Practice and client management

Tax season usually is the most stressful period of the year for accountants. Staying calm will help you, your clients and staff.

All too often, what accountants are selling are services that clients have to endure, says Joe Woodard, not the sort of thing that they really value.

Ahead of Tax Day, annual return filings consume a lot of attention, but advisors and other experts say they pose opportunities for growth and savings as well.

The threat is that clients decide an AI chatbot is good enough for their purposes and so they never call their accountant in the first place.

When a firm is independent, there's flexibility and a cogent desire to invest in the future.

Artificial intelligence may already be eating away at some advisory services.

MH CPA and Kenilworth Holdings formed a join venture which plans to acquire accounting firms and offer offshoring services.

No matter where a CPA practice is in its life cycle, owners should have growth in mind.

Take the long view with your practice and don't miss any opportunity to train a staff person properly, as shown in these three anecdotes.

Managers at Deloitte and Ernst & Young have instructed staffers to prepare for more work in the kingdom.

Nvidia offers lessons for CPA firm leaders.

The authors of a new study explaining the specific significance of trusts for building Black wealth used the analogy of a beach filled with starfish.

The possible rule changes would affect the alternative practice structures set up by accounting firms receiving private equity financing.

Deep in the heart of busy season, you may not be feeling much empathy for clients who have been procrastinating and are so disorganized, but you should.

The Apax Partners deal will add more capabilities for the firm to expand geographically in its existing areas as well as new territory.

Part of growing is for your staff to also grow. That growth comes when they are empowered to take charge, supervise, and make decisions.

Firms everywhere are adopting alternative practice structures -- but who knows what an APS really is? William Kelly, chief counsel at Ascend, dives into the details.

A look at the numbers behind the biggest firms in accounting this year.

The 25 accounting practices with the highest revenue growth in percentage terms in 2024 from Accounting Today's Top 100 and Regional Leaders list.

Replacing corporate income tax; multigenerational challenge; new blog on the block; and other highlights from our favorite tax bloggers.