Accounting August 4, 2026
Nominations Open for Innovation Awards and 40 Under 40 Awards
Nominations are currently being accepted for CPA Practice Advisor's 40 Under 40, 20 Under 40, and Tax & Accounting Tech Innovation Awards.
February 14, 2017
Petty Cash Tips & Tricks
The best way to determine the proper amount of petty cash is to look historically at what your business spends cash on and how often you have "emergency" needs. Most small businesses do well with around two hundred dollars as a good ...
February 14, 2017
Bank Reconciliation Made Fun With Xero
The foundation of the financial web, a network of organizations sharing financial data, is bank statement feeds. Small business owners, working in the cloud, now expect their bank transactions to arrive automatically loaded in their accounting ...
January 16, 2017
QuickBooks Online: Where Business, Employee and Payroll Management Intersect
QuickBooks Online and TSheets create a deep integration designed to put payroll and time tracking seamlessly in the hands of small business owners and their accountants.
January 13, 2017
A Look at President-Elect Trump’s Pro-Business Labor Nominee, Andrew Puzder
President-elect Donald Trump announced his choice for Labor chief, and while the nominee’s name may be relatively unknown, a look at his ideology reveals that his nomination is not much of a surprise. Indeed, throughout his campaign Trump has derided President Obama’s regulatory action, and during a recent stop in Des Moines, Iowa, Trump promised...…
December 29, 2016
In Firm: 2017 IT Predictions and 2016 Results
With another year end (and tax season) rapidly approaching, it’s time to once again dust off the magic crystal ball and cobble together our 2017 CPA Firm Technology and Production predictions. This listing will hopefully provide you with fresh insight ...
December 20, 2016
What Drives Workplace Happiness?
Happiness at work is something nearly everyone wants, but it varies by an employee's age, gender and field, among other factors. This is one of the findings of a new comprehensive study of more than 12,000 U.S. and Canadian workers by Robert Half, in ...
December 19, 2016
What Traits Make a Positive Mentor and How to Find One in 2017
Take a holistic approach when determining the traits that you’re looking for in a potential mentor. There are some qualities that every mentor should possess, regardless of your personality type. On a base level, every mentor should help you take ...
December 19, 2016
Apps We Love: To-Do Lists
We like lists. It goes with the territory of keeping track of numbers and transactions and all the moving pieces of our and our clients’ businesses. As we approach the end of the year, resolutions to be more efficient and organized are often on our minds.
December 19, 2016
For a Definition of Value, Just Ask Your Employees
The first step is specifying value from the standpoint of the customer. Accounting firms have multiple customers. The easiest to identify are, of course, the clients who pay you. But as you begin to understand the core of Lean, you need to identify ...
December 19, 2016
Bill.com and QuickBooks Online Make Bill Payment Painless
Companies partner for a deeper integration to offer seamless online bill pay
December 19, 2016
CCH Axcess has Streamlined Sachetta & Callahan’s Tax Practice
It was not so long ago that the administrative work accompanying the annual tax preparation process was arduous at best. Most tax accountants except the very youngest among us can remember the file cabinets, the piles of papers and workpaper folders ...
December 15, 2016
2016 Review of Time and Billing Systems
Rather than being seen as a micro-management tool, time and billing systems provide your employees with the tools they need to track individual tasks, as well as help with project management and work flow; particularly when several employees are ...