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February 20, 2018 

When an accounting firm’s business client faces an IRS audit, the stakes of having qualified advice from their accountant are clearly higher than if the client needed help on a simple IRS inquiry letter or notice. The client is also likely more ...

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The lines of work are blurring. Tasks previously carried out by in-house employees are quickly becoming outsourced to freelancers and independent contractors. These gig economy participants may live around the corner from you, or on the other side of ...

February 20, 2018 

Focus on Pain Points for Gig Economy Client Success According to recent studies, an estimated 35 percent of the current workforce is made up of gig workers, which could increase to about 43 percent by 2020. With that diverse and geographically-dispersed group, you have to take a more out-of-the-box marketing approach. Here are five suggestions....…

Becky Livingston

February 20, 2018 

The perceptions of the CIA were so poor with women, they commissioned a million-dollar study on the topic. They wanted to know how women viewed their organization, and what steps were needed to overcome that perception in the hiring process.

February 20, 2018 

And here we are. Again the IRS, is getting the shaft. The president wants to cut the IRS’s, already thin budget, by $234 million. You would think that a tax accountant would be happy about this. However, I have been here since 1994, I have seen the ...

Craig Smalley

February 20, 2018 

Supkis Cheek has been recognized by accounting publications as a thought leader, and has been named to CPA Practice Advisor's Most Powerful Women and 40 Under 40 lists for several years. She has focused her practice primarily on small and medium sized ...

February 20, 2018 

It’s a best practice to review policies, posters, and forms periodically to ensure that they adhere to applicable laws and evolving company practices. Since the New Year typically brings a host of new laws, now is a good time to conduct this review.

February 20, 2018 

What IS the right stuff … to earn a promotion to partner? Ask 10 partners from different firms, you may get 10 different answers.

February 20, 2018 

It’s that time of year again: long nights at the office, a seemingly infinite inbox, lunch and sometimes dinner at your desk. It’s easy to have an out of body experience when you’re sitting at your desk for upwards of 10 hours every day.

Amy Vetter

February 20, 2018 

Ceterus added the forecasting functionality to assist small business owners, who need to plan ahead but often have trouble projecting cash flow. The Ceterus forecasting tool shows a projected balance for seven or 30 days out, and is based on the net ...

February 20, 2018 

Sage has designed each of the pillars as a separate learning process, and Sage is offering training in each of these specific areas. While these pillars build logically on each other, practitioners can select the pillars that are the most relevant to ...

Gail Perry

February 20, 2018 

Top Firm Management Blogs & Social Media 10 Busy Season Exercises CPAs Can Do at Their Desk. AICPA Insights blog. http://bit.ly/2shGFBR Are You a Firm of the Future? Ron Baker, CPA, from FirmoftheFuture.http://bit.ly/2GYN7kz Building a Learning Culture in Your Firm. Roman Kepczyk, CPA, from CPA Consultants’ blog.http://bit.ly/2nV5AWu 5 Items You Need In Your Firm’s Owners’...…