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Tax Season Survival Index Measures the Human Cost of Tax Season on Professionals
The TSSI measures the cost to sleep, to health, to relationships, and to the professionals who run the engine of public accounting.
December 18, 2017
2017 Review of Document Management & Storage Systems
It’s been estimated that nearly 20 percent of an employee’s time is spent searching for documents. To make matters even worse, according to PricewaterhouseCoopers, 7.5 percent of documents in an office are simply lost. Not misplaced, or on someone’s ...
December 15, 2017
ALTER Your Path: 5 Steps to Becoming a Consultant
As we try to keep up in today’s fast-paced, disruptive world, we need to remember we are extremely valuable. We have a fundamental understanding of how business works. Yes, it ties back to debit and credits, but today we don’t need to worry so much ...
December 12, 2017
How Accounting Firms Can Leverage the Gig Economy
While freelancing is a part-time or side-gig for many people, a growing number of people make it a full-time living. Twenty-nine percent of survey respondents said their freelance business is their only source of income, up from 17% in 2014.
December 12, 2017
CLA Acquires Accounting Firm NSBN
As one of the nation’s leading professional services firms, CLA has retained the agility to serve clients of all sizes and locations, while at the same time bringing an unparalleled depth of capabilities, all in one place.
December 12, 2017
Accounting Firm Friedman Adds Fashion and Real Estate Partners
Top 50 accounting and advisory firm Friedman LLP has added Jeffrey Resnick, CPA and Steven Bokiess, CPA to the firm’s New York office as partners in the Fashion and Real Estate Practices, respectively.
December 9, 2017
EY Appoints Kelly Grier as U.S. Chair and Managing Partner
In her new role, Kelly will lead the EY US firm and the EY Americas geographic area, which represents more than US$14.5b in combined revenues and more than 71,500 people in member firms in 31 countries. She will also join the EY Global Executive ...
December 8, 2017
How to Evaluate Software as an Accountant
When determining the software’s value, review its list of features and consider the costs it could eliminate (e.g., wages of a seasonal employee), the revenue it could generate (e.g., additional services you could offer), and the freedom it could ...
December 7, 2017
Ceterus Acquires Quick-Service Restaurant-focused Accounting Firm
Ceterus serves thousands of small businesses and franchisees with its managed bookkeeping and tax services, including QSRs like Little Big Burger and The Burger Joint. QSRs prefer Ceterus for its ability to do period versus monthly accounting, strict ...
December 6, 2017
Wipfli Acquires Milwaukee Accounting Firm Sattell, Johnson, Appel
The combined firm will have approximately 1,900 associates and 48 office locations across the United States and two offices in India.
December 6, 2017
Advisory Services Take Off As Revenue Channel for Accounting Firms
In the study, 61% of firms had per-client revenues of $5,500 per year, showing that investing in advisory services has become a large source of revenue for firms.
December 6, 2017
Pace of Technology Change Offers Great Opportunity to CPA Firms
Technology is rapidly transforming the practice of accounting, and there has never been a better opportunity for CPA firms to grow and thrive, the chief executive of CPA.com said in a keynote speech at the 2017 Digital CPA Conference.
December 6, 2017
Plooto and Xero Partner to Provide Payment Processes for Accounting Firms
The two organizations have strengthened their partnership with a software integration that gives accountants and bookkeepers the ability to send and collect payments electronically and sync all payment data into Xero HQ for automatic payment updates.