Technology

February 19, 2020 

The members of the Accounting Thought Leader Symposium have elected David Cieslak, CPA.CITP, CGMA, GSEC, accounting technologist and chief cloud officer and executive vice president with RKL eSolutions, into CPA Practice Advisor’s Accounting Hall of Fame. The announcement was made during a presentation at the 2020 meeting of the Thought Leader Symposium, an accounting think tank...…

Gail Perry

February 18, 2020 

We live in an era of convenience, and that goes for meetings as well as everything else. There’s simply no excuse to insist that everyone gather in person for a meeting, nor is there reason to be frustrated with the chaos of a conference call when too many people are on the line, like the...…

Gail Perry

February 17, 2020 

We are in the business of building relationships. No matter how advanced technology becomes, at the heart of the accounting profession, we are people of our people—our clients. That means face-to-face meetings with clients are still (and will likely always be) a mainstay component of a firm’s business model. And now well into busy season—the...…

Darren Root, CPA, CITP, CGMA

February 17, 2020 

We are in the business of building relationships. No matter how advanced technology becomes, at the heart of the accounting profession, we are people of our people—our clients. That means face-to-face meetings with clients are still ...

Darren Root, CPA, CITP, CGMA

February 17, 2020 

Expense Management has always been important, but in recent years, the surge in company travel has found more businesses scrambling to find a way to continue sending their employees where they need to be, but doing so in more cost-effective manner.

Mary Girsch-Bock

Accounting February 15, 2020 

This column will go through some of the gear I carry with me when working out of the office. As someone who spends over 100 days a year traveling, I don’t have the option of waiting until I get back to the office to deal with most things.

Brian Tankersley

Technology February 13, 2020 

While most of our firms have transitioned away from paper-based records, many of us still struggle to digitize the business processes in our firms. As I write this, we are in the late stages of conducting the 6th Annual CPA Firm Operations and ...

Brian Tankersley

February 12, 2020 

In the accounting profession’s annual tax marathon, you don’t want your people to hit the wall. Burned out workers will be less focused, more irritable, less healthy, more likely to exhibit negative attitudes and more prone to mistakes.

Paul McDonald

February 12, 2020 

Heading into 2020, VC investment in the U.S. is expected to remain strong in areas related to artificial intelligence, robotic process automation and fintech. Corporate VC investment is also expected to remain robust. VC investor interest in ...

February 11, 2020 

Everyone wants and expects instant access to information. People demand the ability to conduct business at any time and from any location. Just as importantly, they want this capability now: Solution implementations must be quick and easy. These expectations ring true across the business spectrum, from end customers all the way to back-office teams such...…

February 10, 2020 

Most impressive at CES this year were hardware solutions to real world problems. We’ll discuss each of them, but I was particularly impressed by new generation laptops, monitors (including a second portable monitor), scanners, keyboards and mice.

Randy Johnston

February 10, 2020 

As niche, project-based consulting and outsourcing work becomes more prevalent throughout the professional services industry, the Adecco Group is delivering more tailored solutions that are deeply rooted in technology and project management.