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What comes next for relationships in financial services
August 12, 2020
The financial-services industry thrives and grows in a variety of climates. Learn what comes next for relationships in financial services in a cloud world.
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Microsoft Teams: How to Enable Public Live Events
August 12, 2020
Microsoft Teams doesn't have public live events enabled by default. It's easy to enable public live events, and you have a couple of options for doing so.
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Cost Effective Actions You Can Take to Lower Your Property Tax Bi...
August 12, 2020
Looking to lower your property taxes? Learn about the appeal process and the tried-and-true bases for reducing property taxes.
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Construction & Real Estate Loan Covenants During the Pandemi...
August 12, 2020
As investors apply for additional modifications or deferrals, banks may require a new appraisal of the real estate and may even reevaluate the covenants and borrower’s requirements in the loan document. Unfortunately for commercial real estate investors in majorly impacted industries, such as hotels or retail businesses, a bank may at that point determine it best to reduce its exposure in those sectors, leaving investors searching for a new lender.
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How Earnouts Prevent Burnouts in Transactions
August 12, 2020
With a prideful twinkle in their eye, owners often set the asking price for their business fully confident it will shower the buyer with riches for years to come. The problem? Buyers don’t always share this rosy optimism, preferring instead to make offers based on past performance.
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Jerry Murphy Appears in Manufacturing Business Technology
August 11, 2020
Jerry Murphy authored an article about financial hygiene measures manufacturers can put in place during the pandemic, which was published in Manufacturing Business Technology.
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Financial Advisor Quotes Maureen Aebi
August 11, 2020
Financial Advisor, a magazine and news website covering essential market information and planning and investment strategies to help advisors better serve their clients, quoted Maureen Aebi on wash sale rules pertaining to investing.
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Cumulating Royalty Claims in D365FO
August 11, 2020
With the D365FO royalty functionality, you can group sales and calculate cumulating royalties. Here's how to calculate cumulating royalties in D365FO.
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Mergers and Acquisitions During a Downturn Part 2: The Seller’s...
August 11, 2020
If you're hesitant to sell your business in our current environment, read this article to learn about potential benefits of selling during a downturn.
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Title IV Common Findings Corner: Zone Alternative Requirements
August 10, 2020
To begin and continue to participate in any Title IV, the Higher Education Act (HEA), program, an institution must demonstrate to the Secretary that the institution is financially responsible under the established requirements.
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PPP Loan Accounting Issues for For-Profit Title IV Institutions
August 7, 2020
Amongst all of the uncertainty surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic, the SBA issued the PPP loan to provide incentives for small businesses to keep workers on their payroll. Many small businesses in the Title IV sector received these loans and are now trying to determine how to correctly account for them under USGAAP while also understanding how these choices will affect composite scores.
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Royalties: Calculating and Recalculating Royalty Amounts in D365F...
August 6, 2020
The royalty functionality in D365FO allows for calculating, accruing, and invoicing of automatically created royalties. Here's how to calculate them.
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Will NetSuite’s New SFTP SuiteApp Replace Bank Feeds?
August 6, 2020
NetSuite recently released a new ABSI Suite App (Auto Bank Statement Import) that uses SFTP. Will this replace the Bank Feeds Suite App?
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Title IV Common Findings Corner – COVID-19 Updates
August 6, 2020
The Department of Education previously released updated guidance for schools that were affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. Though we are expecting another update to the original Electronic Announcement, with schools going back to the classroom (or virtual classroom), many challenging scenarios and questions on how to interpret the Department’s guidance are arising.
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New Considerations for Deal Making
August 5, 2020
We recently spoke with experts from Marsh and Sikich to discuss potential M&A activity for 2020 and into 2021. Click here for key insights from the experts.
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Mergers and Acquisitions During a Downturn Part 1: The Buyer’s ...
August 4, 2020
Though buying or selling a business might seem risky during an economic downturn, it can present positive outcomes in the long run. Learn more here.
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A world without offices?
July 31, 2020
The coronavirus pandemic has caused significant hardship and has forced us to look at much of life through a new lens. But it’s not all negative. There have been many positives that have come from this experience – and we shouldn’t ignore them. Personally, I’m thankful for the extra time I’ve been able to spend with my family, and I miss nothing about the 100-odd days I spent in hotel rooms last year.
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Depreciation Planning for Real Estate Like-Kind Exchanges
July 30, 2020
A like-kind exchange, or Section 1031 exchange, allows real estate investors that incur gains on real property sales to reinvest those proceeds and defer the gain—offering an advantageous tax planning strategy for real estate companies. However, like-kind exchanges do not come without complexities and additional compliance, especially regarding depreciation.
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Dynamics Nav to Dynamics 365 BC Cloud Promotion
July 30, 2020
There's no better time than now to try out the D365 BC Cloud with Microsoft's current Dynamics NAV to Dynamics 365 BC promotion.
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The Importance of Practicing Incident Response
July 29, 2020
It's great your organization has an incident response plan, but does everyone in your organization know what parts they should play in the plan?
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The Importance of a Warranty on IT Equipment
July 29, 2020
While all servers and IT equipment come with warranties, How much do you really pay attention to what your server warranties entail (and not entail)?
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2020 Blueprint: Succession Planning for the Construction Industry...
July 28, 2020
Business succession planning is a process of continuous preparation and risk management and is more applicable than ever, as 2020 has brought us unique challenges and opportunities. For construction contractors and the network of businesses that support the construction trade, recent obstacles caused by the pandemic do not change the simple fact that the transition of businesses will continue.
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Not-for-profit Leadership Transition Planning
July 28, 2020
Leadership transition planning for any organization is a challenge. For mission-driven organizations, these transitions can be even more daunting, as planning relies on the leadership of Executive Directors who play a number of critical roles—from fundraiser, external thought leader, internal staff manager and marketer of the organization.
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Reasons Why ERP Projects Fail or Underperform
July 28, 2020
We've discussed the nine signs that your ERP project is failing, but what about the reasons why ERP projects fail? Here are four major reasons why.
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Sikich’s 2020 M&D Report Featured in Accounting Today ...
July 27, 2020
Sikich's 2020 Manufacturing & Distribution Report was featured in Accounting Today, AIThority, Monitor Daily, MultiBriefs and Insurance Business.
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Overtime Rules in 2020
July 27, 2020
Effective January 2020, new overtime rules apply according to the Department of Labor. This will affect many employers, as millions of employees will now be eligible for overtime pay.
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Acquisition of Heinold Banwart Featured In Accounting Today and M...
July 24, 2020
The acquisition of Heinold Banwart was featured in Accounting Today, CBS TV Peoria, the Chicago Business Journal and the Daily Herald.
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What Buyers And Sellers Can Expect To Change In The Financial Due...
July 23, 2020
What can buyers and sellers expect to change in the financial due diligence process? If your answer is “a lot,” then you’re correct. Brace yourself for change – ride that wave – and find yourself on the other side of this crisis with a bit of success under your belt. Consider the following ideas and find clarity in an uncertain world.
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Sikich’s 2020 M&D Report Featured in Multiple Publicat...
July 23, 2020
Sikich's 2020 Manufacturing & Distribution Report was featured in The Fabricator, Manufacturing Tomorrow, Manufacturing Best Practices and Supply Chain Best Practices.
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How an Essential Industry Can Carry on and Thrive
July 23, 2020
When the world reopens in a post-pandemic world, construction will have to quickly adapt. Construction management software is part of that adaptation.
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