Firm Management July 10, 2026
Avoid Assumptions: Use Career Conversations to Guide Your Firm’s Succession Planning
A succession plan built on assumptions is likely to fall short of expectations when it matters most.
May 4, 2021
Using Technology to Empower CPAs
Do you see the increasing use of automation, artificial intelligence, and other new technology and wonder what it might mean for your business? The fear of technology is a tale as old as time. Early technophobes thought the printing press would never ...
May 4, 2021
Sovos Acquires Digital Enablement Business of Chile-Based Acepta
Acepta’s SMB platform is used by customers today in Chile, Peru and Colombia. With SMB customers in the U.S., Turkey, Mexico and other regions, Sovos will further leverage its expanded product portfolio to meet the growing, global demand for ...
May 4, 2021
Small Business Jobs Grew Significantly in April
The Small Business Jobs Index increased 4.33 percent from March to 98.34 in April, a positive indicator of job growth returning to pre-pandemic levels.
May 4, 2021
BKD Launches New Workforce Productivity Tool
BKD CPAs & Advisors has launched a new service aimed at helping health care organizations assess their workforce productivity. This can assist in understanding labor ratios, benchmarking specific departmental productivity, forming a plan to improve ...
May 3, 2021
3 Tips for Finding Remote Employees During Covid
For most tax and accounting firms, COVID-19 has been a significant catalyst for change. While some firms may not have thought about having remote employees before March 2020, many have adapted to having their employees work remotely from home.
May 3, 2021
New Resource from ISACA and AICPA & CIMA Helps Organizations Navigate Blockchain Risk
Developed by the ISACA-AICPA & CIMA Joint Blockchain Working Group, whose mission is to identify and document risk associated with private blockchains, Blockchain Risk documents describes and provides context around specific risk related to blockchain ...
April 30, 2021
Tax Tips for Gig Economy Workers and Those Who Received Unemployment
Taxpayers should collect and keep records and receipts during the year. Recordkeeping can help track income, deduct expenses and complete tax returns.
April 28, 2021
AICPA to Host Forum on How to Embrace Inclusion at All Levels of Business
The free CPE-eligible forum will feature discussions around how establishing and implementing DEI is not one-size-fits-all and explains how organizations must determine the appropriate structure for their needs. Participants will also discuss key ...
April 28, 2021
Illinois CPA Society Announces 2021 Outstanding Leadership Award Recipients
The Illinois CPA Society (ICPAS)—one of the largest state CPA societies in the nation—is proud to announce the recipients of its prestigious 2021 outstanding leadership awards.
April 28, 2021
How Working Conditions and Attitudes Have Changed Due to the Pandemic
Women feel the strain – and pay gaps hold: One of the defining characteristics of the COVID-19 pandemic is the way in which it has upended work/life balance.
April 28, 2021
Younger Americans Hurt Most by Financial Stress During Covid
Financial stress is much higher for renters (72 percent at least somewhat stressed) than it is for homeowners (52 percent).
April 26, 2021
IRS Settlement Month Resolved 148 Tax Court Cases
Tthe Internal Revenue Service Office of Chief Counsel hosted its first National Virtual Settlement Month in March 2021. The results are impressive. Settlement Days events are coordinated efforts to resolve cases in the United States Tax Court by providing taxpayers who are not represented by counsel the opportunity to receive free tax advice from Low...…