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October 14, 2019 

As the profession continues to move forward with business transformation, firms are being tasked with becoming more innovative. Innovation may come naturally to some, but many firms we speak to don’t know where to start.

Jim Boomer

October 11, 2019 

Machine learning combined with solution-specific software can dramatically improve the speed, accuracy, and effectiveness of back-office operations and help organizations reimagine how back-office work gets done.

October 11, 2019 

Accountants may have put the days of pen and paper behind them, but the speed with which tech is changing the space feels faster than ever. The good news is these new digital tools are expected to make the jobs of accountants easier, rather than obsolete.

Jodi Chavez

October 11, 2019 

Public accounting leaders must continue to prepare for the digital disruptions that will inevitably alter almost everything about the way their teams and their clients work. Much of this change will be positive, as breakthroughs help organizations ...

Paul McDonald

October 10, 2019 

Having disparate systems for payments and invoicing creates confusion, inefficiencies, and worst of all, more work for the small business owner.

October 10, 2019 

Whenever a professional liability lawsuit is brought against an accounting firm, chances are one or more of the firm’s partners will be named. They are front and center in the client relationship, and the client looks to the partner to make sure ...

October 10, 2019 

The average retail credit card APR is 26.01%, up 37 basis points from last year and nearly five percentage points higher than the average overall credit card APR (21.10%), according to a new report from CreditCards.com.

October 10, 2019 

With all the decisions your clients are expected to make when starting a business, which legal structure to choose might not get as much consideration as it should. Most business owners choose to form a sole proprietorship in the beginning, since ...

Nellie Akalp

October 10, 2019 

Freyberg, Hinkle, Ashland, Powers & Stowell offers accounting, audit, tax compliance and planning, and employee benefit plan services. The team has specialized experience conducting Taft-Hartley multiemployer and other employee benefit plan audits.

October 10, 2019 

A flash poll conducted by Baker Tilly Virchow Krause, LLP (Baker Tilly) indicates 67% of respondents have been researching agile internal audit and are considering implementation.

October 10, 2019 

To date, the report notes, the US economy has held up well, despite the fading effect of the 2018 fiscal boost. Interest rate cuts by the US Federal Reserve have been presented more as a way of maintaining a reasonable pace of economic activity and ...

October 10, 2019 

The 1.6 percent cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) will begin with benefits payable to more than 63 million Social Security beneficiaries in January 2020. Increased payments to more than 8 million SSI beneficiaries will begin on December 31, 2019.