Financial reporting

Staff from PKF Texas share their perspectives on the differences between the generations

Poor health is expensive. It results in wasted resources and time, decreased productivity, increased turnover and loss of clients. Firm health is determined by five basic components:

You need to protect your firm's online content

Being sued for something you've done wrong is bad enough, but getting sued when you have performed your work diligently and correctly can be devastating. Yet that's what oftentimes happens when accountants fail to communicate with their clients exactly what to expect.

Math and marketing don't always have the most harmonious relationship, as marketers at accounting firms are well aware.

Scott London doesn't represent the accounting profession -- but that doesn't mean it can't draw lessons from his story

A guide to the many ways limited liability companies can share equity with employees

While Congress continues to struggle this year to address such issues as how to deal with the federal deficit and the sequester, the House Ways and Means Committee has put forth a series of discussion drafts focused on fundamental tax reform.

Gene Marks says tech problems can hurt worse than personnel problems

A roundup of accounting firm mergers and acquisitions from the previous month

Books, software and services for accountants

Spring is a time of optimism, so it's a great time for accounting firms to look for fresh opportunities to grow the business. Here are five ways accounting firms can "fertilize" their existing efforts in order to jumpstart their business and grow deeper, stronger roots with clients.

It's important to try new approaches to building your business

Developments in financial planning from the previous month

Gauging how much risk a client is willing to take is not an easy task. instead, it is a moving target that some professionals compare to diagnosing an illness of a baby or a pet that cannot tell you how they are feeling.

When you work in a professional services firm with different locations, different practice areas and different industries (not counting different deadlines and "busy seasons"), it is quite challenging to pull everyone together and focus on one vision for your firm.

Gale Crosley divides accounting firm partners into drivers and passengers

News and developments in the profession from the previous month

For professional services firms, competitive differentiation isn't necessarily in the products and services they offer. it's in the talent -- the high-potential and high-performing individuals -- that they're able to attract, recruit and retain, which starts with building a world-class workforce that is motivated, engaged and delivering the high-quality services clients demand.

Sales & use tax regimes are only growing more complex at all levels, requiring more of the systems that help with compliance