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April 23, 2019 

Mindfulness is a term that can be overused, and often is not given enough weight as a necessary practice in our work lives. The tipping point for the mindfulness movement probably came in 2016, when TIME Magazine published a special edition devoted ...

Amy Vetter

April 19, 2019 

April 2019 Issue Many of you have put off reading this issue and article until after a hectic tax season that changed your processes and rhythm because of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA). One of the advantages of being a consultant to the ...

Randy Johnston

April 18, 2019 

Do you ship packages? Do you struggle with verifying zip codes? Do you need tracking information? Do you fret over delivery delays or lack of real people to answer questions? We’ve surveyed the CPA Practice Advisor community as well as various shipping options on the internet and have found some tools that you might find...…

Gail Perry

April 18, 2019  Sponsored

As the finance director for the Access Community Action Agency (www.accessagency.org), and a lifelong Connecticuter, Parker Stevens has seen how many of his neighbors in and around the city of Willimantic are in need of assistance. Serving Windham ...

April 17, 2019 

Many tax practitioners are familiar with how to assist their clients who have been a victim of tax identity theft, but how many tax professionals know how to safeguard their clients from the risks that are lurking in their own offices?

Dave DuVal

April 17, 2019 

It doesn’t take much work on your part to get a warm body into an empty seat. It does take your attention to keep them there. Give your new hire their best possible shot at staying. Give them the training they need, the way they need it, with ...

Richard Roppa-Roberts

April 17, 2019  Sponsored

Payroll is often one of the largest expenses for small businesses. In fact, according to the Intuit State of Small Business Cash Flow - Payroll study, nearly half of small business owners who aren’t self-employed estimate 30 percent of their company’s ...

Scott Cytron

April 17, 2019 

If you’re targeting transportation companies in your firm’s growth strategy, this Ultimate Guide was developed for you. Before marketing, research the target market – define who you want to work with; identify specific transportation industries; develop a buyer persona of your perfect client; and pin point the geographic market. Once those items have been developed,...…

Becky Livingston

April 17, 2019 

You’re fired! Those are words that no employee ever wants to hear and that employers’ hope they rarely have to utter. In a period of more-than-full employment such as we are currently in, with a slightly under ...

Richard D. Alaniz, JD

April 16, 2019 

The innovation process within firms is often chaotic and uncoordinated if it exists at all. While it’s true that innovation is messy, leaders cannot expect to merely tell people the goal is to be innovative and expect amazing things.

Jim Boomer

April 16, 2019 

Bringing in technology to optimize what your firm already does will not somehow transform your business model. So let’s take a look at the differences between optimization and transformation.

Arianna Campbell

April 16, 2019 

If the way millennials view learning wasn’t enough to get you to rethink your focus on learning, a study in 2017 by Deloitte revealed that learning and development is the #2 topic on the minds of CEO and HR leaders, so clearly these millennials are ...

Garrett Wagner