November 18, 2015
The redesigned Start Here, Go Places. website includes more than 100 profiles of real-life CPAs in public practice, industry, government, and academia. Students are able to enter information to create a ‘Future Me’ profile to help them envision a ...
November 17, 2015
The Forensic and Valuation Services (FVS) Section of the AICPA represents CPAs who provide financial forensic accounting and business valuation services, and offers the Certified in Financial Forensics (CFF) and Accredited in Business Valuation (ABV) ...
November 17, 2015
Under legislation enacted last December, the IRS must establish a voluntary certification program for professional employer organizations (PEOs). The law requires them to meet a number of requirements, including certain bond and independent financial ...
November 17, 2015
My FirmFiles helps accountants by making it easy to serve clients effectively. “Being able to securely and instantly transfer or store files allows accountants to spend less time on administrative tasks and more time handling billable work, ” said Bob ...
November 17, 2015
Dotting the ‘i’ for script Ohio in The Ohio State University marching band was a longtime dream for Neil Steffens. That dream came true this past September in part because Steffen’s employer, Clark Schaefer Hackett, a regional CPA firm, was open to ...
November 16, 2015
The highest ratio of female partners (43 percent) falls within the firm category of 2-10 CPAs, while the lowest (20 percent) is associated with the largest firms of 100-plus CPAs, the AICPA CPA Firm Gender Survey found.
November 16, 2015
Prior to 2015, as corroborated by the AICPA staff, the Code of Conduct was not clear on this issue, even though firms by the thousands had adopted the non-equity position.
November 13, 2015
A weekly roundup of professionals in the tax and accounting profession that have changed jobs and/or been promoted.
November 13, 2015
While you certainly have to take into account learning styles, I would like to share a simple training approach that I learned from my partner, Dustin Hostetler. It is a proven process that has been used successfully by our clients and in a variety of ...
November 6, 2015
Intuit announces winner of its Firm of the Future Contest
November 3, 2015
The most valuable assets of any organization with a purpose – whether it’s for-profit or not-for-profit – are its people, and that’s why hiring is so important. When screening candidates, who may become part of your work culture, however, there are ...
November 3, 2015
With tax season looming, now is the time for accounting firms to ramp up their staffing strategy. Determining your needed mix of full-time and temporary professionals — before holiday time-off — will set you on a course for success come 2016.