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How Earnouts Prevent Burnouts in Transactions
August 12, 2020
With a prideful twinkle in their eye, owners often set the asking price for their business fully confident it will...
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Jerry Murphy Appears in Manufacturing Business Technology
August 11, 2020
Jerry Murphy authored an article about financial hygiene measures manufacturers can put in place during the pandemic, which was published...
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Financial Advisor Quotes Maureen Aebi
August 11, 2020
Financial Advisor, a magazine and news website covering essential market information and planning and investment strategies to help advisors better...
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Cumulating Royalty Claims in D365FO
August 11, 2020
Software Version Used Installed product version: 10.0.11 (10.0.464.20020) Installed platform version: Update 35 (7.0.5644.41461) Introduction The royalty functionality in Dynamics 365 for Finance and...
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Mergers and Acquisitions During a Downturn Part 2: The Seller’s...
August 11, 2020
Last week, we discussed mergers and acquisitions during a downturn from the buyer’s perspective. Though many buyers may be hesitant to...
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Title IV Common Findings Corner: Zone Alternative Requirements
August 10, 2020
To begin and continue to participate in any Title IV, the Higher Education Act (HEA), program, an institution must demonstrate...
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PPP Loan Accounting Issues for For-Profit Title IV Institutions
August 7, 2020
Article updated on October 2, 2020 Amongst all of the uncertainty surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic, the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA)...
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Royalties: Calculating and Recalculating Royalty Amounts in D365F...
August 6, 2020
Software Version Used Installed product version: 10.0.10 (10.0.420.10041) Installed platform version: Update 34 (7.0.5600.35546) Introduction The royalty functionality in Dynamics 365 for Finance and...
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Will NetSuite’s New SFTP SuiteApp Replace Bank Feeds?
August 6, 2020
NetSuite’s latest innovation in banking, the Auto Bank Statement Import (ABSI) SuiteApp, was released early. However, because its release was...
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Title IV Common Findings Corner – COVID-19 Updates
August 6, 2020
The Department of Education previously released updated guidance on June 16, 2020 for schools that were affected by the COVID-19...
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New Considerations for Deal Making
August 5, 2020
The COVID-19 pandemic flipped traditional business operations upside down, uncovering what companies need to do not only to survive, but...
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Mergers and Acquisitions During a Downturn Part 1: The Buyer’s ...
August 4, 2020
A downturn in economic activity—particularly one as severe as the crisis in 2008 or the current COVID-19 recession of 2020—understandably...
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A world without offices?
July 31, 2020
The coronavirus pandemic has caused significant hardship and has forced us to look at much of life through a new...
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Depreciation Planning for Real Estate Like-Kind Exchanges
July 30, 2020
A “like-kind exchange,” or “Section 1031 exchange,” allows real estate investors that incur gains on real property sales to reinvest...
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Dynamics Nav to Dynamics 365 BC Cloud Promotion
July 30, 2020
Nowadays, many companies are leaving their comfort zone of an on-premises ERP and taking the plunge to move their network...
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The Importance of Practicing Incident Response
July 29, 2020
During times of stress, you can find kind people helping. Unfortunately, you can also find people trying to exploit vulnerabilities...
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The Importance of a Warranty on IT Equipment
July 29, 2020
Today many people who manage their company's IT infrastructure understand the importance of server warranties. To make it easier, most...
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2020 Blueprint: Succession Planning for the Construction Industry...
July 28, 2020
Business succession planning is a process of continuous preparation and risk management and is more applicable than ever, as 2020...
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Not-for-profit Leadership Transition Planning
July 28, 2020
Leadership transition planning for any organization is a challenge. For mission-driven organizations, these transitions can be even more daunting, as...
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Reasons Why ERP Projects Fail or Underperform
July 28, 2020
We've gone over before the nine signs that your ERP project is failing, but why do these ERP projects fail? Spectacular...
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Sikich’s 2020 M&D Report Featured in Accounting Today ...
July 27, 2020
Sikich's 2020 Manufacturing & Distribution Report was featured in Accounting Today, AiThority, Monitor Daily, MultiBriefs and Insurance Business America.This year's report...
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Overtime Rules in 2020
July 27, 2020
Effective January 2020, new overtime rules apply according to the Department of Labor. This will affect many employers, as millions...
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Acquisition of Heinold Banwart Featured In Accounting Today and M...
July 24, 2020
The acquisition of Heinold Banwart was featured in Accounting Today, CBS TV Peoria, the Chicago Business Journal and the Daily Herald.Sikich announced...
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What Buyers And Sellers Can Expect To Change In The Financial Due...
July 23, 2020
As both short-term and lasting impacts continue to unfold the further we move through the era of the COVID-19 pandemic,...
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Sikich’s 2020 M&D Report Featured in Multiple Publicat...
July 23, 2020
Sikich's 2020 Manufacturing & Distribution Report was featured in The Fabricator, Manufacturing Tomorrow, Manufacturing Best Practices and Supply Chain Best Practices.This...
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How an Essential Industry Can Carry on and Thrive
July 23, 2020
Our societies couldn’t continue without the structures construction companies create. These businesses always seem to achieve amazing results in spite...
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Sikich expands central Illinois presence with acquisition of Hein...
July 23, 2020
CHICAGO — July 23, 2020 — Sikich announced Thursday that it has signed an asset purchase agreement to acquire the...
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2020/2021 Dynamics GP Enhancement Renewal Promotion
July 22, 2020
Microsoft has released a great new Dynamics GP to Dynamics 365 Business Central promotion starting in June 2020 for all...
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Manufacturers and distributors neglect key cybersecurity activiti...
July 22, 2020
CHICAGO — July 22, 2020 — Less than 40% of respondents in Sikich’s 2020 Manufacturing and Distribution Report said they perform...
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Microsoft Power Automate: How to Set Up Automatic Replies From Sh...
July 21, 2020
A common request from clients who utilize shared mailboxes for communication between their customers is to configure automated responses. Most...
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