Practice and client management

Anxious accountants can take a breath, as data shows human clients do not crave a 100% AI-led experience. In fact, there are certain tasks which they prefer be 100% human-led.

Compliance is necessary, but it has never been the thing that actually changes a client's trajectory.

CFOs must learn to excel in people-centric leadership, transforming teams, enhancing collaboration, planning for succession and reinforcing employee engagement.

Senior executives from Accounting Today's Regional Leaders shared their 2026 growth strategies, ranging from M&A and tech, to advisory and organic growth.

Clients with concentrated stock holdings might be better off turning their portfolios into ETFs in a tax deferral transaction called a Section 351 conversion.

AI essentially shines a light on the structural disparities that have long existed within accounting firms.

The Internal Revenue Service has raised the optional 2026 standard mileage rates for deducting expenses for the remainder of the year thanks to inflation.

The International Ethics Standards Board for Accountants released a staff publication on the ethical implications of emerging technologies such as AI.

Are you ready to calculate your firm's net adjusted EBITDA?

Puzzle announces AI Suite for month-end close; MyCPE One announces CPE Wallet for automating CPE management; Sam's List rolls out Concierge Launch; and other accounting tech news and updates.

Accounting firms have been fielding offers from a growing number of private equity investors as PE money continues to pour into the accounting sector.

AI has raised the bar for what counts as good service in clients' eyes, meaning the humans will need to up their game, perhaps through the use of AI.

Financial reporting and automation solutions provider Inscope announced a new release that uses agentic AI to produce a review-ready disclosure checklist.

Judgment about property improvements used to be defined by personal biases and loose, anecdotal evidence. Financial tracking is changing that.

For most of the last 40 years, running a tax and accounting firm was a peacetime job. That's not the case anymore.

This year's top resellers in the accounting space say they're facing greater expectations on a number of fronts.

Ernst & Young is expanding its use of artificial intelligence to make the tax preparation process more efficient, while also recognizing its limitations.

As the July 4 launch date nears when clients can start contributing to Trump accounts, advisors discussed pros and cons of this method to save for children.

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