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 What Will Future Accounting Clients Want from Your Firm?

January 29, 2016 

What Will Future Accounting Clients Want from Your Firm?

Right now, life in the accounting profession is good. Growth trends are on an upswing with accounting market employment up more than 4% over last year and steady revenue growth since 2011. We’ve rebounded from the recession and are starting to gain ...

Jon Baron

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January 28, 2016 

IT Alliance Appoints Lissa Johnsen As V.P.

Johnsen is a long-time ITA member, a past member of the ITA Board of Directors, and has most recently served as Treasurer of the organization. In addition to her ITA work, Johnsen serves as Employer Solutions Practice Director at Net@Work, a ...

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January 26, 2016 

Are Accountants Keeping Pace with Today’s Consumer?

All of us draw conclusions based on perceptions. If clients or prospects perceive that your firm is stuck in the past (practices that were common only four or five years ago look ancient to most of us consumers today), they may question whether your ...

Jon Baron

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January 26, 2016 

Accounting Firm Payne Nickles Joins CPASNET

CPAsNET.com is a consortium of independent accounting firms that represent more than 100 partners, 300 professional associates and 500 employees. Member firms have pooled their resources to provide their clients with the local, national and ...

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January 25, 2016 

When Do You Have To Pay Terminated Employees?

Each state has its own laws that dictate when employees are to be paid and this extends to terminations. While many states allow payment for voluntary termination to occur on the next scheduled pay date, several states have accelerated timelines even for

James Paille

 How Firms Can Optimize Staff Productivity During Tax Season

January 20, 2016 

How Firms Can Optimize Staff Productivity During Tax Season

How many returns can your firm prepare during tax season? Adding staff hours during busy season is problematic for the firm and filing extensions is problematic for customers. In the absence of these two options, what else can you do?

 How Accounting Firms Can Benefit From The ACA

January 19, 2016 

How Accounting Firms Can Benefit From The ACA

The passage of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) has brought major change to the accounting profession as individuals and companies are increasingly turning to accountants and tax preparers for help in complying with new health care mandates and ...

Jon Baron

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January 18, 2016 

Report Shows Opportunity Loss for Women-Owned Businesses

Women own 9.9 million U.S. firms representing 35.76% of all firms and generate $1.4 trillion in revenues annually. But, women-owned firms produce only 4.23% of all U.S. revenues. 70% of women-owned firms have less than $25,000 in revenues annually.

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January 15, 2016 

BDO Acquires Boston Accounting Firm Feeley & Driscoll

The firm serves privately-held businesses in various industries, with a strong concentration of clients in the construction, healthcare, professional services, manufacturing and distribution industries. The combination of BDO and Feeley & Driscoll ...