Practice management

Plus, Weaver and Wipfli name new partners; RSM turns 100; Boulay installs new MP; and other firm and personnel news from across the profession.

Leaders now need to ensure that they can take advantage of AI, while supporting a pipeline of young talent who can grow into strong leaders themselves. 

Plus, Karbon launches Kai AI co-worker, platform enhancements; Avalara rolls out Avalara Tax Essentials; and other accounting tech news and updates.

What exactly does the 'Year of the client' mean, and how can CPA firms deliver on the client-centric promise?

Michigan-based Top 100 Firm Doeren Mayhew has acquired Atlanta-based Griffin Global Technologies.

KNAV Advisory received another investment from NKSquared, the U.S. investment vehicle of Indian billionaire Nikhil Kamath.

The Top 25 Firm acquired Waldron H. Rand & Co. in Dedham, Massachusetts, expanding its presence in the Greater Boston area.

For the 2026 Top Firms by Assets Under Management, managing the growth of their own practices is as much a challenge as growing their clients' wealth.

The problem is not that the technology team lacks competence. The problem is that AI transformation is not a technology project.

The average number of open accounting and finance roles per company has skyrocketed to 17, up from five in 2025 and just two in 2024, according to a new report.

Wolters Kluwer announced an expanded enterprise collaboration with OpenAI to develop and release AI native solutions, with a pipeline of new AI-based features.

Financial operations platform Ramp announced the launch of Ramp Stack, described as an AI-based operating system built as the company's first product specifically for accounting firms.

Crete Professionals Alliance partner firm Accuity acquired Carbonaro CPAs & Management Group, expanding its presence in Hawaii.

Ever since the AICPA released new quality management standards, firms have raced to implement them. But like a fitness tracker, the system itself is not the transformation.

Vertilocity, an arm of Top 50 Firm Hill, Barth & King, acquired Toledo, Ohio-based technology firm Computol, effective June 1.

The Top 20 Firm acquired Isdaner & Company, an accounting and advisory firm in Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania, effective June 1.

The Top 50 Firm is rebranding as Current to reflect the firm's commitment to upgrading local firms with AI to compete with large incumbents.

Accounting Today's annual ranking of the top CPA financial planners by assets under management.

Adams Brown Technology Specialists acquired Parsons, Kansas-based technology provider Higher Calling Technologies.

While it might be intimidating to hear about companies who have installed AI everywhere and use it for everything, leaders have learned to adjust over time.