As a business owner, you calculate a variety of figures to determine your company’s financial health. One of these figures to keep on your radar is gross margin. Read on to learn what is gross margin and how it can help you set prices for your goods or services. What is gross margin? Gross margin […]
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69% of advisers to review investment strategy
A survey of UK financial advisers has revealed that 69% plan to review their investment strategies in the wake of the Coronavirus. Nearly all advisers (95%) expect the pandemic to cause a major global recession although 66% believe fiscal and monetary policy can mitigate the impact. Almost half of adviser clients (49%) expect to delay […]
Xero and MNP: Helping Canadian businesses succeed
We’re thrilled to announce a new agreement with MNP, one of Canada’s largest national accounting, tax and business consulting firms that serves 150,000 small business customers. Our partnership provides accountants across MNP’s 80+ offices in Canada with access to cloud accounting ledger and financial management tools and services anytime, and on any device. MNP has […]
What CPAs should consider before deferring ASB reporting standards
The coronavirus pandemic created a challenging environment for CPA practitioners related to the new auditor reporting standards that were developed by the AICPA Auditing Standards Board (ASB). CPAs and their clients will experience substantial benefits from implementing the new standards because they were developed to enhance the communicative value of the auditor’s report and align […]
Integrating QuickBooks Online with Amazon and Shopify using A2X
A common struggle for e-commerce sellers using Amazon and/or Shopify lies in how to get the information from your Amazon and/or Shopify account into QuickBooks Online. There is, of course, an option to manually enter the information, but that can easily lead to errors, and even when done perfectly, would take a lot of time […]
Taking back your Friday nights: tackling work/life balance with Pinch
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WhatsApp Pay only after RBI nod, Supreme Court told
WhatsApp on Wednesday assured the Supreme Court that it would not launch its payments product, WhatsApp Pay, before getting the approval of the Reserve Bank of India. Senior advocate Kapil Sibal made the statement on behalf of the messaging platform, before a bench headed by Chief Justice of India SA Bobde. The three-judge bench then […]
Govt issues policy guidelines for social media campaigns
The Information & Broadcasting ministry on Wednesday issued draft policy guidelines for empanelment of social media platforms with the Bureau of Outreach and Communication, the nodal organisation for Centre’s paid outreach campaigns. The policy also aims at reaching out to more young people with its awareness campaigns, according to an official. “Particularly at a time […]
Facebook to pay moderators $52 million for work trauma
Facebook has agreed to pay $52 million to settle a class-action lawsuit in the United States which alleged that content moderators contracted to work for the social media giant had suffered mental health problems and trauma while filtering harmful content. The lawsuit, filed in 2018, alleged that Facebook did not properly protect moderators – employees […]
There’s more than food on plate of delivery companies
Illustration: Rahul Awasthi Food delivery apps Swiggy and Zomato, battling a major slowdown in their core business due to the Covid-19 pandemic and resultant lockdown, are thinking of expanding their logistics services to businesses outside their platforms, people in the know have said. Zomato is also eyeing the launch of a consumer-facing pick up and […]