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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 14, 2016
Grant Thornton Gets Top Marks for Equality
Accounting firm Grant Thornton LLP has received a perfect 100 percent score on the Human Rights Campaign Foundation’s 2017 Corporate Equality Index (CEI) – a national benchmarking survey and report on corporate policies and practices related to LGBT ...
December 13, 2016
Boost Your Productivity With This Personal Hack
We all struggle with demands on our time. Some of these are external and work-focused- requests from colleagues, phone call interruptions, and email. But others stem from our own internal weaknesses. In our conversations with session attendees, people ...
December 13, 2016
Is Your Technology Meeting Client Expectations?
Too many firms are stuck in the paper age; continuing to do things the way they always have. Beyond the aversion to change is the deep-rooted belief that if they don’t send out a tangible stack of paper, the client will question the value they ...
December 13, 2016
Where Does Time Go?
It’s hard to believe another year has come and gone. The old adage that time flies when you’re having fun has certainly applied to our family with the addition of three new grandchildren this year! While we often track time in our lives by birthdays ...
December 12, 2016
Accounting Firm BKD Acquires Kiesling
With staff in Iowa, Nebraska, Colorado and Wisconsin, Kiesling combines full-service capabilities with deep industry knowledge in the telecommunications industry. Kiesling will join BKD’s North Region, led by Regional Managing Partner Barry Davis.
December 12, 2016
How the Cloud Can Transform Your Accounting Practice
As automation and do-it-yourself tax preparation services continue to grow, accountants must find ways to use the latest technology to their advantage and differentiate themselves from the competition. Not only does cloud technology provide the ...
December 8, 2016
Hosting Solutions for Accounting Firms
A simple reminder to get you started: all of these products scan, incorporate from a portal or from pictures snapped on client’s cell phones all of the documents for a 1040 tax return. They tend to sort them in tax preparer/IRS form order in a PDF ...
December 7, 2016
How to Protect a Firm from Remote Worker Liability
Many Americans now have the flexibility to work remotely, and more want to do it. A survey by Gallup reports that the average worker telecommutes two days per month, with 46% of telecommuters doing so during the workday.
December 7, 2016
What President Trump Means for Labor and Employment
Over the course of the last eight years, the Obama administration has made a series of changes that have led to more economic and regulatory burdens for businesses, while often strengthening unions. Many of those changes could be undone, rolled back ...
December 5, 2016
ITA Announces New Member Firms during 2016 Fall Collaborative
These new member firms will be introduced to the ITA membership at the opening session of the ITA Fall Collaborative, December 4-6, 2016, at the M Resort in Las Vegas. Approximately 250 ITA members are expected to participate in this event and ...
December 5, 2016
CPA.com Adds Expensify to Preferred Firm Solutions
Expensify allows CPA firms to manage client expenses and reconcile corporate credit cards in a single console using real-time, continuously updated information. Clients also benefit from Expensify’s easy-to-use mobile app with industry-leading.
December 2, 2016
Professionals on the Move – December 2, 2016
A roundup of professionals in the tax and accounting profession that have changed jobs and/or been promoted.