Mergers and Acquisitions April 8, 2026
Sikich Acquires IT Consulting Firm Burwood Group
Top 25 accounting firm Sikich announced April 7 it has acquired Oak Brook IL-based Burwood Group, an IT consulting and integration firm.
July 26, 2016
How Inadequate Technology Is Risky Business for Accounting Firms
As one of the highest performing, under-pressure sectors, the professional services industry increasingly faces a number of unique challenges. Threatened by commoditization, increased global competition and even automation, the ability to maximize ...
July 26, 2016
Sage and Microsoft Partner to Empower Accounting Professionals
As part of the extended relationship, Sage will integrate Sage 50 with Microsoft Office 365. The new solution also allows customers and the joint ecosystem to grow, extend and innovate on top of the combined solution. Sage has also become an Office ...
July 26, 2016
The War On IT: Ransomware and How Accounting Firms Are At Risk
Ransomware is a type of malicious software that encrypts files, blocks access to computer systems then requires an anonymous payment, and has the ability to make a dramatic and devastating impact on your business. A recent report released by the FBI ...
July 25, 2016
How the ‘Reality Distortion Field’ Affects Accounting Firms
There are two sides of the reality distortion field. The positive is that it demonstrates how someone can bend reality in such a way that a difficult or impossible task is made to appear possible. The dark side is that people with this trait are so ...
July 25, 2016
5 Tips and Tools for Accounting Firm Email Marketing
One of the most chronic complaints of clients that leave their CPA to find another is their former CPA’s lack of communication. So if there is a tool that can both help you communicate more in a leveraged, time-saving way while also warming up ...
July 25, 2016
3 Tax Tips for Millennials – How to Overcome the Fear
If there’s one thing we all have in common, it’s that no one enjoys filing taxes. But, according to recent studies, millennials feel particularly anxious about the annual process.
July 22, 2016
Professionals on the Move – July 22, 2016
A roundup of professionals in the tax and accounting profession that have changed jobs and/or been promoted.
July 21, 2016
SMB Owners Fret Over Finding, Keeping and Growing Top Talent
Small and mid-sized businesses added 63,000 jobs in April and 173,000 in May, according to ADP, but many business owners and managers find that their most talented staff – finding, nurturing, and keeping them – is one of their most challenging concerns.
July 21, 2016
Ohio CPA Society Leads New Research to Improve CPA CPE ROI
The study, already underway and in the preliminary reporting stages, is examining the links between the relative success of CPA firms and their approach to professional development.
July 21, 2016
Does Your Firm Have Technical Debt?
Technical debt is now a common term in the software development industry. Companies spend money assessing, controlling and “paying down” their technical debt in order to keep their products agile enough to compete in an environment where slow to market or
July 20, 2016
Maryland’s CPA Firm Leaders Weigh In On Legislative Priorities, Critical Skills, Innovation
More than ever, managing partners at Maryland CPA firms say they need someone to scan the horizon for them — to identify future trends before they happen, to monitor and affect change on legislation and regulations, to train their people and help them ...
July 20, 2016
Business Strategist and Futurist to Speak at 2016 Digital CPA Conference
A featured speaker at Digital CPA will be business strategist Daniel Burrus, who champions the concept of the “Anticipatory Organization,” one that can analyze long-term trends and move quickly to take advantage of opportunities that come from change.