Consulting

The American Institute of CPAs is working with the American Society of Appraisers, the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors and other organizations on issues facing the valuation profession and how to address them, including a new credential to enhance consistency and transparency in the fair value measurement process.

Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu has introduced Deloitte Pixel, a new service that leverages “crowdsourcing” technology to allow outside people to help the firm develop new services and projects for Deloitte and its clients.

Auditors face numerous challenges when it comes to helping clients understand financial reporting issues related to accounting for intangible assets acquired in a business combination.

The CPA Consultants’ Alliance has published a new book to help the CPA profession close the divide between current and emerging leaders.

Someone has to be the boss. When the founder is active, he or she is usually the boss. There are exceptions, but I want to talk about parents who step aside to have their children run the business, particularly where there is more than one child working in the business.

Sageworks has released "Next-Level Accountants: Your guide to growing a firm of trusted advisors," an e-book containing insights from some of the top thought leaders in the accounting and valuation professions.

Did you ever hear that accounting firms, particularly the larger ones, don’t provide distinctive client service and only compete on price?

Many family run businesses have parents and children who perform excellently together, and I have worked with many proud companies. However, occasionally there is a stumbling block, in that a parent and child cannot just get it together. What to do?

Jim Boomer will succeed his father L. Gary Boomer as CEO of Boomer Consulting, Inc., as part of a long-term succession plan that has been underway for the last seven years and includes several other big moves at the prominent accounting firm consultancy.

Global shipping and international trade have been reserved historically for big companies with the resources required to manage the disparate steps involved in moving shipments worldwide. After managing “big trade” for some of the largest companies in the world, I believe the real global trade opportunity is with small and midsize businesses. But SMBs are likely flying blind (and under your radar); they need your help.