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Building a Best-In-Class Finance Function
How do you know if your finance function is stuck in a rut? Do you manually produce the same reports, year after year—long after they have stopped being useful to management? Do you spend too much time making sure your numbers are right and not enough time figuring out what the numbers mean or what […]
AAFCPAs’ 2022 Spring Outing
In May 2022, AAFCPAs held their Spring Outing at Jack’s Abby Brewing Company! We had a blast making memories together!!
AAFCPAs Day Of Service at Rosie’s Place
Brenna Mellen, Dawn Pantano, Kaitlyn Noll, CPA and Julie Chevalier, CPA went to our client, Rosie’s Place for their Paid Day of Service!! #greatmindsgreathearts #10percentback #dayofservice #socialpurpose
AAFCPAs Day Of Service at Cradles to Crayons, MA
#Gratitude for our team who spent the day with Cradles to Crayons Massachusetts and Jookender Community Initiatives, Inc – A Nonprofit!! #paiddayofservice #greatmindsgreathearts #socialpurpose #10percentback
Courtney McFarland Earns 340B Expert Designation
AAFCPAs is pleased to announce that Partner Courtney McFarland, MSA, CPA has completed the Advanced 340B Operations Certificate Program and is now recognized as a 340B Apexus Certified Expert (ACE) in the 340B Drug Pricing Program. Courtney is highly sought-after for her 340B expertise, and was awarded the 340B ACE credential in recognition of having earned […]
AAFCPAs to Present FEI-Boston’s 2022 Ethics Symposium
4 Ethics CPE Credits: Building Ethical Management and Culture in Challenging Times May 20, 2022 | 7:30 AM – 12:00 PM Eastern Time | Bentley University, Waltham, MA Last Day to Register: Wednesday, May 18th AAFCPAs’ Jeffrey Mead, CPA, CGMA and Olga Yasinnik, MBA, CPA will again lead FEI-Boston’s annual 4-hour Ethics Symposium, May 20th, with a focus this […]
GASB Lease Accounting Standard Reminder
As a reminder, Governmental Accounting Standards Board (GASB) Statement No. 87, Leases, applies to entities following government accounting rules, including AAFCPAs’ clients in the Charter School industry, as well as other quasi-governmental organizations. This guidance applies to most leases with a term of over 12 months. These leases will now be recognized on the statement […]
The Role of Data is essential for CFOs
AAFCPAs’ recent CFO Survey revealed that having access to more data is undoubtfully essential but not new to CFOs. It is now more routine than anything else. What is next on their radar is understanding how to fully utilize it in a way that crosses over traditional boundaries of pure accounting. The pandemic brought this […]
May 16 is filing deadline for many tax-exempt organizations
AAFCPAs would like to remind nonprofit clients of an upcoming filing deadline of May 16, 2022. Those that operate on a calendar-year (CY) basis have certain annual information and tax returns they file with the IRS. These returns are: Form 990-series annual information returns (Forms 990, 990-EZ, 990-PF) Form 990-N, Electronic Notice (e-Postcard) for Tax-Exempt […]