Firm Management

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September 20, 2017 

Female Partners: A Year Later, Where Are We?

In 2017, female accounting professionals still lack the support they need in the workplace in order to advance their careers. Last year, I wrote a column on the topic of females only being represented in 19% of accounting firm leadership positions, ...

Amy Vetter

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September 19, 2017 

CPA Tomorrowland

This is a tantalizing brave new world for younger accountants who like the idea of turning their penchant for number-crunching into a sexier profession, but what about those who are, ahem, reaching their golden age? It kind of sounds like rather than ...

Gail Perry

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September 19, 2017 

How to Create a Culture of Innovation

The word innovation is thrown around a lot in our profession. Everyone wants ideas for doing things faster, easier, cheaper, or better. But rather than drive innovation from within the firm, they’re trying to keep up with what others are doing ...

Jim Boomer

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September 18, 2017 

8 Factors Affecting Innovation for Financial Services Firms

The rise of customer choice will have profound implications on the design and distribution of products, and will likely force companies to shift roles. Platforms that offer the ability to engage with different financial institutions from a single ...

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September 18, 2017 

Hardware Matters – Think About Working With None!

With so much focus on Cloud and Mobile, can you imagine using your technology with no hardware? Hardware has become so cheap, reliable and generally good, many of us take this part of our technology experience for granted. It has been ten years since ...

Randy Johnston

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September 18, 2017 

How Tax Pros Can Stay Busy in the Off Season

I have stayed busy this offseason. For instance, during tax season, my editor gave me an idea to turn all of my articles into continuing professional education (CPE) classes. I hated sitting through boring CPE classes that didn’t hold my attention.

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September 18, 2017 

Palestinian Accounting Firm Joins HLB International

HLB International, a global network of accounting firms with a presence in 140 countries, continues its growth with the recent signing of a new member firm, Palestia, in the Palestinian Ruled Territories.  Palestia is based in Ramallah, a Palestinian city in the central West Bank, north of Jerusalem. Established in 2001, the firm provides services in...…

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September 18, 2017 

Videos and Marketing Toolkit Help CPA Firms Promote Their Services

Besides the two videos in this year’s campaign – “It’s a Jungle Out There” and “Small Businesses Take a Beating” – the AICPA has created a CPA marketing toolkit for small business with promotional materials that firms can personalize with their brand.

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September 18, 2017 

AICPA Webcast Series Focuses on Diversity

The webcast series is intended to teach CPAs practical knowledge and skills to help them create an effective global mindset that drives innovation through inclusion. Each hour-long webinar in the series provides one hour of Continuing Professional ...