August 2021

PRACTICE MANAGEMENT

7 tips for starting a client advisory services practice

Many resources are now available to help firms launch CAS practices. CAS experts and firm leaders who’ve taken the plunge share their best advice for getting started.

PRACTICE MANAGEMENT

How CPAs helped save businesses during COVID-19

Many small businesses were forced to reinvent themselves to survive the COVID-19 pandemic. Learn how CPAs who offer client advisory services helped business-owner clients explore new options for creating revenue.

HUMAN RESOURCES

How to effectively support working parents during a crisis

Helping employees maintain health and efficiency during a crisis requires flexibility, empathy, and consistent communication. Employers can follow these tips to help employees during a crisis.

PRACTICE MANAGEMENT

Energize your practice with a tax innovation challenge

The skills and ingenuity the accounting profession showed in reacting to the pandemic can be applied proactively with a new type of competition.

TAX

Export tax incentives: The effect of potentially rising tax rates

U.S. exporters are evaluating how to best use IC-DISC and FDII incentives if tax rules change.

TECHNOLOGY

Ask the expert: What is an API?

Calvin Leong helps firms understand what APIs are available at Thomson Reuters and how to use them.

COLUMNS

FROM THIS MONTH'S ISSUE

AI risks CPAs should know

Are you ready for the AI revolution in accounting? This JofA Technology Q&A article explores the top risks CPAs face—from hallucinations to deepfakes—and ways to mitigate them.