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Can accounting firms move into sales tax advising?

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Many certified public accountants (CPAs), enrolled agents and other tax preparers and professionals that run accounting and tax preparation firms are constantly looking for new advisory avenues to service clients. government affairs at Wolters Kluwer Tax & Accounting wrote on Accounting Today. “It

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Accounting firms and sales and use tax advising: Perfect together?

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In our blog last week, we looked at how sales and use tax advisory services might be a good new field for CPAs and accounting firms. Mark Friedlich, CPA, vice president of U.S. Review the sales tax payable account. A sales tax payable account is the most neglected balance sheet liability in the GL.

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How Accounting Firms Should (and Should Not) Use ChatGPT

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ChatGPT ushered in a new era of automation in accounting (link goes to YouTube), for better or worse. In finance and accounting, early adopters have seen the potential of language-based AI interfaces to create scripts and formulas and draft responses to clients. After creating an OpenAI account, users can input any text they want.

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H&CO Acquires Orlando CPA Firm Grennan Fender

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Top 200 accounting firm H&CO has acquired fellow Florida CPA firm Grennan Fender, which has offices in Orlando and Melbourne. The leadership teams of H&CO and Grennan Fender will work closely to ensure a smooth transition for clients, the firms noted in a news release. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.

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Are accounting firms keeping remote work positions?

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Many of today’s accounting professionals have a new perspective on when and how they want to work. Are firms heeding the call? The onset of the COVID-19 pandemic forced countless businesses, including accounting firms, to go remote essentially overnight due to mandated shutdowns and stay-at-home orders.

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How to grow your CPA firm in the midst of change

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When it comes to changing pre-established practices in your firm, the logistics can feel like a moving target. As busy accountants, it’s easy to get stuck in survival mode. It can take some effort to think outside the box to grow your CPA firm into a truly successful firm of the future.

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What Accountants Had to Say About the CPA Firm Business Model—and Why it Needs to Evolve

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After Duke Alexander Moore got a sneak peek at the questions he and the two other panelists would be asked during a session at the 2023 Unique CPA Conference, “Bridging the Gap,” there was a topic he knew nothing about, even as the owner of a tax and accounting business: the traditional accounting firm partnership business model.

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