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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.
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 ...
September 18, 2017
Hurricanes Harvey and Irma — Disaster Planning: It’s Back to Basics for Your Firm and Clients
What can firms do to better prepare themselves for disaster? How can they carry through their trusted advisor role to help clients recover? With technology in today’s environment, we all know it’s easier to prepare and plan for a natural disaster ...
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 ...
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.
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...…
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.
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 ...
September 18, 2017
6 Strategies for Resolving and Minimizing Staff Conflicts
Ideally, a CPA firm’s management team concentrates most of its time on ensuring clients receive the best possible service and strategizing ways to cultivate new customers. That’s the ideal scenario.
September 14, 2017
Georgia and Rhode Island Accounting Firms Join BKR
BKR International, an international association of accounting firms, has announced the addition of two new member firms in the Americas Region.
September 14, 2017
What Makes Your Firm a Great Place to Work?
The way others perceive your company can be critical to attracting, engaging, and retaining top employees. A strong message that clearly communicates why you’re an employer of choice can set you apart from your competition and help attract like-minded ...
September 14, 2017
Accounting Firms from US, UK, CA and AU Compete for Firm of the Future Title
Now in its third year, the Firm of the Future contest once again invited the world’s leading accounting, bookkeeping and tax firms to showcase how they see the value of the cloud, use business models to better value their expertise, and grow their ...
September 13, 2017
What the End of DACA Means for Dreamer Employers
USCIS announced on September 5, 2017, that they are phasing in a rescission of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program (DACA). The DACA program began in 2012 and granted temporary status and work permits to the “dreamers” who came here as ...