Practice management

With the many issues presented by 2020, it’s a great time for a deeper conversation with clients.

The future will look more like life during the pandemic than life before the pandemic.

New staff guidance says their disclosures may be incomplete or misleading.

Practitioners share their plans and thoughts on how COVID-19 is changing client interactions.

The stakes are high, and we will need equal shares of courage, candor and compassion to create truly inclusive organizations.

Concerns are increasing over the growing spread of COVID-19 and the preparedness of the incoming administration to deal with vaccine distribution and other critical issues.

Writing a weekly column forces me to always be looking for ideas and has made me much more observant of what goes on in the public accounting profession as a whole and also within firms of all sizes.

Eide Bailly announces the recipients of its 2020 Resourcefullness Awards, Grant Thornton announces its next Purple Paladin honoree, and SD Mayer & Associates provides meals to the Bay Area.

Do you want to be a high-volume practice that does lots of repetitive work (like a dentist)? Or do you want to be a low-volume practice that solves complex cases and problems (like a surgeon)?

Have you ever brought what you felt was an incredible presentation to your client, only to be met with glassy eyes and half-hearted nods?

Baker Tilly is acquiring Brown Adams Agbayani; ABIP CPAs & Advisors is combining with Parr & Associates; and Benning Group is merging in Boeke & Associates.

Creating the depth of an inclusive culture that demonstrates and activates a diverse workplace is an intentional effort at PwC.

The enforcement push comes after years of persistently low examination rates.

Employees working remotely during the coronavirus pandemic claimed some outlandish expenses this year, including pricey exercise bikes, facelifts and private jets.

Between the pandemic, aging CPA firm owners and staffing tensions, many in the accounting profession anticipate a huge uptick in firm mergers and acquisitions over the next 24 months.

Be aware of cybersecurity best practices, both in internal operations and interactions with other companies.

Accountants are not known as writers; however, most of what we do is written.

These unconventional times call for concentrating on one or two areas of specialization, and exploiting those to the max.

Practitioners share how they're helping individual clients navigate financial issues and more.

The percentage of workers asking for compensation for work-from-home expenses with their employers hasn’t gone up significantly since the outbreak of COVID-19.