Practice management

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.

Prager Metis relocates in N.J.; Cherry Bekaert hosts private equity summit; and more news from CPA offices across the country.

Perelson Weiner appoints first CEO; CohnReznick hires cybersecurity lead; and other recent hires, promotions and personnel news from firms across the country.

The Cincinnati firm marked its 80th anniversary by supplying new decontamination units for its "Healthy Heroes" campaign.

The Internal Revenue Service is making progress on improving its authentication processes after a string of data breaches on some of its e-Services and online apps, but some of the improvements haven’t been completely implemented, according to a new report.

Art Kuesel on how staying engaged with clients can be the difference between an 'achievable' goal and one that's 'out of whack.'

The Internal Revenue Service’s processes for assigning Individual Taxpayer Identification Numbers don’t always manage to identify fraudulent or incomplete applications, according to a new report.

A technique I have become comfortable with is Managing by Wandering Around (MBWA).

Allan Koltin traces the biggest developments from 2017.

The National Association of State Boards of Accountancy and the American Institute of CPAs have released the eighth edition of the Uniform Accountancy Act, with some important changes, particularly related to “retired accountants” and continuing professional education.