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New technology, such as artificial intelligence and machine learning, is already having a major impact on the way audit firms do business.

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Web Seminar  Streamline your accounting processes and transform your financial performance
Feb. 22, 2018 | 2 PM ET/11 AM PT
Hosted by Credit Union Journal, sister publication of Accounting Today
The foundation of successful corporate performance management is sound business intelligence, the basis of which is solid financial processes. As today’s financial institutions face many business challenges – from regulations to reporting to balancing risk with profitability – having the right tools in place to address these challenges is critical.
Prologue™ Financials from Fiserv streamlines and automates financial accounting processes for greatly improved efficiency. This solution can supercharge accuracy and efficiency while reducing costs – top priorities for every CFO.
In this webinar, discover how you can:

• Cut the risk of errors that result in financial loss in half
• Avoid restating or correcting financial reports
• Provide auditors with complete and consistent information
• Eliminate the majority of write-offs associated with unresolved exceptions

CFOs, Controllers and Financial Accountants should join Fiserv experts for an educational and informative discussion to learn how your institution can increase data accuracy, support accounting process automation, and create efficiencies that enable time and resources to be directed to strategic, profitable activity.

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Tax season hacks: 5 steps to transform your tax season  Jan. 16, 2018 | 2 PM ET/11 AM PT   Tax Season is the busiest time of the year year for Accountants, and should be the most profitable. However, too many firms miss out on opportunities because they are tied to traditional processes that are time consuming, and don’t add value. Now practices finally have the chance to change all that. Leveraging new tools allows you to create more efficient workflows, which in turn frees up your time to add value in your client relationships. Your clients, your team, and your profit margins will all feel the benefits.   Having worked with thousands of accounting firms, Receipt Bank’s VP of Business Development Damien Greathead will show you how your firm can break free of the traditional tax season pitfalls. Alongside will be joined by cloud accountant Mary Hollister, they’ll discuss how to find new opportunities for growth and profit.   In this webinar, you’ll find out:   How leading firms are using shifting their business model towards Monthly Recurring Revenue, Real Time Accounting and Accounting Automation to hack traditional processes The trick to getting the essential accounting documents you need from your clients without chasing How to use new tools to widen your profit margins while providing a superior client experience Sign up to learn how to transition your firm’s service model to an efficient, technology-based one that will not only help solve your tax season bottlenecks, but also add value for your firm and your clients throughout the year. Register Now   Mary Hollister CPA Founder Mary Hollister CPA (Presenter)   Damien Greathead Vice President of Business Development Receipt Bank (Presenter)   Ranica Arrowsmith Technology Editor Accounting Today (Moderator)

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Web Seminar  8 tips for a best-practice expense process
Sept. 27, 2017 | 2 PM ET/11 AM PT
Hosted by Accounting Today
T&E expenses are often the second largest line item in a company’s budget, following payroll. Keeping track of these expenses, processing them efficiently and getting high-level visibility into them can be a big challenge.
In this this webinar, we’ll provide eight tips that will help make submitting, approving and paying expenses more efficient, more appropriate, and less frustrating.
We’ll cover topics like:

• Creating an expense policy employees will actually follow
• What documentation do you need to collect and the best way to do it
• How to hold managers and approvers accountable
• Tools and tricks to make the whole process easier

Getting your expense process under control will not only make your cash flow more efficient, but will make employees across your company more comfortable with clearly set expectations and reliable reimbursement terms. Webinar attendees will also receive our 8 tips guide that includes top resources for more in-depth information.

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Web Seminar  The audit of the future
Jun. 19, 2017 | 2 PM ET/11 AM PT
Hosted by Accounting Today
More and more, technology is being applied in ways that are likely to completely reshape how audits are approached, staff and completed. This webinar will look at the trends that are changing this core product of the accounting profession, including what’s happening now and what’s up for the future.
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Web Seminar  5 tips to drive more value from your engagements
Jun. 13, 2017 | 2 PM ET/11 AM PT
Hosted by Accounting Today
Join industry thought leaders Brian Siet, Wolters Kluwer and Garrett Wagner, Thaney & Associates for a frank discussion on how firms can turn a traditional engagement workflow into a process that generates new opportunities for the firm and the firm’s clients. Stop spending hours creating and then reviewing workpapers. Instead, focus on what revenue-generating ideas can come from the results. In this session, you will hear:

• Lessons learned from real-life success stories
• Tips to help you drive more value from your firm’s engagements
• How CCH® ProSystem fx® Engagement helped Thaney & Associates reach their achievement level

It is possible to reduce engagement preparation up to 40% while simultaneously producing higher quality work products. Join us to learn how.
Audience — Who should attend?: CPA firm audit partners, managers, QA staff and auditors interested in turning their audit department into a future-ready state.

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Web Seminar  Simplifying business return processing via technology, integrated solutions and best practices
Jun. 08, 2017 | 2 PM ET/11 AM PT
Hosted by Accounting Today
There are many challenges tax professionals face when preparing business tax returns. And likewise, there are a number of things you can do make life easier when addressing those challenges, such as employing technology solutions and implementing new and improved processes.
Join Wolters Kluwer’s Frank Giudice -- Senior Tax Consultant -- and Jo Ann Cummings, CPA, PMC -- Technical Product Manager, Tax Software -- to take a look at these challenges and some associated business tax software solutions during this FREE one hour webinar. We’ll cover:

• Managing Trial Balances - Most business returns require a trial balance as an integral part of the tax preparation process. It can be time consuming to keep the trial balance and business tax return in sync.


• Dynamic Computations vs. Static Data Entry - Due to tying back to a trial balance, data in a business return tends to be interrelated. Once a business return is in balance, changing one number often requires changing other related information. It can be time consuming to assure modifications are carried through the entire return appropriately.


• Comprehensive Diagnostics – Business returns can be complex and require that various components of the return tie out against each other while complying with tax regulations.


• Managing K-1 Information - When preparing Partnership or S-Corp returns, preparers must often manually enter the K-1 data in the taxpayer’s personal return. This can be time consuming and error prone, and there are often limitations to consider.


• Meeting Federal and State Electronic Filing Requirements - Every year, more and more federal and state return types fall under electronic filing mandates.

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Web Seminar
Document management and the client service connection
May 30, 2017 | 2 PM ET/11 AM PT
Hosted by Accounting Today
Document management is about more than just storing and finding the documents in your firm. In fact, your firm’s document management has an important effect on your clients. As firms make the move to more advisory roles, the emphasis on client service will only increase. In this webinar, we’ll discuss:

• The components of document management that affect client satisfaction
• How to increase collaboration and communication between your firm and its clients
• Why changes in client expectations are driving many firms to reevaluate their processes

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Web Seminar  Online accounting
May 25, 2017 | 2 PM ET/11 AM PT
Hosted by Accounting Today
As more and more accounting software solutions make the home in the cloud, firms and their clients are working to adapt to a new way of doing business. This webinar looks at the latest trends, as well as best practices for making the most of the cloud.
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Web Seminar  Implementing a digital tax workflow for a better tax season – A live case study and presentation of facts from JM CPA LLP
May 16, 2017 | 2 PM ET/11 AM PT
Hosted by Accounting Today
There are many firms out there -- from sole proprietors to the largest firms in the country -- that are either employing Digital Tax Workflow technologies to streamline and improve their tax preparation and workflow processes, or considering its merits.
Hear directly from Steven J. Eller, CPA, JD and Alan M. Willinger, CPA, JD, of JM CPA, LLP in New York, NY to hear how they’re able to streamline firm operations and tackle even the most busy of tax seasons via a Digital Tax Workflow that allows them to focus their resources on what they need to do, when they need to do it.
During this one hour webinar, we’ll also discover:

• the business challenges that caused them to consider a move to a Digital Tax Workflow
• the due diligence they went through to confirm their decision to do so
• the benefits they’re now seeing as a direct result of implementation.

Brian Siet, CPA Senior Manager, Strategic Relationships Wolters Kluwer Tax & Accounting US (Presenter)	Steven J. Eller, CPA, JD Senior Partner JM CPA LLP (Presenter)	Alan M. Willinger, CPA, JD Managing Partner JM CPA LLP (Presenter)

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Focus on the client: Developing a client-centered firm May 08, 2017 | 2 PM ET/11 AM PT

Attracting and retaining clients is consistently a top concern for accounting firms. A steady churn of clients means that even firms looking to maintain the status quo must make an effort to keep clients satisfied and find new business.   Join Wolters Kluwer Product Manager Samantha Grovenstein-Deal and Charlie Burns of Reid, Hanna, Johnson & Company, as they discuss how firms can leverage technology to become more client-centered. Topics will include: Making room for profitable clients How to embrace your role as a client advisor Getting to know your clients and their preferences Learning to speak your clients’ language   Firm leaders should never lose sight of what truly powers the firm: Its clients. Find out how to leverage technology to serve clients better.

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