Accounting October 6, 2026
The 2026 AI Finance Stack
73 tools worth knowing, how I would put them together, and the trends behind why finance teams are picking them.
July 4, 2016
Blockchain Technology – What It Is, And How It Can Help Accountants
The real second shift in accounting technology will come by way of Blockchain and it is starting to take shape. Accountant’s role is starting to shift from bookkeeper to business consultant. People skills have become just as important as keeping the ...
July 4, 2016
Smartphones and Slacking Hit Work Productivity Hardest
Technology helps workers stay connected while away from the office, but often causes them to disconnect while in the office, leading to a negative impact on productivity.
June 29, 2016
Paperback Version Of “Next-Level Accountants” Now Available
The paperback version of Next-Level Accountants: Your guide to growing a firm of trusted advisors is now available. The book that brings together top accounting and valuation industry thought leaders to provide advice on how firms can add value to client engagements and grow their practices. Just in time for summer reading, the book is now...…
June 28, 2016
Illinois CPA Society Awards 34 Accounting Scholarships
Each year, The Society and The CPA Endowment Fund provide about $185,000 in financial support and outreach assistance to qualifying students who are working towards becoming CPAs. ICPAS scholarship programs are funded by contributions to the CPA ...
June 28, 2016
2016 Tax Series: 16 Sweet Fringe Benefits
What’s better than a salary increase? For many employees, the addition of an equivalent fringe benefit may be preferable, due to the tax consequences. For example, if an employee is in the 25% federal tax bracket and receives a $10,000 raise, he or ...
June 28, 2016
The Top 5 Ways Managers Can Improve Performance Reviews
Performance review meetings can bring stress to both sides of the table. But it doesn't have to be that way. With the right planning by supervisors, the meeting can be a productive, stress-free event. Business Management Daily's Editorial Director ...
June 28, 2016
Financial Execs More Optimistic on Long-Term Growth
This quarter, the top five external risks cited were: 1) oil/commodity prices, 2) U.S. economy pullback, 3) new/burdensome regulation, 4) the upcoming election/political uncertainty in the U.S., and 5) global growth/recession/volatility and capital ...
June 27, 2016
Most U.S. Companies Lagging On New FASB Revenue Recognition Standard
60 percent of respondents indicated that they are running behind schedule in their overall implementation of the standard, which has an effective date as early as January 1, 2018, for many organizations.
June 26, 2016
New York CPA Society Elects New Board Members
These new leaders come from all regions across the state of New York, including Albany, Rockland County, Westchester County, Suffolk County, Nassau County, Buffalo, Staten Island, Manhattan, Queens and Brooklyn, New York; Newburgh (Orange County), ...
June 24, 2016
Keys to Profitability That CPA Firms Overlook
Partner income percentage is impacted much more by staff-partner ratio than by innate profitability. Many partners have a rule of thumb that 33% is an acceptable partner income percentage, and that to be truly profitable, 40% or more should be the ...
June 24, 2016
New Business Advisor Program Offers Free Tools to Accountants
Advisors can play a key role in helping entrepreneurs understand the importance of building, monitoring and maintaining strong business and personal credit scores to help their businesses grow. Nav's research has found that most small business ...
June 23, 2016
AICPA IMTA Section Honors Young CPA With Scholarship
Miller, 34, is an information assurance associate with Macpage LLC, which has offices in Maine and Massachusetts. She is a summa cum laude graduate of the University of Massachusetts-Lowell in Lowell, Mass., and was licensed as a CPA in the state of ...