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June 14, 2021 

A COVID Tax Season Post-Mortem for 2021

Running an accounting practice has always come with unique challenges, but the COVID-19 pandemic brought unprecedented challenges, as well as some less-obvious opportunities.

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June 14, 2021 

Problem Employees – Develop or Dismiss?

Not until the last several years, while intermittently dealing with an acute lack of available applicants to fill job vacancies, have employers begun to more frequently struggle with the decision of whether to discharge a poor-performing or problem ...

Richard D. Alaniz, JD

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June 14, 2021 

Better Advisory Through Genuine Connection

The biggest stereotype about accountants is that we’re dry, boring numbers people. If you buy into the popular image, the perfect accountant would be an emotionless number cruncher, scarcely different from a high-powered computer. But nothing could be ...

Amy Vetter

4 Stages Robotic Automation

Accounting June 11, 2021 

The Four Stages of Robotic Process Automation

This column is the second in a series on process automation.  The first article in the series can be found at http://cpate.ch/bt-rpa-1. Process automation starts with simple tracking and reporting of the activity with a workflow management system, which gets the activity data out of the old paper routing slips and into a structured format...…

Brian Tankersley

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June 11, 2021 

Using Technology to Empower CPAs

Do you see the increasing use of automation, artificial intelligence, and other new technology and wonder what it might mean for your business? The fear of technology is a tale as old as time. Early technophobes thought the printing press would never ...

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June 11, 2021 

On Being a Cook and an Accountant

When customizing your own practice and service offerings, it’s imperative that you focus on services that are going to appeal to your clients. In this month's magazine, we discuss various ways in which you can add financial planning to ...

Gail Perry

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June 11, 2021 

5 Ways Automation Elevates Your Accounting Department

Technology has become a significant part of our lives in today’s world. It changes how we shop, communicate with friends and family, and how we work. By implementing the right technology into your accounting department, your team can work smarter and ...

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June 11, 2021 

FOMO

At different moments in our lives, are attention is drawn to different things. Maybe we are excited for spring to turn into summer. Or perhaps we are eager or anxious about graduating from college. Or as we get older, nervous about our upcoming ...

Garrett Wagner