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May 15, 2020 

Tax practitioners have an unprecedented opportunity to help delinquent taxpayers obtain resolution and reclaim a sense of peace. Now is the time for tax practitioners to guide taxpayers in the documentation they need to provide the IRS to resolve ...

Dave DuVal

May 14, 2020 

If you or your client is in the business of selling products, be sure that you’re managing one of your most important assets properly by investing in inventory management software today.

Mary Girsch-Bock

May 13, 2020 

If you’re wondering if your firm should create a chatbot, you’re asking the wrong question. Rather, you should be asking, “When we create a chatbot, what do we want users to gain from using it?” Maybe you’re even wondering how a chatbot can save your firm money, time, effort, or energy? No matter what your...…

Becky Livingston

May 13, 2020 

The economic fallout resulting from the coronavirus will test the ability of companies to adapt to a business climate that is changing daily. Companies that are agile enough to adapt to new working paradigms, new ways of servicing clients and new technolo

Lil Roberts

May 12, 2020 

AICPA News is a roundup of recent announcements and activities by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants.

Isaac M. O'Bannon

May 12, 2020 

In these challenging times of pandemics and work-at-home, tools to manage the practice, team members, and workload help. Most firms report that advisory work has currently exploded while helping clients manage cash flow, apply for SBA and PPP loans ...

Randy Johnston

May 11, 2020 

Covid-19 has strongly shaken the labor market in March and April, driving layoffs and unemployment in the U.S. to their highest points since the Great Depression. As of May 1, 2020, about 30 million Americans have lost their jobs ...

Isaac M. O'Bannon

May 10, 2020 

The IRS is drawing a line in the sand: It has announced that taxpayers have until high noon on Wednesday, May 13, to provide direct deposit information for their stimulus payments. Otherwise, they’ll have to wait for paper checks to arrive through snail mail (IR-2020-92, 5/8/20). We’re working hard to get more payments quickly to...…

Ken Berry, JD

May 7, 2020  Sponsored

The two newest features in QuickBooks Online Accountant—month-end review and industry benchmarks—can help. Month-end review enables accountants to standardize the process and then uses automation to help deliver accurate books in less time and with ...

May 6, 2020 

In a tax or audit engagement, the scope of services is well defined and documented. But consulting has almost unlimited possibilities. How do you train people to recognize all of those possibilities and meet client needs?

Sandra Wiley

May 6, 2020 

Effective change management can help organizations pivot quickly, decisively, and effectively, even when—perhaps especially when—unforeseen circumstances strike. And while each business is unique, there’s no need to reinvent the wheel.

Erin Shannon

May 5, 2020 

There is a certain amount of agony to the monthly billing cycle. We generate the numbers of hours worked and try to justify the work, anticipating client pushback. The process continues each month in agony, like an unpleasant sequence from Groundhog Day.

Garrett Wagner