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February 18, 2020 

We live in an era of convenience, and that goes for meetings as well as everything else. There’s simply no excuse to insist that everyone gather in person for a meeting, nor is there reason to be frustrated with the chaos of a conference call when too many people are on the line, like the...…

Gail Perry

February 17, 2020 

We are in the business of building relationships. No matter how advanced technology becomes, at the heart of the accounting profession, we are people of our people—our clients. That means face-to-face meetings with clients are still ...

Darren Root, CPA, CITP, CGMA

February 17, 2020 

Expense Management has always been important, but in recent years, the surge in company travel has found more businesses scrambling to find a way to continue sending their employees where they need to be, but doing so in more cost-effective manner.

Mary Girsch-Bock

Accounting February 15, 2020 

This column will go through some of the gear I carry with me when working out of the office. As someone who spends over 100 days a year traveling, I don’t have the option of waiting until I get back to the office to deal with most things.

Brian Tankersley

February 14, 2020 

AICPA News is a roundup of recent announcements from the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants.

Isaac M. O'Bannon

Technology February 13, 2020 

While most of our firms have transitioned away from paper-based records, many of us still struggle to digitize the business processes in our firms. As I write this, we are in the late stages of conducting the 6th Annual CPA Firm Operations and ...

Brian Tankersley

February 13, 2020 

Do you know how often you need to deposit federal income, Social Security, and Medicare taxes? You can’t deposit the taxes whenever you feel like. Your deposit frequency is based on a lookback period. So, what is a lookback period?

Mike Kappel

February 12, 2020 

In the accounting profession’s annual tax marathon, you don’t want your people to hit the wall. Burned out workers will be less focused, more irritable, less healthy, more likely to exhibit negative attitudes and more prone to mistakes.

Paul McDonald

February 10, 2020 

Most impressive at CES this year were hardware solutions to real world problems. We’ll discuss each of them, but I was particularly impressed by new generation laptops, monitors (including a second portable monitor), scanners, keyboards and mice.

Randy Johnston

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February 6, 2020 

Our mindset shapes whether we can learn and change and grow. The good news is that anyone can adopt a growth mindset, think differently and become more open to innovation and growth.

Jim Boomer

February 3, 2020 

Have you ever thought about the difference between the words “value” and “values”? If you’re laughing and thinking, “Yeah, it’s the letter ‘s’,” well, you’re not wrong, but that’s not what I mean. When we talk about “value,” a word we usually use in a professional context, we’re usually referring to providing benefit to clients....…

Amy Vetter