Practice management

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.

While conventional wisdom tells us that bigger is better, that’s plain and simple nonsense when it comes to midsized CPA firms and a convenient excuse for less than stellar growth by a firm’s partner group.

It’s not too early to start planning how to make your firm better next year.

What exactly are bots and Botkeeper, and why is this of any interest to accountants?

Within 24 hours, the American Institute of CPAs said it had resolved the issue.

Most CPAs I know don’t think of themselves as being on their clients’ advisory board, but they are.

The annual study will look at accounting firms' plans, expectations and concerns for 2021.

NASBA appoints 2020-21 board members; Sweeney Conrad promotes 20; and more CPA news.

A look inside the 10 best places to start a career in accounting.

The coronavirus slowdown has hit the IRS and tax professionals,

Internal auditors are facing risks during the COVID-19 pandemic in business continuity, crisis management, cybersecurity and other areas, according to a new report.

The National Association of Black Accountants is hoping to expand its partnerships with accounting firms and corporate America to bring more diversity to the accounting profession.

Neil Fishman and Mark Stewart — the outgoing and incoming presidents of the National Conference of CPA Practitioners, respectively — share the issues they've been working on, and what they see coming for the accounting profession.

Clients think about their businesses much more than accountants do about them.