Accounting August 4, 2026
Nominations Open for Innovation Awards and 40 Under 40 Awards
Nominations are currently being accepted for CPA Practice Advisor's 40 Under 40, 20 Under 40, and Tax & Accounting Tech Innovation Awards.
December 11, 2018
The Practice of Now – Free Report
Sage surveyed 3,000 accountants from across the globe to hear first-hand how the accounting landscape is changing. Based on these survey results, the Practice of Now report analyzes the findings and discusses key topics raised. It provides advice on how to keep pace and thrive with shifts in the accounting profession. See what your peers...…
December 11, 2018
Adding Value to the Conversation – Free Whitepaper
Unlike the traditional model of charging clients by the hour, value-based pricing sets prices based primarily on the value of the service you’re providing to your clients. It’s becoming an increasingly popular way to improve profitability, because you ...
December 11, 2018
2019 Hiring and Compensation Trends for Accounting Firms
One of the effects of a competitive hiring market is skilled accountants and auditors expect higher wages. Forty-six percent of U.S. workers responding to a recent Robert Half survey say they’re underpaid in their current position.
December 11, 2018
2019 Pre-Tax Season Checklist for Tax Professionals
Planning for the upcoming tax season is an important step in managing the professional liability risk associated with providing tax services. The following pre-tax season checklist provides several suggestions firms should consider in planning for ...
December 11, 2018
New AICPA Scholarship for CPAs Pursuing Ph.D
The $10,000 scholarship will be awarded annually to five outstanding accounting Ph.D candidates who demonstrate significant potential to become mentors for the next generation of CPAs.
December 11, 2018
Accounting Firm Sikich Acquires Knutte & Associates
The accounting and professional services firm Sikich has acquired the practice of Knutte & Associates, a Darien, Illinois-based audit, accounting and tax firm.
December 11, 2018
Men More Likely to Commit Expense Fraud than Women
The large disparity may just come down to gender differences in risk-taking behavior. In a 2004 experiment, researchers designed a computer game involving gambling and risk and found significant differences in the way men and women perceived ...
December 10, 2018
Do Public Companies Manipulate Cash Flow Benchmark to Boost Credit Ratings?
In the early period of performance pricing, creditworthiness (and, therefore, rates) were determined principally by accounting metrics, most commonly the ratio of company debt to earnings, with grids specifying higher rates as a firm’s ratio increased ...
December 10, 2018
Why and How: Emerging Technology Strategies
We’ve been through a year together learning about Emerging Technologies. While there will always be new technology, we are not likely to go through a period of time again anytime soon where the algorithms are changing so rapidly and the new ...
December 10, 2018
Which Industries Have the Most Expense Report Fraud?
Professional services organizations typically have some of the most demanding requirements for employee expense management. Not only can employees in professional services bill their employers, they also bill their clients for certain expenses ...
December 7, 2018
Employers Warned About W2 and Tax Identity Theft Scams
An email may start with a simple, “Hey, you in today?” and, by the end of the exchange, all of an organization’s Forms W-2 for their employees may be in the hands of cybercriminals. This puts workers at risk for tax-related identity theft.
December 7, 2018
Deficit, Tariffs and Interest Rates Worry U.S. Business Executives
Some 57 percent of survey respondents expressed optimism about the U.S. economy over the next 12 months, down 12 percentage points from last quarter and a steep decline from the post-recession high of 79 percent set at the start of the year.