2019 Readers Choice Awards: The Results

August 14, 2019 

2019 Readers Choice Awards: The Results

This is the 15th annual edition of the Readers’ Choice Awards. Once again, we have invited our readers to help us spotlight the technologies they most respect and trust to help them run their firms and provide client services.

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August 14, 2019 

Technology Will Never Be Slower Than It Is Today

It might seem like technology is coming at us like a runaway locomotive, not even slowing down to pick up passengers, just barreling ahead with a mind of its own. New apps, new solutions, new programs, new developments, new cures for problems you didn’t even know existed – the barrage of options is endless and...…

Gail Perry

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August 12, 2019 

AICPA and NASBA Form Coalition to Protect Licensing Standards

AICPA and NASBA will work with other ARPL members to inform lawmakers of the need to maintain standards for highly complex, technical professions like the CPA profession that have a clear impact on the public’s fiscal health and welfare. The coalition was

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August 12, 2019 

AICPA Recognizes Former Iowa Deputy State Auditor with Award

The Outstanding CPA in Government Career Contribution Award recognizes a member’s significant contributions to the CPA profession through government service at the local, state or federal level over a candidate’s career. Award winners must have ...

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August 12, 2019 

How the Audit Market Penalizes Auditors for Doing Their Job

What earns auditors a good reputation? Common sense suggests that being of service to investors should go a long way toward that end. In the words of a study being presented at this week’s annual meeting of the American Accounting Association...

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August 6, 2019 

3 Keys to Serving Governmental Entity Clients

Practicing in the government and municipality industry sector requires a high level of technical expertise and an acumen for a host of accounting and auditing standards that stretch beyond the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) and U.S.

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August 5, 2019 

blumshapiro Acquires Massachusetts Accounting Firm Cowan Bolduc Doherty

The accounting firm blumshapiro has acquired Cowan Bolduc Doherty (CBD) of North Andover, MA. The merger becomes official on August 1, 2019. blumshapiro is the largest accounting, tax and business advisory firm based in New England. blumshapiro has been growing significantly in the Massachusetts area over the last 5 years and this combination with CBD...…

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August 5, 2019 

Perpetual Accounting, the Future of the Profession

In a world where consumers expect convenience at the tap of their finger and efficiency is the order of the day, a new kind of accounting is beginning to take shape. Instead of completing tasks through individual, discrete customer interactions, we can expect the savviest CPA firms of the future to engage their clients on...…