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November 23, 2020 

Vision for the future comes from a variety of sources. Clear vision and sources of inspiration can come from colleagues, friends, quiet time, struggling with an issue, conflict, relaxing on the beach or vacation, meditation or attending a religious ...

Randy Johnston

November 23, 2020 

With well over 200 nominations this year, our judges were faced with the enormous task of sorting through the candidates who brought forward a level of dedication and exemplary job performance that has surpassed all previous years.

Gail Perry

November 23, 2020 

Today, sales and use tax automation is a necessity for any retailer of any size. It doesn’t matter if you’re selling from a single location in Chicago, or have locations across the U.S., you need something that will properly collect and ...

Mary Girsch-Bock

November 16, 2020 

AICPA News is a roundup of recent announcements from the association.

November 9, 2020 

Accounting Appreciation Day is November 10, the tail end of a whirlwind year — one that has been filled with challenges of unprecedented scope and magnitude. With that in mind, I want to challenge my fellow accounting leaders to rise to the occasion ...

Greg Dyer

November 9, 2020 

Nobody knows how long the pandemic will last or what will happen next. But firms that have been able to update their hiring processes, harness the full potential of their remote workforce and create meaningful, lasting change can position themselves to...

Paul McDonald

November 6, 2020 

For all of us in the accounting profession, December doesn’t just mean that the holidays are around the corner. It means that this is the time to cram a full years’ worth of CPE into 31 days or less. We all know the drill.

Garrett Wagner

November 5, 2020 

As the tax and accounting profession shifts more towards advisory services, leading firms are leveraging technology to automate low value work like data entry, categorization, file exchange and cleanup. The following article discusses some of the top too

Mike D'Avolio

November 5, 2020 

When firms were forced to work remotely in March of this year, the pandemic exposed the places where “paperless” processes were just “less paper.” Many firms were still sending employees into the office to open mail, scan documents, send invoices and ...

Arianna Campbell

November 4, 2020 

Paid family and medical leave has been a topic of discussion and near the top of the wish list of employee advocates since the passage of the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) in 1993. Paid leave has had the support of numerous ...

November 3, 2020 

As the holiday season approaches, do you have a plan to thank clients for working with you this year? If not, here are 11 memorable ways to connect with them throughout the season. Pick one or two. Add them to your action list. Then get ready for ...

Becky Livingston

November 3, 2020 

During the last half of this year alone, we've seen outages from Microsoft, Wolters Kluwer, Intuit, and many other applications that are critical for our profession. Are they only ones? Certainly not! If we look back two years, the list becomes onerous.

Randy Johnston