October 2, 2013
Accounting firm settles $35M lawsuit
Firm had served as city's auditor until discovery of $54M embezzlement by city comptroller.
October 1, 2013
PrimeGlobal North America and Avalara Announce Strategic Alliance
Avalara recently announced a new strategic alliance with PrimeGlobal’s North American Region, giving PrimeGlobal member firms access to business-critical sales and use tax and value added tax information.
October 1, 2013
How Accountants and Tax Pros Can Manage Business Risk
Summer may seem like a time where accountants can take a breath. They’re just past the April tax rush and still a ways ahead of end-of-year planning. But that timing makes August and September the optimum time to work on managing your practice – an essential part of which is managing business risk.
September 30, 2013
American Airlines Considering Employee Profit Sharing
American Airlines workers may see some profit-sharing payments next year if the airline continues to post profits in 2013, the airline's chief executive Tom Horton said today.
September 30, 2013
More Small Business Owners Achieving Work-Life Balance
Small business owners are worried about healthcare, retirement and general finances, but it seems they are achieving an increased work-life balance, according to a recent survey by online marketing company Yodle.
September 30, 2013
New York Accounting Firms Announce Merger
Two prominent CPA firms in Buffalo have reached an agreement to merge. The Bonadio Group and Gaines Kriner Elliott LLP (GKE) will finalize their new arrangement on November 1, and will operate under the Bonadio name.
September 30, 2013
Payroll – To Be or Not To Be
Both accounting firms and industry accountants ask me regularly about opportunities for their firms. One area that has been avoided by industry and public practice CPAs alike is payroll. We’d prefer to transfer the work, liability, risk, schedule commitment and governmental reporting to someone else.
September 30, 2013
Mastering the Art of Technology
How a tech-savvy firm owner leverages his experience with advanced technologies to create a lucrative new service offering
September 30, 2013
Looking and Feeling Great! The Five Key Components of Your Firm’s Brand Image
Recently I had a fellow CPA visit our firm in Bloomington, Indiana. We spent a few hours talking about processes, growth, the importance of websites, and staffing…all good stuff. Before he left our visitor told me, “Your office has a really comfortable feeling to it, when I walked in it just felt right.” He also…
September 26, 2013
Thomson Reuters Expands CPE Courses and Management Tools
Thomson Reuters recently released Checkpoint Learning’s enhanced Premier Plus CPE Package for tax, accounting, audit, and finance professionals. It offers more than 500 Webinars and 450 online/downloadable courses covering legislative and industry changes in a cost-effective bundled subscription package
September 23, 2013
WTP Advisors Merges with N.Y. Forensic Accounting Firm BSG
The New York-based forensic accounting and litigation support firm, Boucher Stickley Group (BSG), has merged with WTP Advisors, a global tax and business advisory firm. BSG is known for its pioneering systems used to perform complicated quantitative analysis related to controversy resolution.
September 19, 2013
Succession Planning for Accounting Firms: Most Professionals Are Unprepared
A recent survey by the National Society of Accountants reveals that less than a third (28%) of firms have a succession plan. Practitioners should think about succession planning as early as possible and draw up a plan to transition client relationships to an internal successor or an outside firm.