Practice management

A recent report from CPA.com says that semi-autonomous AI bots are already completing bookkeeping workflows start to finish, fully automating the process.

Top 50 Firm Elliott Davis is taking a private equity investment from Flexpoint Ford and announced its next CEO.

Plante Moran merges in Tonneson; Sax acquires Sewald & Anastasia; and GHJ adds Hacker Douglas.

When you protect your staff from problematic clients through higher pricing or firing clients who can't work well with the firm, you send a strong message.

Many times in professional services firms — and in our own lives — we spend a lot of time talking about doing something, but don't actually do it. Why?

The Top 10 Firm is expanding its AI strategy and offerings over the next three years, particularly where it concerns semi-autonomous agents.

Accounting solutions platform Sage's products will have a new "AI Trust Label" to provide customers information on how AI functions across its product line.

Fifty-two percent of accountants expect their firms to shrink in headcount by 20% in the next five years, according to a report by the Indiana CPA Society.

Midsized CPA firms can leverage algorithms for operational excellence across multiple service lines and functions.

Seventy percent of U.S. audit clients are ready to change firms within the next three years, according to an Inflo report.

Outside investment has disrupted a century of how things have always been done in accounting, and it might not sit well with the stated direction of many firms.

Ownership in a CPA firm is more expensive today than it ever has been. Is it worth it?

It's time to identify and implement business strategies that drive your firm's growth and keep you ahead of the curve in an ever-changing economic environment.

Grant Thornton names new CFO; CTCPA installs new board of directors; and more news from across the profession.

Plus, Paychex releases accountant portal; Avalara launches APIs for 1099, W-9 solutions; and other accounting tech news.

North Carolina Regional Leader DMJPS is adding Potter & Co. PA, based in the Charlotte metropolitan region, effective July 1.

Carr, Riggs & Ingram expands into East Texas, while UHY continues its growth in St. Louis, and Prosperity enters Vermont.

A multipronged, adaptable staffing strategy is likely the best course of action for CPA firms and small to midsized businesses.

Fieldguide released Field Agents for Financial Audits, which comes with an agentic AI "Audit Testing Agent" to automatically execute the testing workflow.