Firm Management

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August 10, 2016 

New Podcast Series Focuses On Accounting Firm Management

Sageworks has released a new three-part podcast series for accountants on iTunes. The podcast series, “Next-Level Accountants: Your guide to growing a firm of trusted advisors,” features interviews with industry experts Ronald J. Baker, Doug Sleeter, ...

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August 10, 2016 

AICPA Presents Awards for Contributions to Accounting Literature

The AICPA has announced the winners of the Notable Contributions to Accounting Literature Award, presented at the American Accounting Association Annual Meeting. The AICPA-sponsored honor was presented to a team of highly-regarded accounting academic ...

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August 9, 2016 

Accounting Firms Rank As Most Profitable Profession

Which industries are the most lucrative? The answer depends on how it’s measured, but based on pre-tax net profit margin, the top money-makers include specialty service providers in accounting, law, health care and real estate, according to the latest ...

 CPAs Honored for Work in Government Roles

August 9, 2016 

CPAs Honored for Work in Government Roles

The AICPA also has presented Paul Curtis, CPA, of Waldorf, Md., with the 2016 Outstanding CPA in Government Impact Award at the federal level and Kristen Scalise, CPA, CFE, of Green, Ohio, with the 2016 Outstanding CPA in Government Impact Award at the lo

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August 9, 2016 

The Procrastinator’s To-Do List

Most people procrastinate. It’s in our nature to have ebbs and flows of productive time, the time when we can really dig in and get our projects completed. I contend that procrastination is in the eye of the beholder. After all, think about how your ...

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August 8, 2016 

Book Offers Guidance on CPA Firm Mergers

Sellers, owned primarily by aging Baby Boomers, see merging up as their most likely exit strategy. Relatively few buyers or sellers have much merger experience, yet these deals will require some of the most important decisions in their professional ...

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August 2, 2016 

The 9-5 Job is A Thing of the Past for U.S. Workers

A typical work day historically involved eight consecutive hours of effort for full-time workers, but today, most don’t stop working when the clock hits 5 p.m. According to a new survey from CareerBuilder, nearly 3 in 5 workers (59 percent) believe ...

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August 2, 2016 

Is Your Firm Really Different Than Your Competition?

Virtually everyone agrees that being able to differentiate your firm is cool. Yet, very few local CPA firms are in fact, different. To be fair, the nature of what CPAs do naturally makes them look more alike than different.