CPA firms are using employee-friendly working arrangements to aid retention in a challenging labor market, according to the 2016 Management of an Accounting Practice (MAP) survey
February 2017 - Journal of Accountancy
CAREER DEVELOPMENT
Find a mentor, land a new job
What happens when your mentor offers you a job? Kenneth Ashe, CPA, CGMA, lived that experience.
PRACTICE MANAGEMENT
Providing a future: A succession story
For the good of clients and employees, Virginia-based Wall, Einhorn & Chernitzer PC has made long-term success a priority. A gradual, five-year buy-in process is designed to make it affordable for new shareholders to move into their positions in the firm’s leadership.
NOT-FOR-PROFIT
Using surplus budgeting to advance and sustain your mission
A disciplined budgeting approach helped not-for-profit Ducks Unlimited overcome serious financial concerns following the most recent recession.
MANAGEMENT ACCOUNTING
Figuring out transfer pricing: How to set terms of negotiation between departments
Transfer pricing can be a battleground for competing interests within a company. When those interests aren’t balanced, the company could lose out.
TAX
Trusts and estates: Uses and tax considerations
Wealth planning with these often highly advantageous tools must be weighed against possible drawbacks of income tax accounting.
TECHNOLOGY
Expanding your app-titude: Stop robocalls to your cellphone with Nomorobo
Nomorobo protects voice over internet protocol (VoIP) landlines and cellphones using “simultaneous ring.”