Artificial Intelligence

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April 16, 2018 

Why and How: Machine Learning

Machine Learning is still in its infancy and is making progress rapidly. Almost every provider to the profession is coding algorithms to learn about transactions. Every innovative company has a Machine Learning project to help learn and make very ...

Randy Johnston

 How the $15 Minimum Wage is Affecting Small Businesses

April 9, 2018 

How the $15 Minimum Wage is Affecting Small Businesses

Minimum wage is on the rise in the United States. While the federal government mandates a national minimum wage of $7.25 per hour, local and state governments have taken matters into their own hands; the city of Seattle was one of the first jurisdictions to set their minimum wage at $15 per hour.  [From LendEDU]...…

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March 27, 2018 

Are You Preparing Your Firm for the Gig Economy?

The gig economy is already here. And hopefully your senior leadership and talent leadership are working together to develop the strategies and plan on how to take advantage of it. Because you will feel the impact sooner rather than later, and whether ...

Dustin Hostetler

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March 19, 2018 

Why and How: Cognitive Computing

Emerging technologies have always changed the practice of accounting. Further, your clients’ businesses also change based on their choices to use technology. Emerging technology is no long “emerging” when it becomes mainstream.

Randy Johnston

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March 6, 2018 

69% of CFOs Plan to Increase Tech Spending

Digital transformation is on the rise, with more than two-thirds (69 percent) of CFOs and senior financial executives planning to increase their investment in technologies that speed business change – according to a recent survey conducted by Grant ...

Firm Automation

February 28, 2018 

CFOs Say Automation is Negating Need for Excel Skills

CFOs are embracing automation across various areas of finance, driven in large part by a requirement to be more strategic and provide better analyses. That's according to the latest global CFO Indicator report from Adaptive Insights, which explores ...

 February 2018 Accounting & Audit Channel

February 20, 2018 

February 2018 Accounting & Audit Channel

Top Accounting Blogs & Social Media Are You Too Busy to be a Proactive, Future-Focused Advisor? Tom Hood, CPA, via LinkedIn.http://bit.ly/2EvnBoE New AICPA Chair Shares Vision of the Future. AICPA Insights blog.http://bit.ly/2nSflo8 Re-Engineer Your Audit Process. Wendy Cable from the Wolters Kluwer blog.http://bit.ly/2ET1cPW U.S. Treasury Official Says FDII Rules are BEPS Compliance. Robert Sledz from...…

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February 19, 2018 

2018 Review of Xero

Xero www.xero.com From the 2018 reviews of Cash Management systems. Xero is designed for self-employed and small business owners. Completely cloud-based, Xero is scalable, with three versions available, with each version offers additional functionality. A complete financial management product, Xero offers solid cash management functionality. Users can utilize the Xero dashboard for cash forecasting, with...…

Mary Girsch-Bock