Firm Management

September 24, 2018 

Improving technology and processes allows you to do more with fewer people. As technology advances and we implement better processes, the amount of time your people spend on certain tasks may be reduced, but each human interaction becomes even more ...

Arianna Campbell

September 21, 2018 

In a recent interview with Avalara, Jennifer Kolterman, CPA, a director at Hutchinson and Bloodgood LLP in the accounting firm’s San Diego, Calif., office, discussed how she and the firm maintain success in the accounting profession.

September 21, 2018 

What can you do to keep yourself going, coast through the deadlines, keep your colleagues satisfied and your family and friends happy, and maintain some semblance of the self you want to be?

Gail Perry

September 20, 2018 

Moss Adams, one of the largest accounting, consulting and wealth management firms in the nation, has agreed to combine with AsTech Consulting, a cyber risk management firm that specializes in application and network security, secure development and security training. Effective Nov. 1, 2018, the combination enhances the Moss Adams cybersecurity consulting practice, adding new capabilities in...…

September 14, 2018 

As we set out on our recent hike near Beaver Creek, Colorado, the first mistake I made was reading the hiking map. I informed CeCe that it was just three miles roundtrip so we should be able to do this easily in two hours. Thankfully, I did point out ...

September 14, 2018 

Anyone can make mistakes, and pretty much everyone does. But we had a fighting chance before email and smart phones. In the good old days an office assistant typed documents and memos, and then they were read over once or twice before they got signed ...

Gail Perry

September 13, 2018 

Hurricane Florence remains a powerful major hurricane, but has been downgraded to a Category 3, as its sustained winds have decreased to 115 mph. The forecast track of Florence has the storm making landfall near Wilmington, N.C. around midday Friday ...

September 10, 2018 

Thomson Reuters has released a white paper to help firms protect themselves from a cybersecurity breach at a time when IT security concerns permeate internal control at even the smallest companies. The paper, How Small and Mid-Sized Entities Can ...

September 10, 2018 

With several hurricanes hitting the U.S. in the last couple of years, including Hurricane Florence in just the last few days, the IRS is reminding people and businesses to take time now and create or update their emergency preparedness plan.

September 10, 2018 

Often, when profanity is used in the workplace, managers and supervisors are reluctant to address it for fear that they will be seen as prudish or part of the speech police. However, employers need to carefully consider their response to profane or ...

Richard D. Alaniz, JD

September 10, 2018 

The point of this article isn’t the age old question of billable hours vs. value pricing. The focus today is the value our people provide to our firms and how we measure that value in a way that doesn’t drive them away.

Garrett Wagner

September 10, 2018 

The concept of personal preference is an integral part of everything we do with firms. Personal preferences have a negative impact on morale and overall process efficiency. They impact internal customer service, and we all know we can’t provide ...

Michael Wherry