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October 14, 2019 

Almost all respondents agreed how someone dresses for the job interview is significant: 52% reported it's very important, and 42% said it's at least somewhat important. Perhaps unsurprisingly, the research also shows recommended job interview attire ...

Isaac M. O'Bannon

October 14, 2019 

In the gig economy, how important is payroll? Just as much as ever! While many firms make the majority of their profits from compliance work in tax and audit, the firms providing Client Advisory Services (CAS) have discovered that payroll can be a ...

Randy Johnston

October 14, 2019 

As the profession continues to move forward with business transformation, firms are being tasked with becoming more innovative. Innovation may come naturally to some, but many firms we speak to don’t know where to start.

Jim Boomer

October 11, 2019 

Accountants may have put the days of pen and paper behind them, but the speed with which tech is changing the space feels faster than ever. The good news is these new digital tools are expected to make the jobs of accountants easier, rather than obsolete.

Jodi Chavez

October 11, 2019 

Public accounting leaders must continue to prepare for the digital disruptions that will inevitably alter almost everything about the way their teams and their clients work. Much of this change will be positive, as breakthroughs help organizations ...

Paul McDonald

October 10, 2019 

Whenever a professional liability lawsuit is brought against an accounting firm, chances are one or more of the firm’s partners will be named. They are front and center in the client relationship, and the client looks to the partner to make sure ...

October 10, 2019 

With all the decisions your clients are expected to make when starting a business, which legal structure to choose might not get as much consideration as it should. Most business owners choose to form a sole proprietorship in the beginning, since ...

Nellie Akalp

October 10, 2019  Sponsored

The days of clients giving you dog-eared pages with unintelligible scrawls of mileage driven for business is now a thing of the past. Manual, written logs are neither effective for automated workflow, nor are they necessarily accurate, especially if a client forgets to record their mileage right away and guesstimates it at a much later...…

October 9, 2019 

As the industry’s first WhatsApp integration to power direct expense entry and compliance, employees can now easily capture an image of a receipt and text it to their expense report for automatic ingestion.

October 8, 2019 

As 2019 comes to a close, many tax professionals are already providing their small business clients with tax planning advice for tax year 2019, in addition to tax compliance services. Tax reform presents a good opportunity for all practitioners to ...

Mike D'Avolio

October 4, 2019 

AICPA News is a roundup of recent announcements and events related to the American Institute of CPAs.

Mary Girsch-Bock

October 4, 2019 

The IRS has the authority through IRC Section 7602(a) to review documentation that may assist them in confirming the accuracy of a filed return. Most taxpayers provide this documentation when being audited. However, when a taxpayer is unwilling or ...

Dave DuVal