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December 18, 2017
Holistic Firm Management is Best
As you wrap up another successful year, you may be reflecting on the best techniques and tools you can use to manage your firm. While people and their skills are your most important asset, you can help your team by providing the right technology tools. It
December 18, 2017
The 5 Biggest Mistakes People Make When Buying A Franchise
Investing in a franchise is a major decision. While on the one hand you’re buying into a proven model, you have no evidence it will work in your town or in the location you choose. We spoke with Joel Libava, The Franchise King, who wrote ...
December 18, 2017
Building Client Relationships in a Distributed World
While there are clear benefits, cloud-enabled accounting solutions have greatly reduced or eliminated the need to interact directly with clients. Gone are the days of visiting client sites to help them process paper checks, or receive their paper records.
December 18, 2017
The Basics of Franchise Accounting
As a franchise owner, you can run your own business without the risk of starting a brand new company. Like any business, you take on the many responsibilities of day-to-day operations, including some basic accounting tasks.
December 18, 2017
Business, Balance and Bliss: Staying Away From Work When You’re Out Of The Office
People are always talking about the precarious balance between work and home life. Work-life balance, the catchall phrase, ultimately asks, can you give equal attention to both a career and a family? I prefer to approach it as work-life harmony, where ...
December 18, 2017
Apps We Love – Podcast Managers and Podcasts
Many of us will be taking some time away from the office during the holidays, but that doesn’t mean we won’t want to stay connected with what’s happening in the world. We surveyed members of the CPA Practice Advisor community to find out how they ...
December 18, 2017
The 2017 Most Powerful Women in Accounting
This month we announced the winners of the 25 Most Powerful Women in Accounting awards. This annual celebration recognizes women throughout the profession who are making a measurable difference in the success of the accounting profession itself as ...
December 18, 2017
2017 Review of Document Management & Storage Systems
It’s been estimated that nearly 20 percent of an employee’s time is spent searching for documents. To make matters even worse, according to PricewaterhouseCoopers, 7.5 percent of documents in an office are simply lost. Not misplaced, or on someone’s ...
December 15, 2017
ALTER Your Path: 5 Steps to Becoming a Consultant
As we try to keep up in today’s fast-paced, disruptive world, we need to remember we are extremely valuable. We have a fundamental understanding of how business works. Yes, it ties back to debit and credits, but today we don’t need to worry so much ...
December 14, 2017
8 Mistakes to Avoid When Hiring Seasonal Employees
With winter approaching, employers in certain industries may need to hire temporary employees to help handle seasonal increases in demand. Even though seasonal employees are by definition short-term hires, cutting corners during the onboarding ...
December 13, 2017
The Tax Accountant’s Guide to Law – 2018
Specializing in tax, you realize quickly that most of your math knowledge won’t help you here. Instead, you’d be better off taking some law classes so that you can navigate the US Tax Code. All of the items discussed in this article are just things I ...
December 12, 2017
How Accounting Firms Can Leverage the Gig Economy
While freelancing is a part-time or side-gig for many people, a growing number of people make it a full-time living. Twenty-nine percent of survey respondents said their freelance business is their only source of income, up from 17% in 2014.