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4 Board Governance Best Practices

January 21, 2019

To initiate our mini-series on Board Governance policies and Board Fiduciary responsibilities, we will cover some best practices that every...

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Cost Effective Actions You Can Take to Lower Your Property Tax Bi...

January 21, 2019

Rapidly rising property taxes and assessments on facilities present major challenges for business owners in the manufacturing and distribution industry....

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How the New Accounting Standard for Leases Impacts Manufacturers

January 17, 2019

Leasing is an important source of financing used by manufacturing companies to acquire critical pieces of equipment or facility expansions,...

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How to Write a Captivating Job Description

January 16, 2019

An effective job description defines exactly what you are looking for in a candidate. It helps you, as a hiring...

Audit and Tax

AICPA Issues Statement on Auditing Standard Impacting Audit Repor...

January 16, 2019

The Association of International Certified Public Accountants (AICPA) has elected to pass a new Statement on the Auditing Standard titled Forming an Opinion and Reporting on Financial Statements...

Technology

Using Formula Values as Available Filters in NetSuite Saved Searc...

January 16, 2019

Saved Searches are a powerful tool to solve problems in NetSuite. You can add standard and custom fields as criteria...

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TE/GE 2019 Program Letter

January 15, 2019

The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) recently issued the Tax Exempt & Government Entities (TE/GE) 2019 Program Letter with details of...

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Finding the Best Talent for Your Not-for-Profit in a Tight Labor ...

January 14, 2019

Hiring the right people is a crucial step for any organization. Even more so in the not-for-profit sector where budgets...

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2019 is Here – Is Your HR Team Ready?

January 14, 2019

As you prepare to take on the new calendar year, it’s time once again to review your Human Resources (HR)...

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The New Model for Lease Accounting’s Impact on the Construction...

January 10, 2019

With the issuance of ASU 2016-02, Leases, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) made changes to accounting standards for leases...

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Back to the Basics – Compute and Spend

January 10, 2019

Over the recent holiday break, I was doing some maintenance on my home lab environment, and my son asked me...

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Why your B2B PR strategy shouldn’t be “Wall Street Journal or...

January 9, 2019

Media coverage in the Wall Street Journal, New York Times and other prominent national publications can boost a B2B company’s...

Tax

Sikich Series on Tax Reform: IRS Update on Government Shutdown an...

January 9, 2019

IRS Opens Up on Government Shutdown and Tax Refunds The current “government shutdown,” is in its third week. Some government agencies...

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Outsourced Production – New Ideas in D365 for Finance and Opera...

January 9, 2019

Outsourcing is a widely used business process in the manufacturing industry. The main reasons are: In the manufacturing facility certain...

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Why Attend Microsoft Ignite, or Any Conference?

January 9, 2019

This is a question that comes up often, how do I justify the costs of Microsoft Ignite conference when the...

Technology

Enabling Remote Desktop Gateway UDP Transport

January 8, 2019

If you’re not familiar with the RD Gateway role, it is used for secure connectivity to Remote Desktop Services via...

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How to Create an Employee Directory With SharePoint Online

January 7, 2019

Ever had to look up some employee/co-worker information? Sure you have; everyone does that and everyone has a need to...

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Sikich Series on Business Succession Planning: How Much is My Bus...

January 7, 2019

Following a discovery process, an advisor will create a realistic picture of what your business is worth.  To begin, the next questions you and...

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An Architecture Firm’s Success Story With Implementing Dyna...

January 4, 2019

One of our clients is an architecture firm with vast experience in architecture, engineering, construction program management, and professional services....

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John Kleb Featured in BizVoice Magazine

January 3, 2019

John Kleb was featured in BizVoice Magazine reporter Crickett Gibbons' article in which John discusses the IoT landscape for manufacturers. John...

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Happy New Year from Sikich!

January 1, 2019

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Standard Mileage Rates for 2019 Released

December 24, 2018

The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) released Notice 2019-02 containing the optional standard mileage rates for 2019. This notice details the standard...

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Sikich Series on Tax Reform: JCT Staff Releases Long-Awaited “B...

December 21, 2018

With the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) being such a comprehensive bill, there is often some uncertainty over various...

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Explosion Options for Advanced Users of Microsoft Dynamics 365 an...

December 21, 2018

The explosion screen is the well known “mini-MRP” in Microsoft Dynamics 365 for Finance and Operations (D365FO) and AX 2012...

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Gantt Chart Colors – No Longer a Mystery

December 20, 2018

Gantt charts are used in project planning almost by default. Microsoft project has the Gantt chart as the standard user...

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Tax practice joins Sikich’s Milwaukee office

December 19, 2018

Professional services firm grows in Milwaukee with addition of experienced tax team CHICAGO — Jan. 2, 2019 — Professional services firm...

Technology

SD-WAN: Simplifying Critical Connectivity

December 19, 2018

Software Defined Wide Area Networking (SD-WAN) simplifies management and operation of a Wide Area Network (WAN) by separating the network...

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3 Reasons Chief Security Officers Should Have PR on Speed Dial

December 19, 2018

As Warren Buffet says, “It takes 20 years to build a reputation and five minutes to ruin it. If you think...

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Dynamics 365 Case Study: Sevan Multi-Site Solutions

December 18, 2018

Sevan Multi-Site Solutions Case Study Microsoft Dynamics 365 Implementation Sevan Multi-Site Solutions was founded in 2011 by a group of senior leaders...

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Sikich Series on Tax Reform: IRS Issues Guidance on Employee Park...

December 18, 2018

The adage goes “there is no such thing as a free lunch.” Perhaps this could be expanded now to be...