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These days you can’t listen to an accounting podcast or read an industry blog or article without the topic of private equity coming up. So, how has it impacted various aspects of the profession? A recent study conducted by the Accounting MOVE Project, intends to shed some light on the issue. The 2024 Accounting MOVE… Continue reading What’s the Impact of PE on Accounting and Careers?

Burnout and accounting seem to always go hand-in-hand. This pointed discussion I recently had with the incredibly insightful Lauren Baptiste on Botkeeper’s ‘On The Edge’ podcast is all about what accountants can do to address their mental well-being and strike a true balance between life and work.

I have to admit, when the topic of automation arises among accountants these days, it does give me some pleasure to hear that it’s not about “if” but “what” to automate. This, of course, opens up its own set of questions without easy answers. The insights I gained from talking with practitioners at Botkeeper’s recent… Continue reading Can Accountants Get Automation Right?

OK, maybe not an entire empire, but if you are a tax pro and interested in making your business work for you, you’ve hopefully considered tax planning. If so, you need to know that TaxPlanIQ, a provider of tax planning software for tax and accounting firms, is hosting a one-day free Virtual Summit entitled Your… Continue reading Want to Build a Tax Planning Empire?

The phrase “history is the greatest teacher” can be applied in many ways, but to me it does not ring truer than when thinking of the current state of accountant-vendor relations. In short, it’s not all that good. The accounting profession has evolved to the point to where there is a tool for every task,… Continue reading History Could Help Accountant-Vendor Relations

For as long as I’ve been covering the accounting profession, one of the most perplexing things is watching (and listening) to tax pros struggle with tax work, repeating what seems like an endless cycle of abuse. I am then reminded of Albert Camus’s written work, ‘The Myth of Sisyphus.’ One could argue that tax professionals… Continue reading Why Do Tax Pros Choose to Struggle?

OK, so real talk: I know this is only one state CPA society, but I really want to call attention to what they’re doing for racial and ethnic minority accounting students. Basically, the Illinois CPA Society is now accepting applications for a three-day program dedicated to preparing students for success and increasing diversity in the… Continue reading Accounting Internship Preparation Program Seeks Applicants

In a non-promotional article I wrote for Woodard Report on behalf of Justworks, I get into why accountants tend to avoid payroll work, the realities of doing so, and the benefits this client service can truly add.

Building a client advisory services practice has well-touted and recorded benefits, but there is a lot that can go wrong that few people tell you about. DeepSky and Measure x Hack founder W. Michael Hsu and I got real about what to avoid on your CAS journey on the latest episode of Botkeeper’s ‘On the… Continue reading Pitfalls Building a CAS Practice

I was fortunate, once again, to contribute to the Ace Cloud Hosting blog, along with several industry experts, who got to weigh in on the top cybersecurity challenges faced by the accounting sector and their solutions.