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Trends in Property Tax Assessments: Good News for Senior Living C...
October 21, 2019
Forensic & Valuation
Trends in Property Tax Assessments: Good News for Senior Living C...
October 21, 2019
Owners of senior living centers are challenged by rapidly rising property taxes on their facilities Appealing these taxes involves a process...
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Power BI and D365 Getting Started – Date Tables and OData
October 21, 2019
Okay, so you are fairly new to Power BI and you want to consume data from Dynamics 365 using the...
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5-Step Plan to Prepare for a Salesforce Implementation
October 18, 2019
Once you have purchased Salesforce, it's time to make it custom to your business. Here is a quick Salesforce implementation...
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Best Practices: How to Minimize Construction Claims
October 18, 2019
While sometimes a claim is inevitable, there are steps you can take to minimize them Major construction projects are somewhat notorious...
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How Your Government Can Benefit from a PAFR
October 18, 2019
While accountants could read financials from a day’s beginning to end, not many laypeople can digest your pages of numbers,...
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Your Users Click Bad Links
October 18, 2019
Back in 2013, the IT industry started having “fun” with the newly released malware, Cryptolocker. Unlike previous malware programs or...
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Jim Brandenburg Quoted in Financial Advisor
October 16, 2019
Jim Brandenburg was quoted in a second Financial Advisor article about capital gains breaks. Financial Advisor is a magazine and news...
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New Data Collection Form
October 16, 2019
All of the changes in The Data Collection Form Submitted To the Federal Audit Clearinghouse The Data Collection Form which is...
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NetSuite 2019.2: SuiteAnalytics Feature Updates
October 16, 2019
More than half (55%) of Chief Financial Officers in 2019 report better/faster reporting as a top priority in the next...
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Guidance on UBIT for Exempt Organizations’ Separate Trades or B...
October 15, 2019
Guidance on the unrelated business income tax for exempt organizations’ separate trades or businesses has been determined to be significant...
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Microsoft Dynamics GP 2019 Release and Roadmap
October 14, 2019
On October 7, Microsoft presented its newest GP release named simply “Dynamics GP.” You might be wondering, “where did the...
Read MoreHuman Resources
Student Loan Contribution Programs: The New Way to Recruit and Re...
October 14, 2019
Human Resources
Student Loan Contribution Programs: The New Way to Recruit and Re...
October 14, 2019
As human resource managers begin working on updating their benefits package, it’s important to remember that millennials are quitting their...
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Illinois Tax Delinquency Amnesty Program: Available One More Mont...
October 11, 2019
Pay IL Taxes by November 15th to Avoid Penalties and Interest Beginning this month Illinois is offering a program where taxpayers can...
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Dynamics 365 CE vs Finance and Operations – Which One Is Ri...
October 11, 2019
Okay, D365 CE vs D365FO is a trick question, right? Not really. Dynamics 365 Finance and Operations (D365FO) is a really...
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Joe Connell Named to 2019 Financial Times 401 Top Retirement Advi...
October 11, 2019
Partner at professional services firm appears on the Financial Times 401 Top Retirement Advisers list for the fifth consecutive year Chicago...
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Help Wanted: Is Your Hiring Strategy Leveraging Today’s Dig...
October 10, 2019
The Importance of the Careers Section of Your Website Skilled workers are in short supply – just ask anyone in the...
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Become Cloud Confident: Microsoft Dynamics 365 Cloud Migration Br...
October 10, 2019
Are you overwhelmed with the prospect of a Dynamics 365 cloud migration project? Are you wondering what the big deal...
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Sikich expands presence in Milwaukee market with acquisition
October 10, 2019
BROOKFIELD, Wis. — Oct. 10, 2019 — Professional services firm Sikich announced Thursday that it has agreed to acquire Brookfield,...
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Playing the Field: Field Examinations & How They Can Benefit...
October 10, 2019
Years of increased economic challenges are causing lenders to take a step back and review their agribusiness portfolios. Lenders are...
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Jim Brandenburg Featured in Financial Advisor October 2019
October 9, 2019
Jim Brandenburg CPA, MST, was quoted about investment income tax rates and strategies to defer or avoid taxes on income...
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We’ve Migrated Our E-mail to Office 365. Now What?
October 9, 2019
Chances are, if you are using Office 365 for hosting your e-mail services, then you already have the rights to...
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Dynamics 365 CE Option Sets vs Lookups
October 9, 2019
At some point in every Microsoft Dynamics 365 CE project, there comes a time where you find yourself with a...
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Why Manufacturers Need to Get ERP Right: ERP Success vs. ERP Horr...
October 8, 2019
As manufacturers grow and mature, many need to replace specialized and stand-alone software systems With a comprehensive ERP solution that can...
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Data Modeling in Salesforce for Scalability
October 8, 2019
A data model is the architectural structured way of storing data in an application. The Salesforce platform provides a standard...
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Understanding Modern Business Applications
October 4, 2019
So, what does this all this talk about the modern business applications mean? Does it mean business apps still post...
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Jim Drumm and NexGen Salesforce acquisition Featured in CRN, Acco...
October 3, 2019
Jim Drumm, leader of Sikich's technology practice, was featured and quoted in multiple stories about the Salesforce acquisition of NexGen...
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Feature Management Workspace Overview for Dynamics 365 for Financ...
October 3, 2019
Microsoft introduced a workspace called Feature Management in version 10.0.3 of Dynamics 365 for Finance and Operations (D365FO). This workspace...
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Sikich names leaders of national transaction advisory services te...
October 2, 2019
CHICAGO — Oct. 2, 2019 — Sikich announced Wednesday that Cheryl Aschenbrener and Timm Bellazzini will lead the professional services...
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How to Use SOAP Pass-Through With Azure Logic Apps Custom Connect...
October 2, 2019
Most applications today use restful web services to communicate with each other. Sometimes, however, we are required to work with...
Read MoreHuman Resources
HR Influences and Trends in 2019
October 2, 2019
A review of changes that took place in 2019 and what to expect going into 2020 Ringing in the new year...
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