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Worksite Investigations and I-9 Audits Expected to be a Record Hi...
June 13, 2018
The spotlight on worksite enforcement and employment authorization derives from the Trump administration's multipronged strategy to stifle unauthorized immigration. In...
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Knowledgeable Action on Your Part can Lower Your Property Tax Bil...
June 13, 2018
Many owners of farms, grain elevators and other agriculture service properties are understandably dismayed at the recent rise in assessments...
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2018 Agriculture Industry Outlook: Growth Remains Stagnant
June 13, 2018
In an age of excess, excess media, excess goods and the need to have excess in general, the agriculture industry...
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General Ledger Journal Import in Dynamics 365 With Logic Apps
June 13, 2018
A pretty common scenario in most implementations is the need to import data. In this example with Dynamics 365, we...
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Many manufacturers slow to adopt internet of things, Sikich repor...
June 12, 2018
Professional services firm’s fourth annual report reveals manufacturers and distributors’ business challenges and prioritiesCHICAGO — June 12, 2018 — The internet...
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Jennifer Casacchia, CPA, Selected for AICPA Not-for-Profit Sectio...
June 12, 2018
Jennifer Casacchia, CPA, is one of five individuals recently selected to the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants’ (AICPA) Not-for-Profit...
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How to Use Security & Compliance Center to Remove Harmful Me...
June 12, 2018
Office 365 has protections against phishing and virus emails in Outlook, but sometimes malicious messages slip past security measures. If...
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Multi-Subsidiary Customers in NetSuite – Merge With Caution...
June 11, 2018
The long awaited Multi-Subsidiary Customer feature has finally arrived as part of the NetSuite 2018.1 release. Like with any new...
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Sikich Series on Tax Reform: Section 965 Penalty and Filing Relie...
June 11, 2018
On June 4, 2018, the IRS announced a penalty and filing relief (IR-2018-131) for taxpayers who may be subject to...
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Tom Bayer, Partner-in-Charge, Speaking at 2018 Indiana Business O...
June 11, 2018
Tom Bayer, CPA, CExP, will be speaking at the 2018 Indiana Business Owners Forum on June 26 at Butler University...
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Migrate Ubiquiti UniFi Controller to a New Server
June 10, 2018
The Ubiquiti UniFi Controller software is used to manage multiple wireless access points in a single pane of glass. It...
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2018 M&D Report: The Industry 4.0 Factor
June 8, 2018
2018 M&D Report: The Industry 4.0 Factor Industry 4.0 is more than a buzzword. It’s a competitive differentiator. Over 300 people...
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How to Set Up Dynamics 365 for Operations Demand Forecasting with...
June 8, 2018
Dynamics 365>Dynamics 365 for Finance and Operations
How to Set Up Dynamics 365 for Operations Demand Forecasting with...
June 8, 2018
Dynamics 365 Demand Forecasting has had standard functionality for awhile. If you're unfamiliar with it, Microsoft has an overview of...
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James Keeslar, Partner, Assurance Services, Speaking at 2018 LEAN...
June 8, 2018
James Keeslar, CPA will be speaking at the 2018 CURT/CII/LCI 10th LEAN Construction Summit on June 13, 2018 in Charlotte,...
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Sikich Series on Tax Reform: New IRS Accounting Method Guidance M...
June 7, 2018
New IRS Guidance Allows Some Construction and Real Estate Businesses to Change Tax Accounting Method to Conform with New Financial...
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New Office 365 Feature: Attack Simulator for Office 365 Threat In...
June 7, 2018
As sad as it sounds, Sikich has been involved in many breach remediation efforts related to Office 365. Not that...
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New Illinois “Invest in Kids Credit” Empowers Education
June 7, 2018
There are now greater educational opportunities for families in need with the creation of the “Invest in Kids Credit.” In...
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Custom Segments and Leveraging Custom Record Functionality
June 5, 2018
NetSuite’s Custom Segment feature was discussed in an earlier blog here. This is an introduction to the Custom Record aspect...
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FRS to DFSR Migration on Domain Controllers
June 4, 2018
Users and organizations preparing to deploy Server 2016 domain controllers need to transition from File Replication Service (FRS) to Distributed...
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Speed up Your Day with New and Old Windows 10 Keyboard Shortcuts
June 1, 2018
To become a master of an operating system, you must know the keyboard shortcuts. You might be an infrequent Windows...
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Managing Your Sales Team’s Commissions in NetSuite
May 30, 2018
Managing your sales team’s commission in NetSuite can be done easily and effectively by adding the Incentive Compensation Module into...
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Troubleshooting Network Performance on a Sonicwall Firewall
May 29, 2018
Users who set up a Sonicwall firewall might run into issues where the internet speed is much faster than the...
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Three Ways Using StorageCloud Premium Can Ease Disaster Recovery ...
May 25, 2018
Hardware and storage failures will happen at some point. It is an inevitable part of any cloud-based server deployment. A...
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First and Last Sales Metrics in NetSuite Made Easy!
May 24, 2018
NetSuite clients no longer need to use a transaction search with a combination of groupings and summary fields to report...
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How to Compact Dynamic VHD and VHDX Files in Hyper-V 2012 and New...
May 23, 2018
Users of Hyper-V virtual machines with virtual hard disk files need to consider how much storage these files take up....
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Sikich Series on Tax Reform: Tax Planning Strategies for Charitie...
May 23, 2018
The historic tax reform act signed by President Trump on December 22, 2017 impacts charities and their donors alike. These...
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Entry Level Virtualization with VMware
May 22, 2018
Many organizations are evaluating the cloud, if they are not there already. As with most business decisions, there are several...
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Revenue Recognition Playbook
May 21, 2018
If you haven’t already, it’s time to start assessing how your private company will be impacted by the new Revenue...
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NetSuite Purchase Requests vs. Purchase Requisitions
May 21, 2018
NetSuite offers its customers two routes for initiating the purchasing process: Purchase Requests and Purchase Requisitions. When implementing NetSuite, customers...
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How to Use PowerShell to Report Active User and Computer Accounts...
May 20, 2018
It is best practice to periodically review the security accounts held in Active Directory so that inactive accounts can be...
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