Practice and client management

Paul Knopp will take the helm at the Big Four firm on July 1, 2020.

As with 2018, mergers made a major difference for many auditing firms – but not all.

Chuck McCabe of The Income Tax School explains the art of getting selected for a media story.

Many firms think they have the 'finding the errors' situation worked out, when in reality they should be concentrating on error reduction or elimination.

PricewaterhouseCoopers is adding a third external director to its board, former SEC commissioner Troy Paredes, and establishing an Assurance Quality Advisory Committee where the firm will bring in more outside voices to help improve its audits.

If you find yourself talking for more than 10 consecutive seconds during a client meeting, stop and ask the client an open-ended question, and give them ample time to respond.

The key to commercialization is early adopters.

The first-ever revision of the International Integrated Reporting Framework for integrated reporting is now underway.

A professional review of a company’s accounts payable data can yield significant benefits.

The Top 40 Firm is celebrating its centennial as it expands its advisory services in the cyber area to meet the challenges of its next 100 years.

The Internal Revenue Service has released a set of proposed regulations for businesses to follow when deducting meals and entertainment, in response to the 2017 tax overhaul.

Stop worrying about managing time, says Joe Woodard: The successful advisor is focused on being effective, not efficient.

It’s a cultural issue, largely, but it doesn’t have to stay that way.

White Nelson Diehl Evans launches new website; American Accounting Association to induct five members into Accounting Hall of Fame; and more CPA news.

Boomer Consulting Inc. is launching Boomer Certified Consultant Training, a year-long training program designed to teach accountants how to develop and deliver consulting and advisory services.

How many clients have told you they can’t wait until they’re retired? Suppose you ask them point blank, “What does retirement look like to you?”

The International Integrated Reporting Council is asking for feedback on its set of integrated reporting principles, the International Framework, encompassing financial and nonfinancial areas such as sustainability, strategy and governance.

Finding quality talent that has the ability to perpetuate a small or midsized CPA firm is a big challenge, especially when firms admit new partners just because of needs as opposed to qualifications.

The exit of David Knoch is the latest change at the growing and rapidly pivoting tax-focused IBD formerly known as HD Vest.

Winding River Consulting's Gary Shamis, himself the founder of a Top 100 Firm, shares the most important factors in creating a successful organization.