Ed Mendlowitz

There are 178 checklists for tax season, practice management and personal tips, plus a Getting Your Affairs in Order Tool Kit with 27 additional checklists.

The firm's annual State of the Firm event was attended in person by 1,500 Withum'ers and virtually by almost 1,000 Withum team members.

If you want to grow, come up with a goal of where you would like to be in five years, and then decide on a first step toward that goal.

Here's a look back at some of the best pieces of advice from this past year.

Working on any one of them will make life easier and better at your firm.

Here are three questions you can use as a guide to make tomorrow better.

The Stuart Woods novel shows a way to negotiate fees with prospective clients.

Sellers cannot protect themselves from a buyer's bankruptcy or if the buyer just stops making payments.

Now is the time to start planning tax season and easing some of its pressures.

Tax season is around the corner. Starting now with a few easy steps can relieve much of the pressure later.

Public accounting is rapidly moving into the future, and anyone who doesn't realize this will fail to remain competitive or viable.

Strategic growth requires a plan, execution and something new to present to potential clients.

Delaying a payment or not paying an invoice are ways for a client to give voice to a problem with your services without causing an immediate confrontation.

Many things can go wrong in buying an accounting practice, and sellers need to protect themselves.

Many partners say the quality of the tax returns they were given to sign was not satisfactory, and they found many more errors than they considered acceptable.

Starting a firm is an opportunity and should not be treated as a chore or something that you have no choice in what you are doing.

Good marketing ideas do not wither with age.

The accounting icon has found yet another way to give back in addition to his teaching, mentoring, writing and many other contributions to the profession.

Price Waterhouse was the auditors for the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, and this is an early example of cross-selling to add outside-the-box services to an engagement.

Stress reduction can be accomplished by how realistically we view our roles, control what we do, commit to deadlines, and understand our own capabilities and time allocation.