Consulting

Some accountants bristle at the idea of selling their services.

On an early job I had—in a time long, long ago with no computers, smart phones, copiers or electronic adding machines—I used to go to a client in the morning, write up their books, prepare a financial statement, drop it off at the office at end of the day and then go home.

Accounting and consulting firm Horne LLP has acquired the cybersecurity firm Halberd Group and established a new unit, Horne Cyber Solutions.

Panalitix, an Australian developer of software tools for public accountants, has acquired 2020 Group USA, a membership and educational group for accounting firms founded by CPA consultant Chris Frederiksen.

An overview of the history and valuation methods for S Corporations.

If you are following the large accounting industry news outlets, it’s no surprise that the role of an accountant has been, is currently and will continue to shift from compliance work to consulting engagements.

Ask any accountant in the country about “client service,” and you’ll be hard pressed to find one who does not consider it to be important.

Ernst & Young has formed a strategic alliance with the SAS Institute to provide data analytics technology to clients.

Open enrollment is the annual time period where employees enroll in a health insurance policy that they feel best fits their needs for the following year.

I met someone last week and asked how she was doing with her accountant. She said everything was fine, but reduced the three interim quarterly visits to once every four months.