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Turning Generational Change to Your Advantage
January 30, 2020
The power and motivation of your workforce can be a tremendous competitive advantage and ensure the lasting viability of the...
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A Recap of Revenue Recognition for Tax-exempt Entities
January 30, 2020
Times can be trying for not-for-profits (NFPs) applying FASB Accounting Standards Codification (ASC) 606, Revenue for Contracts with Customers. As...
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When Should I Start Drawing My Social Security Benefits?
January 29, 2020
Planning for Social Security can be tricky. With so many different caveats and exceptions it can be a daunting task...
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Machinery Manufacturer’s ERP Checklist
January 29, 2020
In our last post, we went over what makes machinery manufacturers different from high volume manufacturers, and therefore, why they...
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Handbook Updates for 2020
January 29, 2020
We’ve rung in the new year and are kicking off a new decade, and now more than ever is the...
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SSL Certificates for Remote Desktop Gateways: Why Choose Thawte?
January 28, 2020
As companies strive to acquire top talent, decentralized, remote workforces are becoming more and more prevalent in today’s business world....
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The Bonding Company and Surety Industry’s View on Revenue Recog...
January 28, 2020
We polled surety and bonding agents to hear their perspective of the impact of revenue recognition on construction contractors For most...
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XrmToolbox Basics
January 27, 2020
With so many tools at our disposal for Microsoft Dynamics CE, all of which help make the work of module configuration...
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Why Machinery Manufacturers Need Different ERP Solutions Than Hig...
January 27, 2020
Vertical or industry vertical manufacturers can be called different names, but we often call them engineer to order, equipment, or...
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Gear up: Technology is upending the status quo in public accounti...
January 27, 2020
CEO Blog - Lessons from Leadership
Gear up: Technology is upending the status quo in public accounti...
January 27, 2020
How Technology is Changing the World of Accounting Firms In October of last year, Sears filed for chapter 11 bankruptcy protection....
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Debbie Altham Featured in Manufacturing Business Technology
January 23, 2020
Debbie Altham's article about digital transformation was published in Manufacturing Business Technology. With over 30 years of experience in technology, Debbie...
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CPE Trainings: Tax Levels 1, 2, & 3
January 23, 2020
Register for CPE Training Level of Your Choice Program Description Sikich University is pleased to offer Tax Training Levels 1-3 for your...
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Opportunity Zones: A Case Study
January 23, 2020
The Tax Cut and Jobs Act of 2017 created a new tax saving vehicle, Opportunity Zones (OZ). The intention of...
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Other Azure Cost Reduction Strategies: Basic, Burstable, and Spot...
January 23, 2020
My previous blog post talked about reducing Azure costs using Reserved Instances and Azure Hybrid Use Rights. Using this strategy,...
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Modern ERP Confronts the AS/400 Platform
January 22, 2020
Companies managing their activities on IBM AS/400 systems or their successor technology, Power Systems, often do so because the software...
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Drew Long Featured in Accounting Today
January 22, 2020
News of Drew Long and Louis Sands' promotions to partner at Sikich was covered in Accounting Today’s "People on the...
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VPN and Security
January 21, 2020
Virtual Private Networks or VPNs are widely used today in business to connect remote workers to their offices and protect...
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Salesforce Service Cloud for Lightning
January 20, 2020
Service cloud is an application within Salesforce that is geared toward making things easier for customer service by providing features...
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DNS over HTTPS – More security for your business!
January 17, 2020
If you created a list with the top 10 most critical technologies that allowed the internet to work, DNS (Domain...
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Congress Moves Forward with USMCA Trade Agreement
January 17, 2020
What this Means for U.S. Manufacturers and Distributors As a new decade begins, will manufacturers and distributors see the ‘roaring twenties’...
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The Differences Between Vulnerability Scanning and Penetration Te...
January 16, 2020
Today’s cybersecurity landscape has seen security consciousness grow amongst many organizations, such that organizations have moved from reactively scrambling to...
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A Smooth Path to Modern ERP From Homegrown Legacy Systems
January 16, 2020
At the time your homegrown ERP system was developed and launched, it was probably the best possible solution. But what...
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Financial Planning Series: Step 2 – How to Set Financial Go...
January 15, 2020
Financial Planning Series: Step 2 https://youtu.be/EFqUq7eKiI0 Setting goals is an important step in financial planning. Goals can vary based on a person’s situation, but your starting goal...
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The Power of Video: Why your company needs video marketing in 202...
January 15, 2020
Why your company needs video ARE YOU INTERESTED IN? Having more customers REACH out to you?SELLING your products more easily?Having your customers...
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Salesforce Community Cloud Basic Overview
January 15, 2020
A community cloud is essentially a website connected to the Salesforce org that you can deploy to connect customers, partners,...
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Revenue Recognition and Private Equity: Are You Paying Attention?...
January 15, 2020
Transaction Advisory Services
Revenue Recognition and Private Equity: Are You Paying Attention?...
January 15, 2020
Back in May of 2014, FASB issued one of the most considerably penetrating compliance changes in over a decade (Accounting...
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Dynamics GP Security – A Dozen Easy Ways to Make Your Syste...
January 14, 2020
Everyone is worried about security these days, and GP users are no exception. Clients often ask my team and me...
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The A, B, Cs of Medicare
January 14, 2020
Planning for Healthcare costs in retirement While most people know that Medicare is health insurance for those ages 65+ or with...
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Dynamics 365 Field Service Integrations, Part 5 of 5: Application...
January 13, 2020
In Part 1 of this series, we made the distinction between data integration and application integration. Part 3 and Part...
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Sikich elects two new tax partners
January 13, 2020
CHICAGO — Jan. 13, 2020 — Sikich recently promoted Drew Long and Louis Sands to partner. Both Long and Sands offer...
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