October 20, 2014
AICPA Names Recipient of Gold Medal Award for Distinguished Service
The American Institute of CPAs (AICPA) has presented Frank K. Ross, CPA, the Institute’s 2014 Gold Medal Award for Distinguished Service.
October 14, 2014
5 Tips for Accounting Firms to Build Client Loyalty
Customers everywhere demand more personal attention in their shopping and service experiences, and accounting services are no exception. With so many ways to rate and rank the customer experience at their fingertips...
October 14, 2014
8 Factors that Determine a Retired Partner’s Deferred Compensation
When partners retire, it goes without saying that they want to cash in their share of the firm’s value. But they want to do this in a way that enables the firm to continue as a successful, viable entity.
October 12, 2014
Get Hacked, Get Sacked!
Risk mitigation when your practice is attacked is an economic consideration. What will breach reporting cost? What will recovery cost and time lost be? Although we are not likely to be terminated by our clients or our firm, even this type of loss ...
October 9, 2014
Big Changes Coming for Joint Employers and Independent Contractors
Recent NLRB actions and court decisions have taken the issue of joint employers, independent contractors, and leased employees far beyond a single industry.
October 8, 2014
Xero Hits $100 Million in Annualized Monthly Revenue
Online accounting software maker Xero has passed $100 million in annualized committed monthly revenue and has achieved a 95 percent year-over-year growth rate in subscription revenue, the company announced on Wednesday.
October 8, 2014
Professor Creates Financial Model to Value Water Risk for Businesses
With water risk rising in some companies and basins as a more urgent problem than climate change, University of Michigan researchers have worked out a way to measure how it affects stock volatility.
October 7, 2014
5 Technologies to Develop More Business for Your Firm
Every day, new technology services are being launched that help professional services firms better engage with prospects and clients in cost effective ways. Filtering through all the possibilities and effectively leveraging the technologies is becoming key to firms’ success. While not all inclusive, here are a few focus areas to maximize the impact of your...…
October 6, 2014
The Advisory Board and AAM to Partner for Winning is Everything Conference
The Advisory Board is partnering with the Association for Accounting Marketing to provide executive-level marketing sessions at the 2015 Winning is Everything Conference. The sessions are designed to ...
October 3, 2014
Professionals on the Move – October 7, 2014
A weekly roundup of professionals in the tax and accounting profession that have changed jobs and/or been promoted.
October 2, 2014
Tenenz Expands Email Marketing Suite for Accounting Firms
Tenenz, Inc., which makes products and technologies for tax and accounting firms, has expansed its email marketing suite of products. Professionals can now choose from a variety of customizable, branded designs for digital client newsletters, memos, appoi
October 2, 2014
KPMG Acquires Qubera
The global Big 4 accounting and consulting firm KPMG LLP has acquired “certain” assets of the cyber-security firm Qubera Solutions. The companies say that the transaction will strengthen the KPMG network’s security transformation capabilities in several service areas, including Cloud Identity Federation, Identity as a Service (IDaaS), Identity Governance, and IAM solution implementation. “As threats...…