Accounting October 6, 2026
The 2026 AI Finance Stack
73 tools worth knowing, how I would put them together, and the trends behind why finance teams are picking them.
June 19, 2018
How Women Can Close the Confidence Gap to Get Ahead
A recent study from Pew Research found that, in 2017, women were paid 82 percent of what their male counterparts were. To make up this difference, women would need to work 47 extra days per year. And the gap is larger for women of color.
June 19, 2018
The Pros And Cons Of Working From Home
Job seekers are enticed by work from home options but are aware of the pitfalls, suggests new research from global staffing firm Robert Half. More than three quarters of professionals surveyed (77 percent) said they are more likely to accept a ...
June 19, 2018
Increase Your Firm’s Profits: Add Sales Tax Compliance to Your Services
For years, accountants have heard that our profession is changing. With the advent of new technology, we no longer will be data entry specialists or spend excess billable hours working on tax returns; instead, we have to morph ourselves into trusted ...
June 19, 2018
Every CPA Firm Needs to be a Security Company
CPA firms are also once again changing. For many, the first customer facing technology may have been offering self-service options to extend back office functionality. Electronic invoicing and collections are two early examples that date back to the ...
June 19, 2018
4 Reasons Firms Should Offer HR Services
No competitive business can be successful without growth. In today’s rapidly changing economic landscape, companies are under pressure to expand market share, seek out new development opportunities, and most importantly, identify unique offerings that ...
June 19, 2018
Trends in CPE for Accountants: Hello Free and Online, Farewell to Fees
As a community of lifelong learners, accountants will benefit greatly from the current shift to online education, an innovation that saves students and presenters time and money. The accounting profession is not immune to such shifts in how people ...
June 19, 2018
A Quarterback and a Playbook: Your Firm’s Tools for Success
What are your firm’s two playbooks? Start by focusing on defining the goals of your current organization. Those goals probably include delivering outstanding client service by creating profit for your clients and yourself; the usual win/win.
June 19, 2018
Avalara Rings NYSE Opening Bell: Stock Nearly Doubles on Opening Day
As ecommerce has made it easier for even small businesses to makes sales to customers across the U.S. and around the world, Avalara's technologies have been unheralded in their role. The company's sales tax engine integrates with more than 600...
June 15, 2018
Disabled Americans Can Put More Money into ABLE Accounts
The new law also enables eligible individuals with disabilities to put more money into their ABLE accounts, qualify for the Saver's Credit in many cases and roll money from their 529 plans -- also known as qualified tuition programs -- into their ABLE acc
June 15, 2018
Center for Audit Quality Funds Four Research Projects
The Center for Audit Quality (CAQ) has announced four grants to fund independent academic research on projects of interest to the auditing profession. Over the past 10 years, the CAQ has provided funding for 39 projects through its Research Advisory ...
June 15, 2018
Why and How: Big Data
If Cognitive Computing drives much of the emerging technology computer science research, most of the data science research is focused on Big Data. Big Data can be analyzed to produce actionable business information. This data analysis need may explain ...
June 14, 2018
CCH Adds Voice Enabled Search to Tax Research System
CCH AnswerConnect customers operating on Microsoft for Windows 10 can activate the Cortana voice assistant to verbally ask CCH AnswerConnect Tax Assistant a federal tax question and Cortana will either read the answer back or automatically search ...