In today’s competitive landscape, it is critical to stay ahead of the curve and position yourself as a trusted advisor to your clients. ADP’s latest whitepaper dives deeper into best-in-class technologies and methodologies that can be implemented now, enabling your firm to prove more value to your clients. Key highlights: Improve Efficiency: Explore tools to automate tasks, optimize resources and focus on higher-value services. Enhance Client Services: Learn how you can increase value for your clients with new service offerings.   The post New ADP Whitepaper: Elevating Today’s Accountin ..read more

The second annual AFWA Connect.Advance.Lead virtual conference, held on June 17-18, was an overwhelming success for attendees and exhibitors alike as the winners lit up the Leaderboard with points accumulated for repeated visits to exhibitor booths during the event. At the close of the final day it was AFWA member Annette Christensen who racked up a total of 415 points to take home the premier prize of a full free registration for the upcoming virtual Women Who Count Conference to be held October 18-22. The second-place winners, with 280 points each for their efforts, were members Katharine D ..read more

As tax filing season approaches, the Internal Revenue Service cautions taxpayers not to rely on receiving their refund by a certain date, especially when making major purchases or paying bills. Some tax returns may require additional review and those refunds may take longer. Many factors affect refund timing Just as each tax return is unique and individual, so is each taxpayer’s refund. Here are a few things taxpayers should keep in mind if they are waiting on their refund but hear or see on social media that other taxpayers have already received theirs. Different factors can affect the timing ..read more

By Lindsay Field Conley, CPA, Audit Director, BKD, LLP Companies often prepare their financial statements under Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (“GAAP”), which can involve certain complexities and require significant resources.  The release of new standards, such as recent changes to revenue recognition and leases, can also add to the time and effort required.  The users of the financial statements may not necessarily need GAAP basis financial statements and so therefore, companies may want to consider whether an alternative method may be more appropriate when considering al ..read more

AFWA National President, Laura Mangan, CPA, CMA December is a special time of the year. The weather finally changes (in Phoenix it drops below 80) and holiday decorations fill every corner. We open our hearts and wallets to important causes and enjoy time with friends and family. My kitchen will soon be full of blue and green cookies to share before a quick trip to Disneyland. I love to see all the different AFWA chapter events including holiday parties, wine and paint nights, happy hours, fundraisers, community service projects, and even a few technical CPE hours. We are half-way through our ..read more

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE   Contact: Cindy Stanley Accounting & Financial Women’s Alliance 859.219.3590 Cindy.stanley@afwa.org   Bonnie Buol Ruszczyk Incoming manager & owner Accounting MOVE Project 404.423.4433 bonnie@accountingMOVEproject.com     Sustainable Success via “Career Fluid” Strategies Outlined in 2022 Accounting MOVE Project Report  Bonnie Buol Ruszczyk takes helm of Accounting MOVE Project, industry’s only annual measurement of women, founded in 2010   Chicago, Il, October 28, 2022 — The new “career fluid” work culture presents deep currents for ..read more

“My Life in Full” Life Lessons from Indra Nooyi Indra Nooyi, former CEO and Chairman of Pepsi is an iconic role model and trailblazer. As the first woman of color and immigrant who rose to become the CEO of a Fortune 50 company, her success is extra-ordinary. I enjoyed every chapter and page in her book, narrated in her distinctive voice (in the online version). I also attended a virtual fireside chat with her. Her energy was very strong and palpable even in an online setting. Her striking smile, intelligence and warm personality are evident from her conversations. Her life story is packed wit ..read more

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE   Contact: Mary Marshall Public Relations Coordinator Accounting & Financial Women’s Alliance 859.684.2275 Mary.Marshall@afwa.org   Joanne Cleaver President Wilson-Taylor Associates, Inc. Office: 980.224.8781 Cell: 414.232.3181 jycleaver@wilson-taylorassoc.com     2022 Accounting MOVE Project “Allies in Action” Virtual Mini Summit to Equip Firms with Best Practices for Building Advocacy that Develops Talent and Relationships     Lexington, Ky., April 13, 2022 –     Allies convert good intentions to powerful advocacy, one person ..read more

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE     March 4, 2022   Contact: Mary Marshall Public Relations Coordinator Accounting & Financial Women’s Alliance 859.684.2275 Mary.Marshall@afwa.org   Joanne Cleaver President Wilson-Taylor Associates, Inc. Office: 980.224.8781 Cell: 414.232.3181 jycleaver@wilson-taylorassoc.com     2022 Accounting MOVE Project to Equip Firms with Buoyant Talent & Diversity Strategies in the New “Career Fluid” Era   May 24 Virtual Mini-Summit Will Show How Allyship Propels Retention and Advancement of Diverse Talent   Lexington, Ky ..read more

By: Cait Bieker, Digital Marketing Manager at NorthPoint Development “There is nothing more difficult to take in hand, more perilous to conduct, or more uncertain in its success, than to take the lead in the introduction of a new order of things.” —Niccolo Machiavelli Companies are facing a new order. The digital age has connected the world through fine and elaborate threads. It has brought with it an expectation of instant, revolving connection in both personal and professional regards. In this new order, employees exist in, and outside of, a traditional office and awareness for both society ..read more