Consulting

The future of accounting firms lies in more advisory services.

A group of prominent accounting firm advisors has banded together to create the CPA Firm Best Practices Network with the goal of helping firms reach a higher level of performance.

Bridging the gap between IT and data, these professionals can bring extra value to accounting firms.

Rising profits and increased disruption increased the use of consultants in Canada’s financial services sector, with much of the revenue going to the Big Four accounting firms, according to a new report.

The good times continue to roll for management consultants, especially with tax reform.

One proven growth strategy is to offer more services to the same clients.

The consulting practices of U.S.-based accounting firms—especially the Big Four—saw strong growth in revenue last year, in part due to last December's tax reform overhaul, according to a new report.

Sadly, too many financial professionals assume it’s the client’s responsibility—not theirs—to be the orchestra leader who coordinates all the moving parts of their financial life.

Never assume that the client understands or knows what you are talking about.

Randy Rupp, CEO of Top 100 Firm Rehmann, discusses how his firm is expanding its managed IT services practice.

Initial coin offerings have raised billions of dollars for startups while attracting criminals and authorities around the globe. Now, the young market may get some help cleaning up from the Big Four consulting firms.

It’s been more than a year since Congress created the Qualified Small Employer Health Reimbursement Arrangement, a new health benefits option available to businesses with fewer than 50 employees.

Congressional Republicans created a juicy new break for business owners when they rewrote the U.S. tax code late last year. Three months later, hundreds of thousands of U.S. employers still don’t know if they can claim it.

The CPA Consultants’ Alliance made some changes in its officers and added new members, including a CPA Next group of up-and-comers.

The firm has expanded its public housing authority practice by acquiring a Valley Forge, Pa.-based accounting and consulting business that focuses on servicing the affordable housing industry.

This year may bring a barrage of questions from clients about cryptocurrency. Here's how to be ready for them.

Surprisingly, the expansion into broader advisory services has been slow and limited at most firms.

RSM US LLP has signed an agreement to add the leaders and staff of SecureState, a security and privacy consulting firm based in Cleveland, and acquire substantially all of its assets.

Crowe Horwath LLP plans to merge in TRU8 Solutions, an Atlanta-based risk consulting firm, effective Jan. 31, 2018.

If you’re a bookkeeper, it’s time to embrace evolution.