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As companies chart their path to recovery in a challenging business environment, finance departments are renewing their focus on reining in costs and positioning investments to improve controls and governance. Tax departments seeking to align with those priorities should consider one high-return move in particular: outsourcing sales and use tax returns.

Looking at ways to better meet the needs of your clients is critical for accountants. Using customer relationship management software (CRM) is an excellent way to serve your clients by keeping them happy and engaged. CRM software is also simple to use, allowing accountants to work much more efficiently without constantly dealing with technical issues.

The pandemic has fast-tracked many decisions around the embrace of technology. Understanding the expectations of regulators and government agencies is important to consider when implementing technology – and the risks of not considering compliance – especially for the financial services industry.

There’s an intriguing debate in the data analyst community on whether Excel or Power BI is the best tool for data analysis.

Hear Pablo Moreno’s perspective: he believes it’s not about the tool, but rather, your data needs – data ingestion, data size, data aggregation, distribution of the information.

Did you know Microsoft has released a tool to help with managing compliance for a variety of regulations and standards, like GDPR, NIST, ISO20071, and HIPAA? And even better news, it works with not just Dynamics 365, but also Office 365 and Azure, integrating with your own AD as well. All companies need to worry about securing their data and being compliant with the regulations out there nowadays. In this session, we will show and demo how the Compliance Manager can help.  

Organizations of all sizes are using cloud technology to transform their business, market, and industry at an increasing pace. Cloud adoption isn’t a one-size-fits all
scenario. It is journey that creates value, drives innovation, and empowers people . Migration Playbook provides an adaptable tool to manage all phases of your transformation with collaborative, automated and data-driven capabilities.

Data in the real world is messy, never available in the exact form that users need for their analysis or reports. Data Analysts need to spend a significant amount of their time working on data preparation, before the data is ready to be visualized. Power Query integration in Power BI Desktop provides a best-in-market experience for importing, reshaping and combining data from a wide range of data sources. In this session, we will teach you everything you need to know in order to start leveraging these capabilities and taking your reports to the next level. (Recorded 04/2019)

In part 4 of this series, I explore what’s next for AI. Artificial intelligence has been utilized in many ways and areas and is still breaking into new frontiers. Listen in as I share thoughts on new areas for AI and what to expect in the future.And, be sure to check out part 1, part 2, and part 3 of this series. Additional sources:More on DNA storage: https://news.microsoft.com/innovation-stories/hello-data-dna-storage/More on Gartner DNA predictions: https://siliconangle.com/2020/10/21/gartners-predictions-dna-storage-expanding-cio-roles/ More on AI helping to fight cancer: https://scienceblog.cancerresearchuk.org/2020/04/01/new-blood-test-study-uses-artificial-intelligence-to-identify-cancer-but-its-not-ready-for-patients-yet/ 

You may have heard about Europe’s GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) but what is happening in other countries around the world? Read on to find out! Brazil, China, Canada, and New Zealand have all implemented new laws that require compliance in the privacy arena. As this article concludes, “Companies that do business internationally would be well-advised to employ a global perspective in designing their 2021 compliance efforts to ensure they address the rapidly expanding scope of privacy laws beyond Europe and California.”

In part 1 of this series, I share my thoughts on the growth and proliferation of Artificial Intelligence (AI). AI is being used in many industries, such as marketing to service, and is being used to learn about things and learn about us humans, even learn failure. What does the future hold for AI?Additional sources:Wired source: https://www.wired.com/story/new-artificial-intelligence-mistakes-purpose-chess/  Fortune Business Insights source: https://www.fortunebusinessinsights.com/industry-reports/artificial-intelligence-market-100114 Towards Data Science source: https://towardsdatascience.com/democratization-of-ai-de155f0616b5 

Ford and Google announce a 6-year partnership, where Ford will use the data, AI and ML capabilities on Google Cloud Platform. This short and to-the-point article highlights how Ford plans to leverage this partnership and what it means for the future. You’ll also learn the three considerations Ford took into account when selecting a cloud provider.

Dealing with IRS scams can be an obstacle for taxpayers, businesses, and tax professionals during the upcoming tax season. Staying aware of the latest tax scams, which are shared publicly by the IRS each year, is important in keeping your money safe during this pandemic.  Here is a brief overview of the latest IRS’s “Dirty Dozen” list of tax scams.