Month: August 2025

For nearly every small business client, and your own firm, getting paid in a timely manner is integral to success and is often tied to when bank transfers can happen. Global payouts orchestration platform maker PayQuicker has taken another step to alleviate that issue by offering same-day ACH transfers for payees based in the United… Continue reading PayQuicker Launches Same-Day ACH

For years, the accounting profession has grappled with the idea and practice of charging clients in ways beyond “traditional” hourly. And if a recent survey is any indicator, the hourly bill may be breathing its last. According to the 2025 U.S. Accounting and Tax Benchmark Report released by Ignition, a recurring revenue and billing automation… Continue reading Is the Billable Hour Nearing Its End?

Whether you’re still tied to “seasonal” work or not, as an accounting professional and potentially firm owner, you are staring down another “busy” spike and then the end of a year. So, how are you set up to handle it all, if indeed it needs handling? By my estimate the vast majority of you are… Continue reading How Does the Rest of Your Year Look?

On the latest episode of AI Meets the Firm, I emphasized the importance of authenticity in building trust with clients and unabashedly discussed the dual feelings of excitement and trepidation surrounding AI in accounting. Enjoy!

Not that Intuit doesn’t have a history of collecting and considering accountant feedback when developing its products; however, a new pilot program is getting even more specific about specific product areas. Specifically, Intuit recently launched a pilot program for accountants to access a tool that allows them to provide feedback on the QuickBooks Bank Feed and Accounting Agent… Continue reading Intuit Pilots Accountant Feedback Program

In this episode of Beyond Tax Season, Trow Trowbridge of Brightline Strategies and I get real about the challenges small firm leaders face as they stare down AI, staffing issues, professional evolution, and the power and benefit of networking and having a community to lean on.

Ignition, the recurring revenue and billing automation platform for firms and agencies, today unveiled its integration with accounting practice management platform Financial Cents, with the goal of more fully automating the client engagement lifecycle.  The new integration combines Ignition’s proposal-to-payment automation with Financial Cents’ workflow management capabilities so that firms can create a seamless handoff from… Continue reading Ignition Inks Integration With Financial Cents

I wanted to call attention to a recent episode of the Growing Your Firm podcast, which featured Ben Taylor, CPA and CEO of SoftLedger. He highlighted how many CPAs, including Ben himself, have experienced firsthand the limitations of existing accounting software, as well as how entrepreneurism in the profession can help change that.

The great Randy Johnston, CPA and I recently got to add our thoughts to an Ace Cloud Hosting blog on the practical ways CPAs, and accountants in general, could look to use AI tools today. Some nice missives here, enjoy!

I’ve written, and had many conversations about, how authenticity in the accounting profession not only “sells” but also is a differentiator and a true key to growth for your business. It should also not be understated how powerful vulnerability can be in your professional lives as well. Vulnerability, as it stands, is not wholly valuable,… Continue reading Vulnerability is Valuable in Accounting