Gail Perry, CPA, is the editor-in-chief of CPA Practice Advisor. She also speaks at many accounting events, trade shows, and webinars. She is the author of over 30 books (including Mint.com For Dummies and QuickBooks 2014 On Demand), and she maintains a small tax practice. Gail is a graduate of Indiana University where she earned a bachelors degree in journalism. She returned to school to study accounting at Illinois State University, earned her CPA, and worked for Deloitte in the firm's Chicago tax department. She has taught college-level accounting principles and personal finance, and was on staff for 10 years at the Indiana CPA Society as a computer applications instructor. Gail was the publisher and editor-in-chief of AccountingWEB before joining the CPA Practice Advisor team.
June 22, 2016
To help you sift through the choices, we turned to our 40 Under 40 class, that stunning group of people who are paving new paths of leadership in our profession, for book recommendations. Maybe you’ll find some gems here that you can pack in your ...
June 21, 2016
This month we are focusing on apps that further our education. We surveyed our 40 Under 40 Class of 2015 along with members of the Thought Leader Symposium, and here is a sample of what we discovered.
May 24, 2016
I've been reporting on the accounting profession since Andersen was in the Big Five, Sarbanes and Oxley were just drinking buddies in DC, Enron was a company where great careers were made, and the PCAOB wasn't even a figment of anyone's imagination.
May 20, 2016
We surveyed members of the 40 Under 40 class of 2015 to find out about the apps they swear by. Here are some of the responses we received. Kacee Johnson, founder of Blue Ocean Principles, relies on Time Buddy. “It’s a time zone converter and world clock that assists in scheduling meetings for people in...…
April 18, 2016
Understanding your firm, your people, your proficiencies will prepare you to understand who are the best fits for your offerings and capabilities.
April 14, 2016
It's not hard to miscalculate employee tax withholding, especially if you do the calculations without the help of a software program. The rates may have changed without your knowledge – rates change at the first of every year, but there have been ...
March 16, 2016
Tax accountants have always been the white knights. Auditors were viewed by clients as necessary, consultants the fascinating innovators, but tax accountants were there to save the day.
February 19, 2016
Technology will continue to evolve, as will you, but you can take a deep breath and move at your own pace, and new solutions will be there for you whenever you are ready for them.
February 17, 2016
It's February and you're in the heart of busy season. Starting a new process for organizing and monitoring state and local tax chores and obligations is really not feasible at this point in time, but there are some best practices you can employ that ...
February 8, 2016
When it comes to knowing and using the latest apps in the fitness, we figured the best place to start is with our 40 Under 40 class of 2015. After all, these people are go-getters on the job, so it stands to reason that they will be organized about ...
January 28, 2016
The ad, to be broadcast during the third quarter of the game, will be the only one to feature a small business and will be seen by more than 100 million viewers. Death Wish Coffee, based in Round Lake, N.Y., was selected from more than 15,000 entries ...
December 21, 2015
Do you yearn for a better, easier way to track expenses, prepare expense reports, process reimbursements? Maybe we can help…!
