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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.
October 13, 2016
Is Your Audit Practice Ready to be Uberized?
More than two decades ago, industry auditing staples such as GoSystem Audit, Fast-Governmental, and Accountant’s Trial Balance were quickly replaced by a new generation of more robust audit engagement binders including CaseWare and CCH Engagement ...
October 12, 2016
Unintended Consequences of Firm Management Decisions
Sometimes people and organizations launch a new philosophy, policy or approach with the best of intentions, but fail to consider an unintended consequence that threatens to negate the purpose of the original initiative.
October 11, 2016
Getting Your Partners “On Board”
Passengers and flight attendants had a common goal – get to our destination safely and on time. But for that to happen, we needed two critical people. Those two key people had the same goal as the rest of us – get to our destination safely and timely.
October 11, 2016
Eight Must-Have Items on Your Website’s Home Page
Here’s a quick checklist to make sure your website’s homepage is working hard for you. These eight items should be on your home page for best results:
October 11, 2016
Three Social Media Technologies That Will Save You Time and Trouble
Social media can be incredibly profitable, but it can also be incredibly time-consuming. Here are three tools that help to take the work out of social media and put the profit back in.
October 6, 2016
Illinois CPA Day of Service Gets Record Participation
Making a difference in their local communities was the main mission for accounting and financial professionals who participated in The Illinois CPA Society’s 7th annual CPA Day of Service on September 23rd. A record total of over 1,350 volunteers ...
October 3, 2016
Voting Starts for Intuit’s Global Firm of the Future
Before casting their vote, the public can watch a video of each firm that highlights how they embody the attributes of being a future-ready firm. The attributes of a Global Firm of the Future include adopting online technologies, implementing fixed ...
October 3, 2016
How Accounting Firms Benefit From Moving to Client Portals
Within the accounting industry, clients have come to expect on-demand access to their financial documents, and an online portal environments, ensure these needs are met in a simple and secure format. The benefits of portal environments also extend to ...
September 29, 2016
Accounting Firm Mergers & Acquisitions: A Growing Trend in Succession Strategy
When most firm leaders think about succession planning, it typically involves grooming a successor who has put in years of hard work and knows the staff, clients, and firm practice overall inside and out. But, if your firm does not have a well-groomed ...
September 27, 2016
Wipfli Joins Chamber of Digital Commerce
The Chamber of Digital Commerce represents the world’s leading innovators, operators and investors in the digital asset and blockchain technology ecosystem, including start-ups, software companies, global IT consultancies, financial institutions and ...
September 27, 2016
Small Firms Face Big Challenges with Partner Compensation
The most difficult and complicated partner compensation scenario may surprise you – it’s firms with 2-3 partners. Why? Because regardless of the system used to allocate income, at the end of the day, each partner has to look the others in the eyes ...
September 27, 2016
SmartVault to Offer Digital Signatures
The digital signature solution, powered by RightSignature, offers users the convenience of requesting signatures on documents right from SmartVault. Customers can utilize the digital signature solution for all documents, including IRS forms 8878 and 8879.