Practice and client management

Firm leaders need to answer four key questions when considering a transaction or remaining independent.

The IRS has been examining only a tiny fraction of tax filings from large partnerships due to staffing shortages and other resource constraints.

A majority of accounting firms say they are changing their messaging around pricing as clients increasingly question their cost models in the age of AI efficiencies.

For many firms, a technology that was meant to make things better may instead prove to be yet another tax season headache.

Accounting and IT departments have long been working in silos, which often leads to numerous operational challenges. Accountants taking on the role of tech advisors can bridge this gap.

The average growth rate for accounting and financial services firms has fallen from an all-time high of 13% to less than 10% today, the lowest in five years.

Paul Griggs, CEO of PwC, said they plan to adjust billing model to factor in AI, potentially without even a human professional in the loop, and added that if any humans have a problem with it they have no place in this firm.

The Top 100 Firm acquired human resources consulting agency Soaring Bird Solutions, expanding its ability to serve tribal nations and tribal enterprises.

McConnell Jones, the largest Black-owned CPA firm in the U.S., appointed William Taylor, Jr. as managing partner, succeeding founder Wayne McConnell.

KPMG International elected Gary Wingrove as its next global chairman and CEO, succeeding Bill Thomas in a four-year term, effective Oct. 1, 2026.

Big deals for CBIZ and Baker Tilly put them at the top of the league tables for new public company audit engagements for all of 2025.

AI is rewriting the org chart of the modern CPA firm.

Questions this season reflect confusion about 1099 income, new OBBBA deductions and retirement considerations, according to data from online expert platform JustAnswer.

Expense management solutions provider Emburse announced the release of its latest version, which now combines vendor payments and employee reimbursements.

The firms that are starting to feel a real difference in the busy season are not working harder; they are redesigning the way the audit process runs.

AI has emerged as a potential force multiplier, but can it augment capacity in a way that is sustainable and responsibly governed?

Audit and GRC solutions provider AuditBoard has been renamed Optro to reflect a single, coherent view across audit, risk, infosec and compliance.

The IRS is proposing to remove regulations that tried to crack down on the abusive use of basis-shifting transactions by partnerships as a way of minimizing taxes.

While no one can say what the final destination of this year's Top 100 Firms and Regional Leaders will be, they've got a head of steam up to reach top speed.

The Top 100 Firm elected Marc Feigelson as its next chief executive, following the retirement of Blain Heckaman.