Latest Insights
Dive into Sikich's entrepreneurial thought leadership, for clarity on the recent trends affecting your business.
Technology
Salesforce Spring ’21 Top 10 Release highlights
January 5, 2021
Salesforce releases updates to its platform three times a year (Spring, Summer, Winter). It seems like the Salesforce Winter '21...
Read MoreTechnology
Change to Default Microsoft Teams Guest Access
January 4, 2021
This month Microsoft announced a major change to how guest access will be handled going forward in the Microsoft Teams...
Read MoreArticle
Potential Effects on Impact Investing Under the Biden Administrat...
December 22, 2020
Environmental and sustainable investing has gained a lot of traction over the last 10 years, from wind power to water...
Read MoreArticle
Congress Passes Another COVID Stimulus-Relief Package with PPP Ex...
December 22, 2020
Watch the webinar After months of haggling, Congress finally moved forward with its latest COVID-19 relief and stimulus package. Congress passed...
Read MoreTechnology
How to Keep Single Sign-on Secure
December 22, 2020
Single Sign-on or SSO is an IT buzzword that you probably have seen or heard over the past few years,...
Read MoreArticle
How Healthy is your Financial Plan?
December 21, 2020
In these times of various uncertainties, we are all aware of what to watch for regarding our physical well-being. However,...
Read MoreTechnology
Life Sciences Industry Panel Series: Part 1 – Adapting to N...
December 18, 2020
The coronavirus pandemic has nearly impacted every business in some way or another, and biotech organizations are no exception. We...
Read MoreArticle
Against more lockdowns
December 17, 2020
Are lockdowns the answer to our country’s problems? It’s not likely. In an earlier article, I wrote about the need for...
Read MoreArticle
Acquisition of Hochschild, Bloom & Company Featured in Accou...
December 16, 2020
The news of Sikich’s acquisition of Hochschild, Bloom & Company, a public accounting firm based in the greater St. Louis...
Read MoreTechnology
Why Am I Over My Dynamics Storage Capacity? Common Data Service a...
December 16, 2020
Clients will often reach out with a request to refresh their Sandbox organization from a copy of Production. More often...
Read MoreTechnology
How Equipment Manufacturers Can Create More Value From Customer R...
December 16, 2020
Equipment manufacturing plays a key role in the economy. Equipment manufacturing companies’ products are almost too many to name. They...
Read MoreAccounting
SBA Issues FAQ Guidance on Questionnaire for PPP Loans Over $2 Mi...
December 11, 2020
The Small Business Administration (SBA) released on December 9, 2020 its latest FAQ on the Paycheck Protection Program (“PPP”) loan. Background The...
Read MoreTechnology
Microsoft Teams Phone System Porting Issues and Direct Routing
December 11, 2020
Microsoft Teams has been one of the fastest growing products ever for Microsoft this year. By combining persistent chat, collaboration,...
Read MoreTechnology
Microsoft Teams Rooms Systems: What are they and do we need one?
December 10, 2020
Microsoft Teams Rooms (MTR) is a solution that will transform meetings that take place in a shared room of any...
Read MoreArticle
Sikich expands in St. Louis with acquisition of Hochschild, Bloom...
December 10, 2020
CHICAGO — Dec. 10, 2020 — Sikich announced today that it has signed an asset purchase agreement to acquire the...
Read MoreArticle
M&D Report Featured in Crain’s Cleveland Business
December 9, 2020
Statistics from Sikich's 2020 M&D Report were featured in a Crain's Cleveland Business article about cybersecurity in the manufacturing industry. Full...
Read MoreArticle
Final Regulations Released for UBTI of Separate Trades or Busines...
December 8, 2020
Back in May, the IRS released Proposed Regulations under Section 512(a)(6), related to the separate reporting for each unrelated trade...
Read MoreTechnology
How to Make Sure Your Business Central Data Is Safe During the CO...
December 7, 2020
During this COVID-19 pandemic, many things are rapidly changing and creating a lot of uncertainties for businesses. This can be...
Read MoreArticle
Government Programs for Agribusinesses
December 4, 2020
In recent years, several government programs were created to address challenges the agriculture industry faces. These programs have been critical...
Read MoreArticle
Aftermath of Wayfair: State Tax Nexus Update Webinar Recording
December 4, 2020
It’s been over two years since the U.S. Supreme Court shook up the state tax world with the Wayfair case. Since...
Read MoreArticle
Glen Birnbaum Featured on CBS Dallas
December 4, 2020
Glen Birnbaum was featured on CBS Dallas about PPP loan tax deductions. He was also featured by MSN and Yahoo...
Read MoreTechnology
Engineering Revision in D365FO: Doing it the Right Way
December 4, 2020
Design engineering requires strict change control. The design of anything, from the simplest piece of metal to a major assembly...
Read MoreArticle
What to Consider When Converting from a Title IV School to a Not-...
December 3, 2020
Are you a for-profit institution owner considering an entity change? Are you curious what the benefits of being a not-for-profit...
Read MoreArticle
Cheryl Aschenbrener Featured in Industrial Distribution
December 3, 2020
Cheryl Aschenbrener's article discussing how now is still an opportune time for distributors to sell their businesses, despite the pandemic,...
Read MoreTechnology
The New Normal
December 3, 2020
Sikich has been specializing in implementing NetSuite, specifically for BioTech companies, for quite some time now. Our "Pre-COVID" best practice...
Read MoreTechnology
NetSuite 2020.2: Copy to Account Feature
December 2, 2020
An interesting feature that came out of the NetSuite 2020.2 Release was the "Copy to Account" feature. This is an...
Read MoreArticle
Updates to the Higher Education Emergency Relief Grants
December 1, 2020
The Higher Education Emergency Relief Fund (HEERF) was implemented under the CARES Act by the federal government earlier this year....
Read MoreTechnology
Supply Chain Resilience: Data to Actionable Insights
December 1, 2020
This blog's content was sourced from a webinar recorded on September 23, 2020 at 2PM ET/ 11AM PT with Presenters...
Read MoreArticle
Good riddance, 2020! Three lessons for marketers to make 2021 a y...
November 30, 2020
The end of 2020 is finally in our sights, and with it comes a collective sigh of relief. We are...
Read MoreArticle
Aftermath of Wayfair – State Tax Nexus Update
November 30, 2020
It’s been over two years since the U.S. Supreme Court shook up the state tax world in South Dakota v....
Read More