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Improving your For-profit Institutions’ Cohort Default Rate aft...

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Improving your For-profit Institutions’ Cohort Default Rate aft...

Prior to President Biden’s student loan forgiveness and payment extension announcement, the Department of Education stated it would help eliminate...

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Why I Hate My HR Solution

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Why I Hate My HR Solution

You’ve spent the better part of the past year finishing Phase 1 of your HRIS implementation, only to discover that...

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United Disability Services (UDS) Case Study

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United Disability Services (UDS) Case Study

United Disability Services makes extensive use of technology to enable staff members to do their work of  delivering transportation and...

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How CAD-ERP Integration Improves the Engineered-to-Order Purchasi...

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How CAD-ERP Integration Improves the Engineered-to-Order Purchasi...

Engineering schematics involve hundreds, if not thousands, of individual drawings representing components of a final, manufactured product. Although engineers used...

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Best of Clinical Research Organization Resource Page

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Best of Clinical Research Organization Resource Page

BEST OF Clinical Research Organizations The Ultimate Guide to clinical research organization Success with technology https://youtu.be/wtduOsen_9o How CROs Can Accelerate Study Start-up and...

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Inherited IRAs: Reminder about Required Minimum Distributions

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Inherited IRAs: Reminder about Required Minimum Distributions

Under the SECURE Act, the way Inherited IRAs and Roth IRAs’ Required Minimum Distributions (RMDs) were handled was altered. And...

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Leaders can be Insider Risks, too: A Cautionary Tale from “The ...

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Leaders can be Insider Risks, too: A Cautionary Tale from “The ...

Insider risk detection is often focused on employee behaviors, sometimes ignoring the risks of toxic leadership. As a result, sometimes...

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Accounting

The Latest Developments of the Employee Retention Credit Part 3: ...

Accounting

The Latest Developments of the Employee Retention Credit Part 3: ...

This is part 3 of a 3-part series that reviews the latest developments of the Employee Retention Credit (ERC), which...

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How Technology Helps Life Sciences Companies Prepare for Commerci...

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How Technology Helps Life Sciences Companies Prepare for Commerci...

After years of research, development, trials, and testing, the final step for most life sciences companies is commercialization. By commercializing...

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Matt Doherty Featured by the Ohio Society of CPAs

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Matt Doherty Featured by the Ohio Society of CPAs

Matt Doherty was featured in the Ohio Society of CPAs' article, "Your company’s workforce violence policy might not be enough."...

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Tax

Tax Implications of Security Measures for C-Suite Executives

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Tax Implications of Security Measures for C-Suite Executives

The security and protection of an organization’s high-profile employees should never be overlooked. Throughout our country's history, people in the...

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How Distributors Can Track Vendor Performance to Ensure Quality a...

Technology

How Distributors Can Track Vendor Performance to Ensure Quality a...

When a vendor’s performance doesn’t meet the distributor’s expectations (or the expectations of the distributor’s customers), customer satisfaction and loyalty...

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National Student Loan Data System Website Updates to Know

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National Student Loan Data System Website Updates to Know

On July 25, 2022, the National Student Loan Data System (NSLDS) launched a modernized website for professional users with the...

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Why eCommerce Integration With ERP Is Required for Distributors...

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Why eCommerce Integration With ERP Is Required for Distributors...

As distributors race to give customers what they want, adopting – and optimizing – eCommerce solutions remain critical to long-term...

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Rising Interest Rates and the Ag Economy

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Rising Interest Rates and the Ag Economy

As macroeconomic conditions worsen, farmers and the broader agricultural sector are beginning to feel the effects of rising interest rates...

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Cycle 3 Restatement Changes to be Aware of as an Employer

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Cycle 3 Restatement Changes to be Aware of as an Employer

Every six years, plan sponsors are required by the IRS to update their plan documents for legislative changes that occurred...

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Power Platform Gives Companies the Power to Transform

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Power Platform Gives Companies the Power to Transform

Digital transformation takes many forms, but most tend to think of it in big sweeping changes. But it can also...

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How to Calculate Total Landed Cost Accurately and Efficiently

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How to Calculate Total Landed Cost Accurately and Efficiently

In distribution, fractions of a penny on a sale are a big deal. For this reason, it’s crucial to maintain...

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Is Quiet Firing the Reason You Can’t Retain Talent?

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Is Quiet Firing the Reason You Can’t Retain Talent?

Goodbye, Great Resignation. Hello, quiet quitting. While employee disengagement is not a new phenomenon, you’re probably familiar with the new...

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Detect and Defuse: Crisis Experts Reveal Best Practices to Manage...

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Detect and Defuse: Crisis Experts Reveal Best Practices to Manage...

https://youtu.be/vQCxl9mdHo0 Detect and Defuse: Crisis Experts Reveal Best Practices to Manage Insider Risks October 6, 2022 Do you have the tools to discover...

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Flipping the Script on the Great Resignation

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Flipping the Script on the Great Resignation

The term “Great Resignation” may have been coined last year in May, but the phenomenon still rings true today in...

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Jim Brandenburg Featured in Accounting Today and More

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Jim Brandenburg Featured in Accounting Today and More

Jim Brandenburg discussed the Inflation Reduction Act and the impact of increased IRS audits in articles from Accounting Today, Financial...

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What Is InsureTech Connect?

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What Is InsureTech Connect?

InsureTech Connect Las Vegas is the largest of the InsureTech events, and recently took place at the Mandalay Bay over...

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The Case for Consultants

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The Case for Consultants

A Vice President and General Manager of a half-billion-dollar business whom I once worked for used to say that a...

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Strategies for your Social Security Planning

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Strategies for your Social Security Planning

When we discussed eligibility for social security in our previous article, Social Security 101: Back to the Basics, we mentioned...

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M&D Pulse Results Featured in Chicago’s Daily Herald

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M&D Pulse Results Featured in Chicago’s Daily Herald

Jerry Murphy's article, "Finding answers to today's worker shortage," which includes results from Sikich's M&D Pulse survey, was featured in...

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Technology

6 Signs It’s Time for a Construction Firm to Move Off of QuickB...

Technology

6 Signs It’s Time for a Construction Firm to Move Off of QuickB...

Construction companies work off of already thin margins, which means technology will be increasingly important as they grow if they...

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Sikich Named ‘Managed Security Service Provider of the Year...

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Sikich Named ‘Managed Security Service Provider of the Year...

CHICAGO — October 6, 2022 — Sikich today announced that it has been named the winner of the “Managed Security Service...

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WICPA’s Bottom Line Showcases Article from Jim Brandenburg

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WICPA’s Bottom Line Showcases Article from Jim Brandenburg

Jim Brandenburg's co-authored article was featured in the Wisconsin Institute of CPAs' "The Bottom Line" publication. The article explores tax...

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Jenny Massey Featured by The Ohio Society of CPAs

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Jenny Massey Featured by The Ohio Society of CPAs

Jenny Massey was featured in an article from The Ohio Society of CPAs, which discusses navigating site selection. Jenny is the...

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