Firm Management

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November 20, 2017 

Business Continuity and the Cloud for Accounting Firms

When hurricane Harvey approached Houston, Wesley Middleton of MiddletonRaines+Zapata didn’t have to worry about his firm’s business continuity plan. At the recent CCH Connections: User Conference 2017, Middleton talked to Jody Padar (the Radical CPA) ...

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November 20, 2017 

Phases of Change

Change evokes many emotions: fear, curiosity, exhaustion, loyalty, paranoia, optimism, rage, and revelation, to name a few. Unfortunately, management often overlooks or underestimates the emotional impact of changes such as mergers, process ...

Arianna Campbell

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November 20, 2017 

Is the Password Dying?

It’s not hard to see why people don’t like passwords. We share a lot of sensitive personal information with companies, including Social Security numbers, health records, and bank account and credit card numbers. Even password managers don’t eliminate ...

Jim Boomer

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November 15, 2017 

The Diffusion of Value Pricing in the Profession

There are two theories that are killing our profession: Pricing by the hour and maintaining timesheets. They are stifling growth, wealth creation and innovation, inhibiting customer service, destroying morale and the quality of life, not to mention ...

Ronald J. Baker

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November 14, 2017 

Report Shows Priorities of Young Accounting Professionals

Young finance professionals at small and medium-size practices are a mobile group who seek out professional development and are well-equipped to deal with changes being driven by globalization and technology, finds a new report by ACCA (the Association...

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November 10, 2017 

AbacusNext Acquires HotDocs

In addition to core products, AbacusNext acquires HotDocs Market, an online ecommerce marketplace that allows clients to purchase and use HotDocs templates whenever and wherever they want. This unique, self-contained e-store built by HotDocs will ...

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November 9, 2017 

Women Mentorship Programs Help Firms Realize Greater Success

U.S. accounting firms that use advancement programs for promoting women to leadership positions overwhelmingly view them as effective tools in recruiting and retaining talent, according to new research by the American Institute of CPAs.

 Workers Who Quit Their Jobs Earn More?

November 7, 2017 

Workers Who Quit Their Jobs Earn More?

Job holders' wages grew by 4.4 percent and job switchers' wages grew slightly less by 3.3 percent year over year in the third quarter. On average, job holders' hourly wage levels were $10 more than that of job switchers. Tracking full-time workers ...

 Millennials More Afraid of Credit Card Debt than War or Death

November 7, 2017 

Millennials More Afraid of Credit Card Debt than War or Death

A new survey by Credible.com reveals that millennials rank their credit card debt as the scariest issue in their daily lives, even scarier than weighty issues like dying and the threat of war. It’s hardly a surprise, given Americans hold nearly $800 ...