Staffing May 7, 2026
What Top Accounting Firms Hire for in 2026: 5 Key Skills Defining the Next Generation of CPAs
As teams become more complex and technology-driven, project management is emerging as a critical skill beyond CPA training alone.
November 5, 2014
Xero Acquires Monchilla to Expand Payroll Services in the U.S.
Online accounting software maker Xero has acquired Seattle-based online payroll company, Monchilla Inc. The move shows Xero’s continued commitment to the U.S. market to provide small businesses with an innovative cloud-based financial platform with ...
Firm Management November 5, 2014
Accounting Firm Marketing Made Easy
When you think of marketing as simply “communicating,” it immediately feels doable. The fact is that many firms already have a marketing program in place, because marketing is really just communicating.
November 5, 2014
IT’s Role in Mergers and Acquisitions of Accounting Firms
So what is technology’s role in all this activity? Unfortunately, in a lot of these deals, IT is involved too little and too late.
November 5, 2014
2014 Reviews of Cloud Hosting Providers for Accounting Firms
Cloud hosting has been around since long before technology marketers made “going to the cloud” a slogan. Here at CPA Practice Advisor, we’ve been covering cloud solutions for more than a decade, but the concept goes much further back.
November 5, 2014
AICPA Announces Scholarship Award Winners
The American Institute of CPAs has announced five recipients of the 2014-15 AICPA John L. Carey Scholarship. The one-year $5,000 scholarship is awarded to students from liberal arts and other non-traditional business backgrounds who are pursuing ...
November 5, 2014
Illinois Firms Porte Brown and Katzenbach Merge
The Chicago-based accounting and consulting firm of Porte Brown LLC has merged with Katzenbach & Associates, Ltd., a Bloomingdale-based public accounting firm. Financial details of the merger have not been disclosed.
November 5, 2014
2014 Reviews of Client Portals for Tax & Accounting Firms
Not that long ago, a new technology dramatically changed the way accounting firms and businesses of all types communicated with their clients and internally. I’m not even sure how to account for the amazing amount of time saved and the resulting increased