Accounting June 28, 2025
Nominations Open for 2025 Innovation Awards
The Innovation Awards highlight technologies that are shaping the profession and small businesses through increased collaboration and productivity.
November 28, 2017
Tax Identity Theft and Your Clients: 5 Steps to Finding Peace
With the Equifax data breach exposing the personal identifiable information (PII) of 143 million Americans this year, we will need to be prepared to receive and answer more concerns than ever from our clients about tax related identify theft this ...
November 27, 2017
ITA Announces New Board of Directors
Allen Smith of Baker Tilly elected Board Chair; Stacy Schuettler of LBMC is new Board Vice-Chair.
November 24, 2017
Supervisor Support Critical To Employee Well-Being And Workforce Readiness
For employees whose supervisors do not support and encourage their career development, only 15 percent say their employer provides opportunities for them to develop the technical skills they will need in the future, only 20 percent say their employer ...
November 21, 2017
Growing Your Accounting Practice, Part 2
As you consider the right way to expand your practice, consider adding tax compliance as another pillar in your firm’s lineup of services to bring in a new source of ongoing, recurring revenue.
November 21, 2017
Growing Your Accounting Practice, Part 1
Most firms recognize the importance of developing innovative new service offerings. Indeed, almost 50 percent of firms surveyed are looking for change and growth in the near term.
November 21, 2017
Tips for Growing Your CPA Firm’s Affiliated Entities
As more and more CPA firms venture into consulting services, they will be faced with the question of how they should expand their non-traditional services. Some of the more common service areas include technology, wealth management and specialized ...
November 21, 2017
The Thank-You Note: A Valuable Tool When Interviewing
Eighty percent of human resources (HR) managers said they take thank-you messages into account when deciding who to hire. The bad news? Respondents reported receiving notes from only 24 percent of applicants, down from 51 percent in 2007.
November 21, 2017
November 2017 Accounting Channel
73% of CFOs Trust the Cloud for Financial Data By Isaac M. O’Bannon, Managing Editor Just three years ago, according to CFO respondents in the Adaptive Insights CFO Indicator report, only 33% trusted the cloud for financial data. Today, 73% of CFOs trust the cloud for financial data, reflecting a significant technology shift for Finance,...…
November 21, 2017
Apps We Love: Mobile Payments
From tracking KPIs or managing client communications, or even digging them out of a financial hole while cruising at 35,000 feet, these business apps keep busy professionals tuned into their firm and client needs, which definitely helps productivity.
November 21, 2017
A Step Into the Future of Cloud Accounting
As a cloud-based accounting firm, we are major proponents of using modern technology to better serve our clients and build a stronger business. Peering into the future of the accounting industry and anticipating its potential impacts is an important ...
November 21, 2017
Will New Use Tax Laws Kill Tax Free Shopping?
Recently, Scott Peterson, Vice President of U.S. Tax Policy and Government Relations for Avalara, conducted a Facebook Live Chat to discuss use tax laws and shipping. This is a topic CPAs and accountants should know more about - not only to educate ...
November 21, 2017
Building Client Relationships in a Distributed World
While there are clear benefits, cloud-enabled accounting solutions have greatly reduced or eliminated the need to interact directly with clients. Gone are the days of visiting client sites to help them process paper checks, or receive their paper records.