Kimberly Hardy, CPA/CFF, designed a mentoring program at Matthews, Cutrer & Lindsay and provides tips for helping firm veterans teach newcomers.
August 2017 - Journal of Accountancy
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- August 2017


5 key issues that merit CPAs’ attention
Presenters at the inaugural AICPA ENGAGE conference discussed some of the most important issues in the accounting profession, in areas including technology and client management.

Building a more effective board
Corporate boards’ scope of responsibilities continues to broaden, and directors’ confidence that they have what it takes to tackle the challenges is lagging.

Managing the risks associated with models
Accountants in all industries can play a meaningful role in the mitigation of model risk at their organizations.

2017 tax software survey
Take a look at how CPA preparers rated their software’s performance and support, their likes and dislikes, and whether they would recommend their product to someone starting a tax practice.

2017 tax software survey: Individual product survey responses
Online-only: Contact information, basic packages and their features are shown below for selected products receiving more than one reply in the survey.

Internal-use software regs. could be boon for financial services industry
Financial institutions could benefit from new regulations that make it easier for taxpayers to take the research credit for the costs of developing software.

Expanding your app-titude: CrashPlan
A monthly look at apps and websites that can make the CPA’s job and life better. This month: CrashPlan.
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