CPA Practice

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

A new report from practice management software provider Ignition says rising business costs are driving fee increases at accounting firms, with 57% planning to raise fees across all services next year. The report also benchmarked current fees for tax, accounting, and advisory services, which varied based on firms’ annual revenue range.

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CPA Practice

MAY 30, 2023

The number of CPA candidates who took the Uniform CPA Examination in 2022 was about 7% lower than the previous year, the Financial Times reported on May 28. FT reported that was the lowest amount of CPA exam takers in at least 17 years. The number of CPA exam modules being sat by U.S.

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CPA Practice

AUGUST 28, 2024

CPA Practice Advisor has announced the 2024 Tax and Technology Innovation Award winners and finalists. 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. In 2004, under the editorial leadership of Gregory L.

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CPA Practice

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

State CPA Society News & Updates is a round-up of recent announcements and initiatives by CPA associations in the United States and its territories. It features career-development workshops and sessions with some of the accounting profession’s most prominent influencers.

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FEBRUARY 15, 2023

You have two options to achieve this goal: hire a professional or have a year-end accounting firm handle your bookkeeping. It's OK to ask an outsourced accountant for help with your daily books. Before we get into the reasons, let's first look at how the duties of accountants and bookkeepers differ.

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TaxConnex

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

For respondents, the staffing struggle also meant curtailing business growth (19.23%), more errors in sales tax calculation (17.58%), more frustration from existing staff (21.43%) and, perhaps scariest, a growing lack of confidence in being prepared for an audit (22.53%). How to fill the need?

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CPA Practice

JUNE 7, 2024

Growth is often top of mind for accounting firm leaders, but what does sustainable growth actually look like in practice? In this Q&A, I asked Jason Blumer, CPA to discuss firm growth and what firms truly need to be able to scale and succeed. This is a majority of our work when we consult with larger firms.

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CPA Practice

APRIL 25, 2023

Good news for those taking the CPA exam: When CPA candidates pass the first section of the exam, they will be given an additional year to conquer the remaining three sections without losing credit. A redesigned CPA exam, which will launch on Jan.

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Going Concern

OCTOBER 20, 2023

Local CPA weighs in on accountant shortage [ WMDT ] The Salisbury, MD news spoke to a UHY partner about the issue. Accounting enrollment for the past 10 years has been declining by 16.9% TowerBrook and Eisner plan to continue acquiring regional accounting firms or partnerships. Welsh said.

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CPA Practice

NOVEMBER 24, 2024

This webinar will be held on Thursday, December 5, 2024 at 1:00pm ET Sponsor: Canopy Software Duration: 1 Hour Register Now Join us for an insightful webinar designed to help accounting firms transform their workflows by first identifying and understanding their core and additional services. Learn more at [link].

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CPA Practice

AUGUST 17, 2023

In July, more than 20 of the profession’s thought leaders met for the virtual Avalara Accounting Meta Influencers roundtable discussion of how AI will likely impact accounting firms and their clients, and to start developing best practices firms can embrace to best optimize its potential benefits.

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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. With over 80 years in business, the firm employs more than 150 professionals with offices in Pasadena, Woodland Hills, West Los Angeles, and Valencia.

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CPA Practice

AUGUST 11, 2023

Technologists Randy Johnston and Brian Tankersley, CPA, discuss the 2023 Accounting Firm Operations and Technology Survey (AFOT). Today we’d like to talk to you about the accounting firm Operations and Technology Survey. And of course, the publication CPA practice advisor has also published the links as well.

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CPA Practice

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

He has served as an advisor for accounting tech companies such as Intuit, Xero, Gusto, FreshBooks, and Expensify. He holds an accounting degree from Wake Forest University. Moderated by: Gail Perry is the editor-in-chief of CPA Practice Advisor. We live and breathe sales tax and license compliance.

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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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CPA Practice

JULY 16, 2024

This webinar will be held on Tuesday, August 6, 2024 at 1:00pm ET Sponsor: Canopy Software Duration: 1 Hour Register Now This webinar, featuring Darren Root and John Mitchell, long-time accounting profession leaders, will give easy-to-implement guidance around how to build your accounting firm to support the life you want to live.In

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CPA Practice

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

As a public speaker and author, Diana has developed numerous papers and presentations on taxation, including articles for the Journal of Accountancy and the Journal of Multi-State Taxation. Moderated by: Gail Perry is the editor-in-chief of CPA Practice Advisor. We live and breathe sales tax and license compliance.

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CPA Practice

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

Top 20 accounting firm EisnerAmper is expanding its presence in the Chicago area by merging in Elgin, IL-based CPA firm Tighe, Kress & Orr. The firm provides tax, accounting, advisory, and assurance services to startups through mid-market enterprises. Jay Weinstein “TKO really gets it.

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Going Concern

OCTOBER 3, 2024

Sign up now to view the complete candidate list and connect with potential hires.

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ThomsonReuters

JANUARY 28, 2022

But for some tax and accounting firms, the high volume of clients from January to April represents the majority of their business for the year. Why revenue stability is important for small and mid-sized tax and accounting firms. It also allows you to stay in touch year-round, not just when tax season comes.

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CPA Practice

JULY 7, 2023

Top 40 accounting firm BPM is combining with Las Vegas-based CPA firm Fair, Anderson & Langerman (FAL) effective Aug. Koltin, CEO of Koltin Consulting Group, who advised both firms on the merger, commented, “BPM continues on its magical journey of finding best-in-class CPA and advisory firms to combine with.

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CPA Practice

MAY 23, 2024

Moderated By: Gail Perry is the editor-in-chief of CPA Practice Advisor. A veteran of accounting journalism, she also speaks at many accounting events, trade shows, and webinars. She has taught introductory accounting and personal finance courses, and she is a former computer applications instructor at the Indiana CPA Society.

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CPA Practice

OCTOBER 18, 2023

Field of study: Marketing HOW TO GROW, ELEVATE, AND SCALE TODAY’S ACCOUNTING FIRM Field of study: Business Marketing & Organization DAY TWO (Dec. 7, 2023): AI FOR REAL: HOW CAN ACCOUNTANTS USE THIS TECHNOLOGY? Each session qualifies for 1 hour of free CPE credit, and the tax-focused sessions also qualify for IRS CE credit.

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CPA Practice

OCTOBER 30, 2023

Field of study: Marketing HOW TO GROW, ELEVATE, AND SCALE TODAY’S ACCOUNTING FIRM Field of study: Business Marketing & Organization DAY TWO (Dec. 7, 2023): AI FOR REAL: HOW CAN ACCOUNTANTS USE THIS TECHNOLOGY? Each session qualifies for 1 hour of free CPE credit, and the tax-focused sessions also qualify for IRS CE credit.

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CPA Practice

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

John holds a Bachelor of Science in Accounting from Oral Roberts University and an Executive MBA from the University of Tennessee, and he has been a certified public accountant since 1989. As a CPA, John has considerable experience in public and private accounting for the technology industry.

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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

JANUARY 8, 2024

Top 200 accounting firm Saltmarsh, Cleaveland & Gund has combined with fellow Florida CPA firm Ruggiero, Martinez & Norton (RM&N), based in Winter Park. We are eager to expand our footprint in Central Florida as part of this merger and are even more enthusiastic to welcome them to their new home at our firm.”

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Going Concern

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

TAX AND ACCOUNTING CANDIDATES FTE Tax and Accounting | Candidate ID #15191471 Certifications: EA in progress Education: BA Accounting Experience (years): 7+ years tax and accounting experience in public accounting Work experience (detail): Leads a team of 5+ tax professionals Preparation and review of more complex tax returns Client account leadership (..)

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CPA Practice

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

By Andrew Argue, CPA. College graduates with accounting degrees , CPA exam takers , new entrants to the accounting workforce —all these metrics and our experience make us feel there’s a lack of interest in our industry. You can sense the collective anxiety brewing: Is our industry running low on accounting talent?

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CPA Practice

AUGUST 11, 2023

Los Angeles-based SingerLewak, a top 100 accounting firm in the U.S. based on revenue, is combining with Bremerton, WA-based firm Hearthstone CPA Group, the firms said on Aug. Hearthstone CPA Group will keep its name but operate as Hearthstone CPA Group, a division of SingerLewak.

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CPA Practice

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

Several AI systems were among this year’s winners of the Tax & Accounting Technology Innovation Awards, presented annually by CPA Practice Advisor, a technology and practice management resource for public accounting firms.

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Going Concern

AUGUST 31, 2023

Tech Stack: QBO, QBD, UltraTax, etc.

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CPA Practice

AUGUST 19, 2024

Moderated by: Gail Perry is the editor-in-chief of CPA Practice Advisor. A veteran of accounting journalism, she also speaks at many accounting events, trade shows, and webinars. She has taught introductory accounting and personal finance courses, and she is a former computer applications instructor at the Indiana CPA Society.

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CPA Practice

JANUARY 30, 2024

NDH Advisors has acquired Houston-based CPA firm Jain & Jain—the second transaction the Chicago accounting business has made in as many months. NDH’s first foray into M&A was last November when it acquired Leawood, KS-based tax and accounting firm Stratus Group. Terms of the deal weren’t disclosed.

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Going Concern

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

“The job security and the ability to have a comfortable life motivated me at first,” said Khokhar, who served as a senior accountant at two construction firms and senior auditor at an accounting firm. But once I started, had some work and life experience, I realized there are better options out there.”

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Going Concern

JULY 26, 2024

ICYMI These are the top stories on Going Concern this week You Can Sit for the CPA Exam in the Philippines Now Golf Fans Everywhere Now Think BDO Sells Dildos and Lube Just How Much Have Accounting Salaries Increased in the Last Five Years? The multinational accounting firm promoted Carr to partner in 1999.

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Going Concern

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

A number of accounting firms,1 public companies, professional membership associations and other key stakeholders raised concerns. In addition, in a rare occurrence, PCAOB board members Christina Ho and Duane DesParte — the only two certified public accountants on the board — issued public dissents when the PCAOB issued the proposal.

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