The Latest

  • 1. What are the main forces shaping the firm of the future?

    June 7
  • 1. What are the main forces shaping the firm of the future?

    June 7
  • When the American Institute of CPAs released its bi-annual Private Companies Practice Section CPA Firm Top Issues Survey last year, client retention was at the top of the list as the most significant practice management concern.

    June 7
  • A number of years ago, I attended a conference where the keynote speaker was well-known futurist and author Alvin Toffler, whose ground-breaking 1970 tome Future Shock chronicled the rapid acceleration of structural changes in society from what he termed "going from industrial to super-industrial." He lobbed to those in attendance several then-unfamiliar terms (at least to yours truly) such as "digital revolution" and "knowledge workers."

    June 7
  • The International Federation of Accountants and The Prince's Accounting for Sustainability Project have entered into a memorandum of understanding to support the role of global accounting in developing sustainable organizations.

    June 7
  • ILLINOIS

    June 7
  • Ever since women and Gen Y-era CPAs began swelling the ranks of public accounting firms, senior partners have been getting an earful about the importance of accommodating their new cohort's varying career goals, motivations and lifestyle preferences.

    June 7
  • Necessity, it is said, is the mother of invention.

    June 7
  • As the accounting profession continues to struggle with a changing workforce and an increasingly stringent regulatory environment, automating business processes in an effort to boost productivity and improve client service will only grow more critical.

    June 7
  • The Internal Revenue Service has opened examinations of over 30 colleges and universities as part of an ongoing investigation into the business activities of tax-exempt academic institutions.

    June 7