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Don’t Be Surprised to See Accounting Firms Aggressively Merging in the Next Year or Two
Going Concern
AUGUST 1, 2022
There’s an accountant shortage! Firms are trying all sorts of tricks to find and retain talent but the problem may be deeper than not having the right set of perks but rather an actual shortage of qualified talent. due to the natures of the current accounting marketplace.
How to Get the Most Out of Your Online Accounting Firm
IgniteSpot
AUGUST 2, 2022
Efficient online accounting services don’t take shape overnight. The difference is that an employee spends 90 days learning the ropes, whereas an accounting team uses the time to set you up for success. Accounting FirmStart with Robust Onboarding.
Rethinking the Concept of the Employee: How Outsourcing Can Help Grow Your Accounting Business
Speaker: Dixie McCurley, Principal, Digital Advisory at Cherry Bekaert LLP
The very mention of the word "Outsourcing" is enough to send shivers down the employee spine. However, this gut reaction - while understandable - is merely based on misconceptions. Outsourcing does not necessarily mean mass layoffs and transplanting offshore. Rather, it could be utilized as an employee-friendly way to assuage an overburdened staff, relieve productivity bottlenecks, and stimulate growth. Join Dixie McCurley, Principal, Digital Advisory at Cherry Bekaert LLP, for this enlightening discussion on the ins and outs of outsourcing, and what it can do for your practice.
7 Signs It May Be Time to Switch Accounting Firms
IgniteSpot
DECEMBER 7, 2021
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Marketing for accounting firms: individuals vs. small businesses
ThomsonReuters
FEBRUARY 2, 2022
the potential market available to tax and accounting firms is massive. Here are a few ways you can market your firm’s services to individuals and small businesses. How to market tax and accounting services. With more than 144.3 million individual taxpayers and 31.7
Davis and Whitley Get Shafted in Latest Accounting Firm Merger
Going Concern
JUNE 16, 2022
The details: The leading accounting firms of Whitley Penn LLP and Elliott Davis, LLC announce today that they will join forces and merge to form Elliott Penn LLP, a business solutions firm with approximately $400 million in revenue at the time of combination.
PE investments into accounting firms: Is history repeating itself?
Accounting Today
JULY 28, 2022
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6 Ways Accounting Firms Can Successfully Retain Clients | Canopy
Canopy Accounting
JULY 19, 2022
For any business looking to grow, finding new customers and retaining existing ones is the lifeblood of their business, and accounting firms are no different.
Accounting Firm Mergers Require Attention to Tech
Accounting Web
MARCH 23, 2022
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5 Pain Points Every Small to Medium-Sized Accounting Firm Experiences
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Increasing productivity and flow in tax and accounting firms
ThomsonReuters
MARCH 23, 2022
The key is to foster an environment and culture conducive to productivity and flow at your accounting firm. Change the physical environment of your tax and accounting firm. Allow flexible schedules and remote accounting work. Make accountants feel engaged.
How an Accounting Firm Can Help a New Small Business
PASBA
SEPTEMBER 12, 2019
According to a 2018 survey conducted by Palo Alto Software, the owners of start-ups expressed interest in having an accountant assist them with a variety of tasks. All of this adds up to a lot of opportunity for you as an accountant or owner of an accounting firm. Sometimes it takes only a single session of sitting down with an accountant experienced with business start-ups to help get them back on track.
Accounting Firm Website: 7 Must-haves
Patriot Software
MAY 6, 2022
There are 46,000 public accounting firms in the United States. And let’s say that at least half of those firms (23,000) have an accounting firm website. Accountant ProfessionalThere are over one billion websites in the world. Scrap that.
A modern accountant’s guide to client accounting services
Accounting Today
JUNE 7, 2022
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What Automation Can Do For Your Accounting Firm | Canopy
Canopy Accounting
JULY 20, 2022
The same is true for those in the accounting industry. Industry trends show that accountants are already adopting automation into their workflow. Across all industries, businesses will run into necessary yet time-consuming repetitive tasks.
Be an Odd Duck: Work on, Not in Your Public Accounting Practice
Speaker: Tom Bowman, CPA of Bowman & Company
It is possible to run an Accounting Firm and never do tax returns or financial statements! Tom Bowman, Owner of Bowman & Company, CPA, PC shares his journey and 10 step process for going from Technician to Business Owner.
Why Accounting Firms Need More DEBI Advocates
Accounting Web
APRIL 19, 2022
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Top 5 Ways to Manage Workflow at Your Accounting Firm | Canopy
Canopy Accounting
JUNE 20, 2022
Implementing the best accounting workflow software will increase productivity and efficiency at your accounting firm. Without the right processes in place, an office’s organization can quickly devolve into chaos, leaving employees feeling overwhelmed and scatter-brained.
Accounting Outsourcing for Small & Medium-Sized UK Accounting Firms
Accounting Insight
MAY 4, 2022
The IFA made a revelation for the UK accounting practices. Wherein, accountants above the age of 40 years were questioned about the challenges that modern technologies have posed for UK accounting industry. Deviation from traditional to ultra-modern accounting.
Outsourcing accounting functions can benefit government entities
Accounting Today
JULY 27, 2022
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10 Pragmatic Guidelines to Inspire Trust in Your Accounting Firm During COVID Times
Speaker: Javier Goldin, Managing Partner at Goldin Group LLC
The accounting profession has been moving from transactional to advisory work. Advisory work is based on relationships and an ongoing dialogue. The pandemic has forced many firms into a remote environment. The implicit trust of a face-to-face interaction is gone. So how do you rebuild or reproduce that trust, key to a relationship, in a remote environment. Can it be done and if so how to best execute? Join Javier Goldin, Managing Partner at the Goldin Group, LLC, for this enlightening discussion on the elements of engendering trust.
Reimagining the Post Pandemic Workforce for Accounting Firms
Accounting Insight
MAY 6, 2022
The Covid-19 pandemic has massively changed the way accounting firms function. It has strongly reshaped the existing workforce trends and catalysed new ones, thus revolutionising how the rather traditional accounting profession functions.
How can APIs help modernize accounting firm technology
ThomsonReuters
MAY 9, 2022
Technology has helped tax and accounting firms to streamline their processes and automate countless time-consuming manual tasks. Firms regularly bring on new tools to address a specific business need. Why does your firm need APIs?
An Accounting Firm Gets Phished: A Play In Two Acts
Going Concern
MARCH 15, 2022
Moving on… Moments later — OK it was actually an hour and 25 minutes later — we received this: We’ll give the firm’s security credit here for catching it as quickly as it did. Deloitte and our victim firm above are certainly not alone.
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How Payroll Automation Can Empower Accounting Firms (and their Clients.)
Accounting Insight
MAY 5, 2022
It’s true that behind every successful business, you’ll find an equally exceptional accountant. It’s also where accountant firms can win big by partnering with their own external provider to expedite monthly payroll runs. appeared first on Accounting Insight News.
11 Best Practices for How to Find Clients for Accounting Firms | Canopy
Canopy Accounting
JULY 1, 2022
One of the top mistakes accountants make is expecting business to come to them. In fact, growth is one of the top focuses of successful accountants. So how can you apply this to your firm? The best practitioners know that this is not enough.
Let’s Mesh Other Business Buzzwords to Form the Next Big Accounting Firm Name
Going Concern
APRIL 28, 2022
First off, I want to thank those of you who reached out to us on Wednesday about Forvis being the new name of the combined BKD/DHG firm. Forvis is expected to be the eighth-largest public accounting firm in the U.S.
Art of Accounting: Whether I like auditing or taxes better
Accounting Today
AUGUST 1, 2022
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No, Robots Are Not Taking Over Your Job: A Discussion on Balancing People and Tech in Automation
Speaker: Michael Ly, CEO of Reconciled, and Chris Elmore, UNCC Professor and Chief Evangelist of AvidXchange
Like it or not, automation is here to stay; as history shows, propelling efficiency is always in vogue. But technology is only as good as the people it serves. Join Michael Ly, Author and CEO of Reconciled, and Chris Elmore, UNC Professor and Chief Evangelist of AvidXchange, for this illuminating discussion on the intersection of people and accounting automation.
How accounting firms can fill talent gaps with technology
ThomsonReuters
AUGUST 2, 2022
With The Great Resignation accelerating staffing challenges for accounting firms of all sizes, it might be time to look for a non-traditional new hire: technology. Many firms have historically employed dedicated staff to manage specific manual tasks and processes.
Rapidly Growing an Accounting Firm: An Interview with Glenn Hetzel
PANALITIX
AUGUST 9, 2020
Rapidly Growing an Accounting Firm: An Interview with Glenn Hetzel. Hetzel & Associates, CPAs spoke frankly and clearly on the many challenges and opportunities related to growing an accounting business. The idea is to distinguish yourself from accountants.
4 financial consulting services accounting firms should quickly add
ThomsonReuters
MAY 6, 2022
Many accounting firms provide invaluable services that go far beyond tax prep and financial reporting. For small to mid-size accounting firms that want to explore other revenue streams, accounting consulting services can be a great place to start.
Big 4 Accounting Firms Cease Operations in Russia
CPA Practice
MARCH 8, 2022
PwC, KPMG, Ernst & Young, and Deloitte have each issued statements that they will cease operations or withdraw member firms within Russia. Accounting & Audit
Do Accounting Firms Care if You’re On Drugs? Part III
Going Concern
JUNE 14, 2022
12 years ago my former colleague Caleb Newquist published a post titled “Do Accounting Firms Care if You’re On Drugs?” What’s the scoop these days inside your firm? The reason I am updating this ancient post is because it seems “do Big 4 firms drug test?”
Strategic partnerships and alliances for accounting firms: how to drive growth by pairing up
ThomsonReuters
JANUARY 21, 2022
For many accounting firms, this could lead to new services being delivered or access to alternative market segments — both vital at a time when average revenue growth has slowed to 5.7% — the lowest in eight years according to the latest Rosenberg Survey.
Innovation and integrity are key to accounting’s future
Accounting Today
JUNE 9, 2022
Accounting firm services Audit CAS AICPA
PwC Finishes First In Vault’s Accounting Firm Prestige Ranking For the Gazillionth Time (2023)
Going Concern
APRIL 19, 2022
Another year, another first-place finish for PwC in Vault’s ranking of the most prestigious public accounting firms. At this point, you can just pencil in PwC as being the most prestigious firm now until the end of time. PwC also held the title of most prestigious firm in 2008.
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Accounting Today
JULY 29, 2022
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Clients benefit when auditors specialize in complex accounts and transactions
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JUNE 23, 2022
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