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Understanding the Risks: How Tech Sprawl Compromises Nonprofit Grants Management

Understanding the Risks: How Tech Sprawl Compromises Nonprofit Grants Management

Many nonprofits flourish or flounder by their ability to successfully manage grants, and there are lots of components to success, which vary based on the nonprofit, the nature of each grant, and the requirements set forth by the grantor. Technology has come a long way in helping teams keep everything organized. But, as your organization […]

Effective Strategies for Streamlining Employee Time Off: A Guide to Process Improvements

Effective Strategies for Streamlining Employee Time Off: A Guide to Process Improvements

As employees use the summer to take time off, managers are charged with juggling coverage. Meanwhile colleagues struggle to assume new roles and responsibilities if only on a temporary basis. Even the most adept can find this challenging. What if, as opposed to business as usual, we took a step back and approached coverage as […]

Three Essential Steps to Prepare for Implementing Robotic Process Automation

Three Essential Steps to Prepare for Implementing Robotic Process Automation

As technology continues to advance at an unprecedented pace, we are exploring innovative solutions to streamline our clients’ operations and enhance efficiency. Robotic Process Automation (RPA) has emerged as a powerful software technology that automates repetitive tasks, freeing up valuable time and resources for more strategic initiatives.   The business case for RPA is often clear […]

Robotic Process Automation is a Must-Have for Community Health Center CFOs

Robotic Process Automation is a Must-Have for Community Health Center CFOs

CFOs of Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs) face a daunting obstacle when it comes to managing filings, data reporting, and process management. While already overburdened by high costs, high volume, and stringent regulations, these heavily manual tasks create an environment that is prone to inefficient functions and inaccurate data transfers.   Not only do overwhelming […]

Optimize Your New ERP or GL System

Optimize Your New ERP or GL System

Change is never easy. But as businesses evolve and leadership are pressed to maintain lean operations amid mounting cost constraints, adaptation becomes necessary. Optimizing your technology is no exception. Take Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) and general ledger systems implementation, for example. Driven to get the greatest return for our investment, we commit a huge amount […]

Nonprofit Collaborative Budgeting

Nonprofit Collaborative Budgeting

Ideally, your software should include all the core accounting features and functionality you need, including the ability to easily budget to department and person if necessary. In this webcast, recorded April 2023 at AAFCPAs’ Nonprofit Educational Seminar, AAFCPAs reviews system requirements that are proven to save management considerable time. We also demonstrate how efficiencies and […]

Budget Faster, Report Easier, Collaborate Better with Martus™ Software

Budget Faster, Report Easier, Collaborate Better with Martus™ Software

New Value-added Reseller Program Pairs AAFCPAs’ Industry Expertise with Hands-on Set-up, Optimization, and Support Boston, MA (May 3, 2023) – AAFCPAs, a preeminent 300+ member CPA and consulting firm specializing in tax, assurance, accounting, wealth management, business process and IT advisory solutions, today announced its partnership with Martus Solutions. As a value-added reseller, AAFCPAs will […]

Bill Introduced to Repeal R&D Expense Capitalization

Bill Introduced to Repeal R&D Expense Capitalization

AAFCPAs provides the following update to clients with expenditures incurred in connection with your trade or business which represent research and development costs in the experimental or laboratory sense. On Thursday, March 16th, Senators Maggie Hassan (D) of New Hampshire and Todd Young (R) of Indiana reintroduced a bill to repeal the required capitalization of […]

How to Identify Areas of Improvement within Processes and Systems?

How to Identify Areas of Improvement within Processes and Systems?

Whether caused by external forces like the pandemic or internal shifts at a specific company, there is a renewed focus on operational efficiencies. Your employee resources may be consistently frustrated by challenges such as: Extensive manual data manipulation in Excel Lack of reporting functionality in your system Information maintained in multiple systems Difficulty gaining cooperation, […]