Practice management

Certify, a business expense software provider, has released its annual list of the top 10 craziest business expenses of 2017, and they include some doozies.

Prager Metis creates new staffing company; Armanino schedules four community service vacations for employees; and more news from CPA offices across the country.

Brown Smith Wallace promotes six; CSH names manufacturing and distribution chair; and other recent hires, promotions and personnel news from firms across the country.

The company provides a chatbot that lets employees request and receive company money up front, rather than completing an expense report later.

Coaching programs aid in recruitment and retention.

CWS CPA LLP has started a new online tax preparation business this tax season known as Henry.tax, staffed by CPAs, including stay-at-home parents who work part-time.

Art Kuesel on the importance of valuing your VIP customers.

How well does your firm disagree? “Healthy conflict” is not an oxymoron at high-performing CPA firms. It’s a proven way to make sure the best ideas win and best decisions are made.

Everyone has a system for managing tax season. Some are good, some are just so-so, and some stink.

Awareness, communication and documentation are the keys to staying independent.

BDO appoints chief compliance and ethics officer; Brown Smith Wallace hires CFO; and other recent hires, promotions and personnel news from firms across the country.

Belfint, Lyons & Shuman unveils new website; NJSCPA launches Find-A-CPA directory; and more news from CPA offices across the country.

The firm's first annual 'Founder's Award' recognized Imagine: A Center for Coping with Loss in New Jersey.

The new offering is designed to help employees plan more collaboratively with finance departments.

Surprisingly, the expansion into broader advisory services has been slow and limited at most firms.

Taxpayers who prepare their own returns can sometimes end up being new clients.

A few accountants recently called me to vent about being shorthanded and asked for suggestions on how they could get through tax season without turning down any business or dropping clients.

AI can be a problem for some CPA firms, particularly for those concentrated on attest services, which already have thin margins.

The Big Four firm had the larger number of new clients for the year, but the Seattle firm netted the most.

Many smaller firms can’t capitalize on the opportunities that may be in front of them because their leadership and corporate governance aren’t properly aligned.