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June 27, 2022 

NABA’s Pathway to College program is designed to support Black high school, community college, and Historically Black Colleges and Universities students’ pathway into the public accounting and advisory profession, offering work experience along the ...

June 27, 2022 

The Illinois CPA Society (ICPAS) has awarded $109,500 in tuition scholarships through the CPA Endowment Fund of Illinois to 56 accounting students at Illinois colleges and universities who demonstrate strong academic performance, leadership ...

Accounting June 27, 2022 

The Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) recently decided to tackle a project that could result in new rules being created on how companies should account for environmental credits, such as renewable energy credits and carbon offset credits.

Jason Bramwell

June 25, 2022 

A strong CAAS practice includes three elements: people, processes, and technology. Hopefully, you’ve established a strong internal team with efficient training and processes already. The third and equally critical element to the success of a thriving ...

June 30, 2022 

During this webinar, we will arm you with tips and best practices you can bring back to your firm to better support a flexible workforce, manage your IT security, and enhance your technology experience for both your staff and your customers.

June 23, 2022 

If you think the Great Resignation is coming to an end, think again. According to a new survey by staffing and business consulting firm Robert Half, 41 percent of U.S. workers say they are looking or are planning to look for a new job in the ...

Jason Bramwell

June 23, 2022 

And the majority of those surveyed are looking for a job that does not force them back to the office five days a week. More than half plan to pursue hybrid (55 percent) or fully remote (54 percent) positions. And 54 percent are open to searching outside of their current city.

Jason Bramwell

June 22, 2022 

Risden serves as chief financial officer and treasurer of Vision Benefits of America Inc. (VBA), a vision insurance company in Carnegie, Pa. As PICPA president, Risden will be dedicated to empowering the PICPA Board and staff to move its strategic ...

June 22, 2022 

Good communication between CPAs and their clients is essential when crafting business-driven goals. CPAs and their clients should be a team, working together with a shared vision. Be clear with clients about what they want to achieve, and help them ...

Justin Hatch

June 22, 2022 

The path to advisory services is a journey that is likely a multi-year adventure for firms to test out the process with their clients and continue building and scaling year-over-year. A lot of firms already offer one-off planning advice to clients ...

June 22, 2022 

With the nature of accountants’ work skewing toward ‘very busy’ each year-end and in the spring, finding new revenue opportunities is understandably pushed to the bottom of an accountant’s priority list until the slower summer months. Don’t let the ...

June 22, 2022 

At the end of May 2022, the agency had a backlog of 21.3 million unprocessed paper tax returns, an increase of 1.3 million over the same time last year.

Isaac M. O'Bannon