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Top of the News
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Don't Let Clients Drag You Down
Being sued for something you've done wrong is bad enough, but getting sued when you have performed your work diligently and correctly can be devastating.
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Measuring Marketing: Merging Art and Science
Math and marketing don't always have the most harmonious relationship, as marketers at accounting firms are well aware.
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Accounting Today May 2013 Digital Edition
Check out the digital edition of the May 2013 issue of Accounting Today.
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Profession Watch -- May
News and developments in the profession from the previous month
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Know Your (Copy)rights
You need to protect your firm's online content
Opinion
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Editor's Desk: Check the Barrel
Scott London doesn't represent the accounting profession -- but that doesn't mean it can't draw lessons from his story
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5 Keys to Uncover Midyear Client Opportunities
Spring is a time of optimism, so it's a great time for accounting firms to look for fresh opportunities to grow the business.
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Try Pan-Roasting that Ribeye
It's important to try new approaches to building your business
Tax Practice
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Tax News
Developments in tax from the previous month
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Being Part of a System
The pros and cons of working with a tax franchise
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Tax Strategy: Pass-Through Entity Simplification
The House Ways and Means Committee has put forth a series of discussion drafts focused on fundamental tax reform.
Assurance
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The Cost of Corruption
Compliance with anti-bribery and anti-corruption rules is becoming critical
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Assurance News
Developments in accounting and auditing from the previous month
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The Spirit of Accounting: The Roots of All Evil in Financial Reporting
Arrogance and ignorance remain major drives of unethical behavior in accounting and financial reporting
Financial Planning
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PFP News
Developments in financial planning from the previous month
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How Far Are They Willing to Go?
Gauging how much risk a client is willing to take is not an easy task. instead, it is a moving target that some professionals compare to diagnosing an illness of a baby or a pet that cannot tell you how they are feeling.
Technology
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Tech News
Developments in accounting technology from the previous month
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Fix-It Shops No More
In the time it took iPhones, tablets and cloud computing to threaten PC use at many CPA firms, their IT departments evolved from virtually faceless repair shops to essential components of a firm's growth.
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Software Survey: SUTA's Only Going to Get Worse
Sales & use tax regimes are only growing more complex at all levels, requiring more of the systems that help with compliance
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VAR News
VAR and reseller news from the previous month
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Boomer's Blueprint: Firm Health -- A Competitive Advantage
Poor health is expensive. It results in wasted resources and time, decreased productivity, increased turnover and loss of clients. Firm health is determined by five basic components:
Practice Resources
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M&A Watch
A roundup of accounting firm mergers and acquisitions from the previous month
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Are You Aggressively Driving Firm Growth?
Gale Crosley divides accounting firm partners into drivers and passengers
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Not Herding Cats
When you work in a professional services firm with different locations, different practice areas and different industries, it is quite challenging to pull everyone together and focus on one vision.
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Find Your World-Class Workforce
Competitive differentiation isn't necessarily in the products and services, it's in the talent.
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So Many Ways to Own
A guide to the many ways limited liability companies can share equity with employees
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re:Marks: What's More Disruptive -- a Crashed Computer or a Sick Employee?
Gene Marks says tech problems can hurt worse than personnel problems
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New Products
Books, software and services for accountants
Accounting Tomorrow
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Tomorrow's News
Figuring out the value of video
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Generational Viewpoints: Measuring the Generation Gap
Staff from PKF Texas share their perspectives on the differences between the generations
Search Accounting Today
Women in Accounting: Breaking the Mold
May 21, 2013
A continued conversation with Marcum’s Nanette Lee Miller and Janis Cowhey McDonagh about the obstacles women in the accounting profession face when trying to make their way into leadership positions.
IMA’s Jeff Thomson on the Role and Skills of Management Accountants
May 8, 2013
Institute of Management Accountants president and CEO Jeffrey Thomson discusses why accounting students should consider management accounting as a career, and the IMA's partnership with John Wiley & Sons.
SLIDE SHOW
Top 10 Tech Initiatives -- 2013
May 5, 2013
The AICPA's annual list of IT priorities for accounting firms.
Common E-mail Security Mistakes
April 23, 2013
These five bad habits can make your confidential information -- and that of your clients -- easy to steal.
The Art of the Tax Cartoon
April 9, 2013
A selection of tax cartoons from Philly tax firm Drucker & Scaccetti's 'Finding Humor in Taxes' exhibit.
