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CPA Practice
OCTOBER 17, 2024
State and local governments are being squeezed by a shortage of accounting professionals, making it difficult at times to find staff CPAs who can prepare critical financial information or outside firms to conduct audits. But accountants who do government work face unique challenges that require more specialized solutions.
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CPA Practice
NOVEMBER 11, 2024
We track the top products in every category and discuss them in our weekly podcasts in The Accounting Technology Lab. The Future Of AI For Productivity In Public Practice Is Brighter Than Ever Our K2 Enterprises team continues to teach practical AI courses for public practice professionals and industry CPAs.
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Next-Level Fraud Prevention: Strategies for Today’s Threat Landscape
Outsourcing Vs. In-House: The Ultimate Battle For Better Collections
Maximizing Profit and Productivity: The New Era of AI-Powered Accounting
The Silent Crisis: Why Finance Lags in Digital Transformation and How to Accelerate AI Adoption
Next-Level Fraud Prevention: Strategies for Today’s Threat Landscape
Outsourcing Vs. In-House: The Ultimate Battle For Better Collections
Maximizing Profit and Productivity: The New Era of AI-Powered Accounting
The Silent Crisis: Why Finance Lags in Digital Transformation and How to Accelerate AI Adoption
CPA Practice
AUGUST 31, 2023
After Duke Alexander Moore got a sneak peek at the questions he and the two other panelists would be asked during a session at the 2023 Unique CPA Conference, “Bridging the Gap,” there was a topic he knew nothing about, even as the owner of a tax and accounting business: the traditional accounting firm partnership business model.
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Going Concern
FEBRUARY 3, 2025
Hot off Ohio’s governor signing into law a bill that introduces a bachelor’s only pathway to CPA licensure in that state , a pair of Illinois representatives have introduced a bill that would do the same for aspiring CPAs in their state. And the Illinois CPA Society is cheering it on.
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AdviceForTaxpreparers
OCTOBER 20, 2014
Many current and future tax CPAs think they can control the flow of their careers when in most cases they are merely in the eye of the hurricane. But that doesn't mean you're without options. click to keep reading.].
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CPA Practice
AUGUST 30, 2023
How to fix the crumbing talent pipeline in the accounting profession is a topic on the minds of many people these days. And it popped up at a session during the first day of the 2023 Unique CPA Conference, “Bridging the Gap,” in the Chicago suburb of Rosemont, IL, on Tuesday. You don’t have to be a CPA. It’s not glamorous.
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CPA Practice
DECEMBER 20, 2023
Top 200 accounting firm Honkamp recently added one of the 20 largest CPA firms in the St. The Dubuque, IA-based firm merged with Schowalter & Jabouri on Dec. The new location will be the first office in Missouri for Honkamp, and the merger increases the firm’s headcount to about 300 employees.
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AdviceForTaxpreparers
SEPTEMBER 8, 2020
by Bill Meador, CPA, JD. My name is Bill Meador and I am writing a book to help tax staff succeed in a public accounting firm tax department. Now I understand the first reaction of many accountants to the concept of selling anything. Earn $20 per Book Promoting My Tax Preparer Book from Home in Your Spare Time.
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KROST
APRIL 9, 2021
KROST CPAs and Consultants, Los Angeles-based firm, receives two new accolades from Accounting Today , Top 100 Firms, and Fastest-Growing Firms in the U.S. The average firm growth was 7.59%, which KROST surpassed with the highest percent change. 1 in the fastest-growing firms list. Pasadena, CA.
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CPA Practice
JANUARY 16, 2024
[ State CPA Societies in Action is a series of articles spotlighting the varied educational, advocacy, networking and professional activities of the state CPA societies across the U.S.] The Alabama Society of CPAs was formed in 1919 and adopted its recent bylaws on June 25, 1975, with the last revision completed on March 1, 2018.
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TaxConnex
NOVEMBER 15, 2022
Many certified public accountants (CPAs), enrolled agents and other tax preparers and professionals that run accounting and tax preparation firms are constantly looking for new advisory avenues to service clients. government affairs at Wolters Kluwer Tax & Accounting wrote on Accounting Today. “It
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ThomsonReuters
DECEMBER 17, 2020
With the recent rash of public company fraud issues that were missed both internally and by external auditors, there has been a lot of negative news coverage for the accounting industry. But what does this mean for small CPA firms who don’t perform audits? In this episode of Pulse of Practice “Should a Small Firm Care?”,
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CPA Practice
APRIL 12, 2023
By Blake Oliver, CPA, and Chris Vanover, CPA. CPAs have always been passionate about numbers, using various metrics such as revenue, profit, headcount and realization to measure success. However, this focus on numerical indicators is contributing to the decline of the CPA profession itself.
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CPA Practice
JANUARY 30, 2024
Syracuse, NY-based accounting firm Bowers CPAs & Advisors has expanded its presence in Rochester after combining with Kasperski Dinan & Rink CPAs on Jan. Financial terms of the deal weren’t disclosed.
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CPA Practice
AUGUST 27, 2024
The executive committee of HBK voted to split leadership roles of its two entities, HBK CPAs & Consultants and HBKS Wealth Advisors, giving each its own top executive, the firm said on Aug. In addition, Jeremy Hartzell will join Angelo’s executive team as chief operating officer of HBK CPAs & Consultants.
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CPA Practice
APRIL 22, 2024
The race to integrate Artificial Intelligence into the workflow of Certified Public Accountants is no longer a futuristic concept, but a current reality. Large accounting firms have made substantial strides in using AI to augment their services and deliver high quality outcomes.
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Going Concern
FEBRUARY 6, 2025
Two years ago, two years after the first major private equity investment in a top 20 firm kicked off a flood of similar investments in some of the largest non-Big 4 firms in the country, the AICPA formed a task force to “look into issues raised by private equity investors in accounting.”
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TaxConnex
NOVEMBER 22, 2022
In our blog last week, we looked at how sales and use tax advisory services might be a good new field for CPAs and accounting firms. Mark Friedlich, CPA, vice president of U.S. Review the sales tax payable account. A sales tax payable account is the most neglected balance sheet liability in the GL.
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Ryan Lazanis
JANUARY 23, 2023
It’s my belief that hiring a virtual assistant for CPAs is one of the best choices you can make when scaling your firm. Table of Contents What is a Virtual Assistant for Certified Public Accountants? What Can a Virtual Assistant Do at Your Firm? What Can a Virtual Assistant Do at Your Firm?
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CPA Practice
JUNE 8, 2023
The American Institute of CPAs and Chartered Institute of Management Accountants honored eleven CPAs during AICPA & CIMA ENGAGE 2023 in Las Vegas this week. The awards highlight CPA efforts in a specific accounting specialty area, excellence in volunteer efforts or significant contributions to the accounting profession.
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CPA Practice
SEPTEMBER 12, 2023
You are in the home stretch of the year, and it’s time to think about how this quarter could impact Q1 of next year—the busiest time for some CPAs. You can continue your passive social media efforts, but are they really paying off?
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CPA Practice
JULY 3, 2024
As your clients’ businesses expand their operations across state lines, it is crucial for your firm to help them understand and manage tax nexus. For CPAs and accountants, guiding clients through the intricacies of tax nexus also means monitoring and ensuring compliance and optimizing tax strategies.
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Going Concern
SEPTEMBER 1, 2022
Last week, we published a letter written to Fortune by a former CPA who pivoted to driving 18-wheelers and found far more career happiness than he ever would have in accounting (good for him). Accounting and being a CPA have been the worst personal decision and professional organization I’ve been a part since passing.
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CPA Practice
NOVEMBER 28, 2023
Houston-based accounting and advisory firm abip CPAs & Advisors and San Antonio-based accounting firm Brehm, Havel & Co. A regional firm with a national reach, abip has more than 100 professionals in offices based in Houston, San Antonio, New Braunfels, and the Woodlands. will merge effective Jan.
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BuildYourFirm
APRIL 28, 2020
For twenty consecutive years, Allan has been named by Accounting Today as one of the Top 100 Most Influential People in the accounting profession. Koltin was also voted one of the 10 Most Recommended Consultants for the sixteenth straight year in the “Annual Survey of Firms” conducted by INSIDE Public Accounting.
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KROST
FEBRUARY 9, 2021
KROST CPAs and Consultants, the Los Angeles based firm, has announced a new Principal, Stacey R. Korman, CPA, MST. Stacey has extensive experience in assurance & advisory and accounting services and since joining the firm she has led the accounting and audit departments. Pasadena, CA.
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TaxConnex
AUGUST 23, 2022
We are excited to announce that we have been chosen by the Georgia Society of CPAs to speak at two events this fall and exhibit at this week’s Southeastern Accounting Show ! “We The Southeastern Accounting Show is this week (August 24-25) at the Cobb Galleria in Atlanta, Georgia.
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Going Concern
OCTOBER 13, 2023
Big 4 alum and professor of accounting and finance at the College of Saint Benedict and Saint John’s University in Minnesota Boz Bostrom has penned a piece for the MNCPA blog on why, in his opinion and supported by research, the 150 hour rule must change. Louis, found that the 150-hour rule reduced those taking the CPA exam by 15%.
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CPA Practice
SEPTEMBER 27, 2023
The American Institute of CPAs (AICPA) is supporting new bipartisan, bicameral legislation establishing the accounting profession as a STEM career pathway and supporting long-standing efforts to diversify the future accounting workforce. 1705, the STEM Education in Accounting Act. In the House of Representatives, H.R.
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Going Concern
NOVEMBER 13, 2023
This is the largest administrative penalty the Texas Board has ever assessed against a CPA firm. Details From the SEC Order The post The Texas Board of Accountancy Slapped EY With a Huge Fine appeared first on Going Concern. That’s it. That’s the press release.
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CPA Practice
NOVEMBER 19, 2024
Top 60 accounting firm Doeren Mayhew has expanded its footprint in western Michigan by acquiring Biggs, Hausserman, Thompson & Dickinson (BHT&D CPAs), a Saranac-based full-service CPA firm. Financial terms of the deal weren’t disclosed.
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CPA Practice
AUGUST 28, 2024
After voting by the awards committee panel each year, the top five products are presented as winners of the Tax and Accounting Technology Innovation Awards. The publication and online technology resource was founded in 1991 as The CPA Software News , and has evolved technologically along with the profession.
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CPA Practice
JUNE 15, 2023
Weirich, PhD, CPA, as the recipient of the 2023 Distinguished Achievement in Accounting Award for his outstanding teaching, research and service throughout his 50-year career. This text has been adopted by numerous universities, CPA firms, and corporations for staff training purposes.
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CPA Practice
AUGUST 23, 2023
State CPA Societies in Action is a series of articles spotlighting the varied educational, advocacy, networking and professional activities of the state CPA societies across the U.S. TSCPA is the premier professional association for CPAs in Tennessee,” said Kara Fitzgerald, CPA, President/CEO of TSCPA.
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Going Concern
OCTOBER 14, 2024
An ‘everygirl’ tells the tale of being pressured to choose a major, landing on accounting, and regretting the decision in ‘ I Was Dedicated to My 5-Year Plan—and Then It Blew Up in My Face ‘: It was the fall semester of my sophomore year of college. Land an internship at a prestigious accounting firm.
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CPA Practice
MARCH 15, 2023
In the past several decades, few topics have driven as much conversation among accounting professionals and firm leaders as has ongoing private equity investment in firms. This phenomenon has caused the profession to rethink the very model of firm ownership, success, partnership and hierarchy.
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CPA Practice
DECEMBER 28, 2023
ChatGPT ushered in a new era of automation in accounting (link goes to YouTube), for better or worse. In finance and accounting, early adopters have seen the potential of language-based AI interfaces to create scripts and formulas and draft responses to clients. After creating an OpenAI account, users can input any text they want.
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BuildYourFirm
OCTOBER 28, 2020
To help United States businesses capitalize on the Puerto Rico tax incentives , Delerme CPA has created a boutique service designed to maximize the financial benefits of relocating to this tax oasis. Delerme CPA is a licensed US CPA Firm, and licensed in Puerto Rico as well.
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CPA Practice
AUGUST 22, 2024
Kansas City, MO-based Mayer Hoffman McCann (MHM) has changed its name to CBIZ CPAs, according to a Aug. The now-former MHM is a national independent CPA firm with which CBIZ has had an administrative service agreement for more than 25 years. 21 media release. It’s a separate legal entity from CBIZ.
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LSLCPAs
MARCH 29, 2022
Introduction Deciding to hire a CPA firm versus hiring a person to do your bookkeeping and accounting is an important decision! When the company is small, it could be appropriate for one person to wear the accounting hat. The post Should You Outsource Your Accounting to a CPA Firm?
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Going Concern
JANUARY 3, 2024
We got a pitch from “GenAI customer support experts DevRev” via email today that says accountants are third most worried about advancements in AI according to an analysis of search data for terms like “how will AI affect __” and “will AI replace _.” You know what, never mind. Yeah, lawyers win.
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CPA Practice
JULY 10, 2024
As the firm celebrates its 40th anniversary, Cincinnati-based accounting firm Burke & Schindler changed its name on July 1 to Burke CPAs & Advisors a year after the retirement of one of its partners. The firm, located at Adams Landing, changed its name to Burke CPAs & Advisors as of July 1.
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