The Global Reporting Initiative unveiled its revised Universal Standards on Tuesday to reflect due diligence expectations for organizations to manage their sustainability impacts, including on human rights. GRI anticipates the revised standards will be used by the more than 10,000 companies already using its standards for their sustainability reporting. The
In a new case decided by the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals, Slaughter, CA-11 No. 20-10786, 8/3/21, a famous author of crime novels was held liable for underreported self-employment income. Generally, a self-employed individual must pay federal income tax as well as self-employment tax on the net self-employment income received during
Senator Elizabeth Warren and Representative Pramila Jayapal asserted that the firms were “abusing the public trust and taking advantage of the revolving door between public service and private profit.”
It is easy to work on QuickBooks until the coding errors start showing up. One recurrent trigger text in the software is the “QuickBooks Error 400: The remote server returned an error – Bad Request.” The most common situation where this error comes up is when the server cannot establish
Clients are often concerned with the past, like filing the previous year’s tax returns, rather than the future. Accountants can be hugely beneficial to these clients by providing forward-thinking services. This means financial planning. There are many reasons why clients often think they don’t need financial planning services. They may
The Value Reporting Foundation, the group formed by the recent merger of the Sustainability Accounting Standards Board and the International Integrated Reporting Council, is mulling changes in how it uses the term “materiality” to avoid legal and regulatory conflicts for companies disclosing their sustainability efforts. The issue of materiality was
As digital advisors, we get frequent questions from business leaders about how they can measure their organizations’ digital maturity. The answer is multifaceted and goes beyond technology. Digital disruption is a clear and present threat to firms that won’t change. Leaders must embed digital capabilities into the heart of their businesses and make digital
In thinking about the health and longevity of your business, ask yourself: Is my business running like an engine or like an egg beater? That’s to say, is your business a well-oiled machine with every part running exactly as it should with minimal input? Or, must you manually churn away
Sage is a leading resource planning software, and one of its comprehensive features is the Sage HR. However, multiple users have raised the Sage HR Unable to Contact Remote Server Error when they try to access Sage 50 HR. An issue with the configuration of the application is the primary
Intuit has introduced QuickBooks Desktop 2022, which includes new capabilities with major money movement, data sync and speed improvements that will help your small business clients complete more accounting tasks quicker. Below is a brief dive into the core updates made to the product. QuickBooks Desktop 2022 Subscription Offering QuickBooks Desktop
