Daniel Hood

Editor-in-chief

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Daniel Hood has been editor-in-chief of Accounting Today and Tax Pro Today since 2011; he joined Accounting Today as managing editor in 1998. A graduate of Georgetown University, he has also served as a business editor for the New York Daily News, and as a production editor for The Wall Street Journal Europe. He is the author of five novels and a guidebook to New York City.

Blockchain

Blockchain and attest: A big first step

For all the worry about the interaction of blockchain and assurance, there haven't been many real-life examples of it -- until now, with Top 100 Firm Armanino's release of a new attest product around stablecoins. The firm's Scott Copeland and Andries Verschelden share the details, and what it means for the future of assurance.

By Daniel Hood

November 11
Technology

TR’s Rushton: Choose to wield technology

With change now the defining characteristic of the profession, accountants can embrace tech – or have it inflicted on them.

By Daniel Hood

November 7
Thomson Reuters

Thomson Reuters names ‘Luca Pacioli Award’ winners

Two firms and two practitioners are recognized for combining technological and accounting expertise to advance the profession.

By Daniel Hood

November 7
Accounting firm services

Client demand and needs drive new service development

Well more than half of accounting firms offer more than three distinct services to business clients.

By Daniel Hood

November 6
Audits

Florida firm leads in new SEC clients for Q3

A merger put Assurance Dimensions in the lead, while Marcum LLP led among large firms.

By Daniel Hood

November 4
Recruiting

What does it take to be a Best Firm to Work For?

Leaders from the two top workplaces in accounting in 2019 -- Victor Ramsauer of LevitZacks and James Rinn of Maxwell, Locke & Ritter -- dive into what sets their firms apart.

By Daniel Hood

November 4
ACI — November 2019: Creeping up

Having stopped a three-month slide last month, the Accountants Confidence Index crept upward.

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Career planning

Down payments on the future of accounting

No matter how big or small their practice is, accountants need to invest in themselves.

By Daniel Hood

October 28
Cannabis

Inside the cannabis industry

Zach Gordon, a pioneer in serving the marijuana business and senior manager of the cannabis practice at Janover LLC, shares the issues facing this new niche, and how accountants can and should work with it.

By Daniel Hood

October 28
Corporate taxes

In corporate tax, the pressure is rising

To help stressed clients, Deloitte Tax is going from ‘doing digital’ to ‘being digital.’

By Daniel Hood

October 24