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the rise of the robot accountant: opportunity or threat?

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robots are replacing some accounting tasks, but only some.

by hitendra patil
accountaneur: the entrepreneurial accountant

by one oft-cited study, robots will replace 94% what accountants and auditors are doing today.

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but look a little deeper and you’ll find that instead of replacing accountants, the profession stands to gain from mastering new robot technologies and putting them to work to enhance client service, streamline processes, and provide more high-value high-ticket work.

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what are ai and bots?

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robot with penalso: talking to vendors about technology.

by jody padar
from success to significance: the radical cpa guide

are you ready? because we’re radical 2.0 and we’re going beyond bank feeds.

more on radicalism: the cloud at work | technology + transparency = transformation | 5 ways to create a more diverse and inclusive workplace | goals, goals, goals | product management meets strategy
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the reason being is that technology is automating everything faster. soon we will be using artificial intelligence and bots to do accounting.
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12 seo myths: unraveling google, bing, ssl, keywords, and more

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blue pushpin in word "seo" at center of a targetlocal? images? mobile? all important.

by becky livingston

below is a list of seo myths that people might still believe to be true.

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  1. i must submit my site to google and bing for it to be indexed. what makes this a myth is the “must” part. if you’re creating a site that’s never been indexed before you can submit it to google and bing to be indexed, however, that doesn’t guarantee the site will be indexed or that this step will increase your search ranking. if you have an existing site, say that’s been around for a while, you don’t have to do this step even if it’s never been done before.

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urgently required: a new definition of accounting

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the universally accepted definitions just don’t cut it anymore.

by hitendra patil
accountaneur: the entrepreneurial accountant

“users can and will be able to use the software without an accounting education.”

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this prediction caught my attention when i read a recent report.
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10 reasons why partners don’t understand marketing

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but they need to.

jeff mckay
prudent pedal

one of my more popular and controversial blog posts is “why your marketer doesn’t understand your firm’s business.” the title alienates marketers before they get to the first sentence. it satisfies partners because it recognizes what they might think but would never say aloud.

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not being one to avoid controversy or healthy debates, i thought it would make sense to share a marketer’s point of view about why “the line” lacks a grasp of marketing. my sincere and ambitious goal is to reconcile and build the collaborative power of both parties.

following are 10 reasons why practice leaders and partners don’t understand marketing.

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product management meets strategy

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businessman with briefcase crossing the word "product" between two buildings against sunriseget ready to move ahead with no map.

by jody padar
from success to significance: the radical cpa guide

the product manager in a cpa firm is the leader in developing new products that complement the firm’s strategy.

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therefore, you must know your firm’s strategy for this person to be successful.
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half of e-filings go through tax pros

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irs filing data for week ending march 2, 2018direct deposits down from their usual range.

by beth bellor
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with a full month of tax filings in the books, there aren’t any surprises.

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by the end of week 5 on march 2, the irs had received 61.2 million individual income tax returns, up 0.1 percent from the same period last year. it had processed 59 million, down 0.1 percent.
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irs e-filing stats approaching 2017 levels

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chart of irs filing data for the week ended feb. 23, 2018tax pros continue to increase their share of the market.

by beth bellor
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taxpayers are keeping the irs hopping.

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even with six fewer days so far, the number of individual income tax returns filed in 2018 had nearly met 2017 levels by the end of week 4.
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artificial intelligence gets a boost with tax reforms

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the five new complications humans can’t handle alone.

by rick telberg
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the tax reforms of 2018 may mean a lot more than a radical drop in the corporate tax.

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because the reform reaches so far into and across transnational corporations, the power of artificial intelligence may leverage tax data into a driving force that pervades all aspects of operations—and not just at big companies.

the slashing of the corporate tax rate from 35 percent to 21 percent opens all sorts of options for corporations. five, to be exact:

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when artificial intelligence gets real

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survey: 78 percent “would work with an a.i. manager if it meant a more balanced workload.”

by rick telberg
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there’s a brave new world rising, a world juiced up on artificial intelligence.

more on a.i.:  lessons for accountants from self-driving cars   |   how artificial intelligence will drive the next wave of merger mania   |   how artificial intelligence feeds accounting marketing 

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what’s it going to be like? what will a.i. be capable of? is it the dawn of a glorious new age of automation or a cat-5 storm cloud on the horizon?

卡塔尔世界杯常规比赛时间 has some answers, and you might not like them.

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