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.
December 14, 2016
Retailers Increase Imports as Holiday Shopping Continues
Imports at the nation’s major retail container ports are expected to be up 3.2 percent this month over the same time last year as stores bring in the last of the merchandise for the holiday season, according to the monthly Global Port Tracker report released today by the National Retail Federation and Hackett Associates. “There’s...…
December 14, 2016
Grant Thornton Gets Top Marks for Equality
Accounting firm Grant Thornton LLP has received a perfect 100 percent score on the Human Rights Campaign Foundation’s 2017 Corporate Equality Index (CEI) – a national benchmarking survey and report on corporate policies and practices related to LGBT ...
December 13, 2016
Report Shows Worst Corporate Tax Havens
Bermuda, the Netherlands, Ireland and Luxembourg are among the world’s 15 worst corporate tax havens, according to new Oxfam research published today. The report ‘Tax Battles,’ reveals how these tax havens are leading a global race to the bottom on ...
December 13, 2016
IRS Issues 2017 Mileage Rates for Business, Moving and Medical
53.5 cents per mile for business miles driven, down from 54 cents for 2016. The business mileage rate decreased half a cent per mile and the medical and moving expense rates each dropped 2 cents per mile from 2016. The charitable rate is set by ...
December 13, 2016
Boost Your Productivity With This Personal Hack
We all struggle with demands on our time. Some of these are external and work-focused- requests from colleagues, phone call interruptions, and email. But others stem from our own internal weaknesses. In our conversations with session attendees, people ...
December 13, 2016
New Lease Accounting Standards Have Finance Depts Working Overtime
In some sectors, respondents expect to spend considerably more time and effort on lease accounting implementation. These sectors include: automotive (77.1 percent); health plans (65.9 percent); health care providers (62.8 percent); industrial products ...
December 13, 2016
Report Looks at Major Tax Changes of 2016
Thomson Reuters has released a special report, 2016 Practical Tax Law Changes, which highlights notable legislative and regulatory tax developments over the past year and the potential impact on individuals and businesses.
December 13, 2016
Is Your Technology Meeting Client Expectations?
Too many firms are stuck in the paper age; continuing to do things the way they always have. Beyond the aversion to change is the deep-rooted belief that if they don’t send out a tangible stack of paper, the client will question the value they ...
December 13, 2016
Dependent Exemptions for Domestic Partners? It’s Fuzzy
The IRS recently agreed to extend the tax benefits available to traditional spouses to spouses of same-sex marriages following the Supreme Court case upholding the validity of these unions. But some couples continue to live as domestic partners ...
December 13, 2016
Where Does Time Go?
It’s hard to believe another year has come and gone. The old adage that time flies when you’re having fun has certainly applied to our family with the addition of three new grandchildren this year! While we often track time in our lives by birthdays ...
December 13, 2016
How to Speed Up the Hiring Process
If you’re having trouble landing highly skilled candidates, you may need to make your hiring process faster and more efficient. Here’s how:
December 13, 2016
2016 Review of Tax Document Automation Systems
While tax document automation software can automatically populate relevant information on tax returns, the products also offer digital PDF workpapers, allowing users to easily create binders for each client following a specific order, so all binders ...