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How to Refresh a Business Central Sandbox Environment and Copy a ...
January 19, 2021
To refresh a Sandbox environment in Business Central, you need to delete the Sandbox and create a new one. There...
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Serve and Protect: Why Police are Needed Now More than Ever
January 15, 2021
Having spent time early in my career in law enforcement, there’s not much I haven’t seen. I served for a...
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Cheryl Aschenbrener Featured in WICPA’s On Balance Publicat...
January 15, 2021
Cheryl Aschenbrener's article, "Top Trends and Topics for Manufacturers" was featured in the Wisconsin Institute of CPAs' (WICPA) publication, On...
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Life Sciences Industry Panel Series: Part 2 – Choosing NetS...
January 15, 2021
The coronavirus pandemic has nearly impacted every business in some way or another, and biotech organizations are no exception. We...
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Dynamics GP Segmented Account Structure vs Business Central Dimen...
January 13, 2021
One of the key differences between Dynamics GP and Business Central, when it comes to GL account configuration, is the...
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The Employee Retention Credit: A Deeper Dive into the “Full or ...
January 11, 2021
A key incentive for employers in the CARES Act was the Employee Retention Credit (ERC), which was then further enhanced...
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The Employee Retention Credit Enhanced by Stimulus Legislation
January 11, 2021
The recently enacted “Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021” (“CAA”) [1] was the latest effort by Congress to provide stimulus and relief...
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Streamlining the Management of Prevailing Wages and Burden Rates ...
January 11, 2021
When you run construction projects for public sector clients, you need to factor prevailing wages into your bids, forecasts, project...
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Salesforce Will Retire the Original Territory Management Module
January 8, 2021
Salesforce is constantly rolling out releases. At least three times a year (Spring, Summer, Winter), the company rolls out a...
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Chicago Tribune Features Sikich
January 6, 2021
Sikich’s remote work policy was highlighted in a Chicago Tribune article. Even before the pandemic, Sikich was putting in place the...
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Resolving “Unable to communicate with the SharePoint server” ...
January 6, 2021
Recently, our Dynamics 365 for Finance and Operations (D365FO) team went through a tenant migration. With it, came the process...
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Glen Birnbaum Featured in Forbes
January 6, 2021
Glen Birnbaum was included in a Forbes’ annual list of the “Top 100 Must-Follow Tax Twitter Accounts.” Glen, CPA, ABV, ASA,...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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,...
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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,...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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,...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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