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Solve 90% of ERP Security Threats by Making 1 Change

Technology

Solve 90% of ERP Security Threats by Making 1 Change

PREVENTING CYBERATTACKS MAY BE THE BEST THING YOU CAN DO FOR YOUR SYSTEM. DOWNLOAD NOW To our customers: We'll never sell, distribute...

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Article

HR Technology Roadmap Webinar

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HR Technology Roadmap Webinar

https://youtu.be/e-Q8YW7-xis Your HR Technology Roadmap January 25, 2022 Learn more about building and leveraging an HR technology roadmap in Sikich's webinar recording here.

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Update on the Employee Retention Credit (ERC): Part One (v2)

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Update on the Employee Retention Credit (ERC): Part One (v2)

Part 1 of 2 Congress introduced several provisions in 2020 to assist businesses and individuals dealing with the financial effects of...

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Technology

How Should Life Sciences Organizations Modernize Their Compliance...

Technology

How Should Life Sciences Organizations Modernize Their Compliance...

At a recent intro summary Sikich "Maneuvering the Milestones" event, Mickey Huber, Director of QMS Solutions, and Sid Shankar, QMS...

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Article

Donating Appreciated Stock to Save Money and Give to Charity

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Donating Appreciated Stock to Save Money and Give to Charity

I have appreciated stock that I don’t think I should sell. What should I do with it? How can I...

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Accounting

Recovery Startup Credit – New Feature with the Employee Retenti...

Accounting

Recovery Startup Credit – New Feature with the Employee Retenti...

The Employee Retention Credit (ERC) has been one of the more widely used tax incentives introduced by Congress to provide...

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NetSuite

Benefits of Coupa and Sikich Suite Success for Life Sciences with...

NetSuite

Benefits of Coupa and Sikich Suite Success for Life Sciences with...

We recently sat down with Thomas O'Leary of Coupa Software to discuss how both Sikich and Coupa can help life...

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News Release

Sikich Adds Economic Development Consulting Services

News Release

Sikich Adds Economic Development Consulting Services

CHICAGO — Jan. 18, 2022 — Sikich has hired economic development expert Jenny Massey to lead the firm’s new economic...

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Article

Accounting for Leases: Q&A Panel on the New Lease Accounting...

Article

Accounting for Leases: Q&A Panel on the New Lease Accounting...

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Technology

Four Key Considerations for Acquiring Construction ERP

Technology

Four Key Considerations for Acquiring Construction ERP

Construction companies are increasingly embracing digitization and looking for solutions that enable them to grow and operate profitably in challenging...

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Article

Accounting for Leases: A Q&A Panel on the New Lease Accounti...

Article

Accounting for Leases: A Q&A Panel on the New Lease Accounti...

https://youtu.be/lEUFf-RTF0w ACCOUNTING FOR LEASES: A Q&A PANEL ON THE NEW LEASE ACCOUNTING STANDARDS (ASC 842) January 13, 2022 Whether you're completely prepared to...

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Sikich Elects Nine New Partners

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Sikich Elects Nine New Partners

CHICAGO — Jan. 13, 2022 — Sikich recently elected nine new partners across its advisory, audit, tax and technology teams. “We’ve demonstrated...

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Article

Assessing Prevention in Action

Article

Assessing Prevention in Action

I’m excited to share my inaugural blog as Managing Director of Workforce Risk Management at Sikich. Our goal is to...

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Article

Mid-Continent Instruments and Avionics featured by Microsoft for ...

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Mid-Continent Instruments and Avionics featured by Microsoft for ...

One of our clients, Mid-Continent, was recently featured by Microsoft for their recent success with moving to Dynamics 365 and...

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Technology

Thriving With Partners Through Supply Chain Challenges

Technology

Thriving With Partners Through Supply Chain Challenges

As distribution companies grapple with global supply chain challenges, many Sikich distribution clients have seen an opportunity to reinvent their...

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Tax

“Build Back Better” Blocked, or is a Rebuild in the Works?

Tax

“Build Back Better” Blocked, or is a Rebuild in the Works?

As 2021 came to a close, the following key developments occurred with the BBB: The Senate finished its legislative work for...

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Technology

3 Key Trends in Managed Services

Technology

3 Key Trends in Managed Services

Clients look to their IT managed services providers (MSP) to help them make the most productive use of technology and...

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Article

4 Reasons Transactions Go Awry (And How To Avoid Them)

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4 Reasons Transactions Go Awry (And How To Avoid Them)

While breakups aren’t anyone’s favorite topic, I have to share a cautionary tale that plays out too often in the...

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Article

Glen Birnbaum Featured as a Top Tax Professional to Follow on Soc...

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Glen Birnbaum Featured as a Top Tax Professional to Follow on Soc...

Glen Birnbaum was featured in Bloomberg Tax's list of tax professionals to follow on social media in 2022. Glen, CPA, ABV,...

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Technology

Take Engineering and Production Excellence to the Next Level with...

Technology

Take Engineering and Production Excellence to the Next Level with...

A transformative view of the industry backed by a right-sized software solution can help ETO companies take engineering and production...

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Technology

Modern PC Management with Microsoft Endpoint Manager

Technology

Modern PC Management with Microsoft Endpoint Manager

Since the pandemic has forced businesses to change their modern workforces, looking toward full-remote or hybrid teams, this has also...

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Article

IRS Releases Updates for Exempt Organizations

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IRS Releases Updates for Exempt Organizations

An overview of the latest from the IRS as it pertains to not-for-profit organizations Changes to Form 1024 Last week, the IRS...

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Human Resources

Ways to Incentivize Manufacturing Employees when Remote Work Isn...

Human Resources

Ways to Incentivize Manufacturing Employees when Remote Work Isn...

This article originally appeared in Industry Today. In Sikich’s M&D Pulse survey, we found that 84% of businesses experienced plant floor...

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Technology

Salesforce User Tip: How to Format a Non-Rich Text Field for Sale...

Technology

Salesforce User Tip: How to Format a Non-Rich Text Field for Sale...

Having built many business processes over the years, I have been frustrated by the lack of formatting for the Comments...

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Article

State Tax Entity Election Updates to Know for Year-End

Article

State Tax Entity Election Updates to Know for Year-End

Specifically as it applies to Illinois taxpayers As we patiently await news on the “Build Back Better” (BBB) legislation, we wanted...

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Technology

What You Should Know About Insurance Software for Managing Genera...

Technology

What You Should Know About Insurance Software for Managing Genera...

Having worked with all types of insurance companies for years, I have learned that there are many software applications to...

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Article

Will Tax Changes Affect My Deals?

Article

Will Tax Changes Affect My Deals?

Activity in Washington has ramped up the last couple of months, and if you haven’t checked out the tax changes...

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Technology

Why Some Distributors Thrive Even When Supply Chains Are Challeng...

Technology

Why Some Distributors Thrive Even When Supply Chains Are Challeng...

Distributors are changing their operations in order to meet customer needs and remain profitable as supply chain challenges delay deliveries....

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Technology

How to Detect and Protect Against Log4j Vulnerabilities

Technology

How to Detect and Protect Against Log4j Vulnerabilities

Apache Log4j (Log4j) is a popular open source Apache logging platform. However, the Log4j logger is not exclusively used in...

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[Video Series] Success Everywhere: Digital Workplace Strategies f...

Uncategorized

[Video Series] Success Everywhere: Digital Workplace Strategies f...

Success Everywhere: Digital Workplace Strategies for Professional Services The shift to the digital workplace is necessary to succeed post-pandemic We have experienced an...

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