Contributors

Technology August 26, 2026 

Here are five practical, vendor-neutral questions an accounting or tax firm should ask before choosing any provider.

Mark Johnson CPA

Accounting August 25, 2026 

In short, market volatility is creating an impasse. You need to reduce costs and deal with increased operational demands. Solve for one, and you make the other harder.

Alok Ajmera

Accounting August 25, 2026 

The market is evolving rapidly, prompting the industry to embrace forthcoming changes.

Emma Wooldridge, Sydney Hassal

Taxes August 25, 2026 

He met presidents and attended the Emmys, and had meet-and-greets with Matt Damon, Benedict Cumberbatch, Mark Ruffalo, and other celebrities.

JD, Ken Berry, JD

Taxes August 24, 2026 

There’s an ongoing legal debate taking place in the courts over the self-employment tax treatment of partnership income that is flying below the radar for many busy tax professionals.

Catharine Madeley CPA

Financial Reporting August 21, 2026 

Generative AI won’t replace accountants, but accountants who use AI will outperform those who don’t.

Jamil Akhtar

Firm Management August 21, 2026 

Without scalable infrastructure, even strong firms start relying on heroics, and quality, margins, and responsiveness get harder to protect.

Christopher Haymon

Financial Reporting August 21, 2026 

Finance leaders and CPAs have a responsibility to establish governance, transparency, and controls that make AI trustworthy.  

Jason Kurtz

Taxes August 21, 2026 

The short story is that full amount of a personal legal settlement is generally taxable as ordinary income at rates currently topping out at 37%.

Ken Berry, JD

CAS August 20, 2026 

The question for accountants now is how do you turn ambition around agentic AI into commercial value.

Paul Lodder

Artificial Intelligence August 19, 2026 

When used strategically, ChatGPT can help CPA firms analyze client feedback, identify recurring concerns, understand changing expectations, and spot patterns that may indicate satisfaction or retention risks.

Sangeeta Chhabra

Advisory August 18, 2026 

When we treat tax planning, tax strategy, and tax projections as if they're the same thing, clients get confused, our best work gets buried, and we leave high-quality, high-value work on the table.

CPA, Jackie Meyer, CPA