Firm Management November 4, 2026
How Small CPA Firms Can Create Polished Marketing on a Budget
For small accounting firms, marketing often becomes the thing that gets squeezed between client work and deadlines.
January 12, 2017
Report Analyzes Estate Planning Tax Strategies for Sales to an Irrevocable Trust
Thomson Reuters has released a special report, Sales to Intentionally Defective Irrevocable Trusts, which discusses the sale to an intentionally defective irrevocable trust (IDIT) in exchange for its promissory note. The report establishes that the ...
January 12, 2017
How Small Accounting Firms Find Big Advantages in the Cloud
Traditional accounting practices relying on non-integrated accounting systems, beware. Today’s competitive financial services world demands actionable insights that improve efficiency and drive revenue. You may find yourself overtaken by accounting ...
January 12, 2017
List Highlights Top-Rated Tax and Accounting Pros
When searching for tax and accounting help, it can be hard to determine who is a superstar and who is nonresponsive. The TaxBuzz Top 50 recognizes the best-reviewed and highest-rated CPAs, EAs and tax professionals of 2016.
January 11, 2017
Americans Spent $46 Billion on Gift Cards in 2016
Gift cards have become not only an acceptable substitute for more traditional gift options, but are increasingly expected and eagerly used, especially among "older" Millennial adults, according to market research firm Packaged Facts in the report ...
January 11, 2017
What Trump’s Presidency Means for Taxes
With the inauguration only a week away, many voters are wondering what Trump's presidency means for taxes, and whether he will follow through with his pre-election tax proposals.
January 11, 2017
New Scam Targets Tax Professionals
The new phishing scheme is targeting accounting and tax preparation firms nationwide, with the cyber criminals trying to collect sensitive information that will allow fraudsters to prepare fraudulent tax returns.
January 11, 2017
NVCA Adds New Award Categories for 2017
The new award categories include the Rising Star Award, Excellence in Healthcare Innovation Award and the Venture Firm of the Year Award. These three new award categories join the current roster of awards that includes the Lifetime Achievement in ...
January 11, 2017
AICPA Issues Revenue Recognition Working Drafts for Aerospace, Telecom and Time-Shares
The AICPA’s Financial Reporting Executive Committee (FinREC) has issued four new working drafts of accounting issues related to the implementation of Accounting Standards Update (ASU) No. 2014-09, Revenue from Contracts with Customers – for ...
January 11, 2017
CFOs Say Sloppy Work is Biggest Peeve
More than one-third (35 percent) of CFOs cited lacking attention to detail or sloppy work as the most annoying behavior by coworkers.
January 11, 2017
83% of Businesses May Be at Risk Due to Organizational and IT Factors
It is estimated that in 2017, more than $94 billion will be invested in security solutions, per industry analyst forecasts, yet nearly half of organizations report having had a breach either internal or external in the last twelve months.
January 10, 2017
Nation Needs Tax Reform and IRS Reform, Says Taxpayer Advocate
In assessing the compliance burdens of the current tax code, the Taxpayer Advocate Service (TAS) analyzed IRS data and determined that individuals and businesses spend about six billion hours a year complying with the code’s filing requirements ...
January 10, 2017
Scholarships Available for Accounting Students
The Foundation awards scholarships to undergraduates who are U.S. or Canadian citizens majoring in accounting at an accredited two- or four-year college or university in the United States. Since it was formed in 1969, the NSA Scholarship Foundation ...