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Format column headings in Excel to make them easier to read
Learn three simple formatting tricks to make column headings – or other cells – more readable in Excel.
Prepare your students for hybrid recruiting
As students search out their own career paths, faculty can help by preparing them for both virtual and in-person career events.
Build your small firm or solo practice’s brand
A career expert and three CPAs who have successfully built their brand share some advice.
5 tips for overcoming your pandemic screen addiction
This article offers tips on using technology in healthier ways.
These are the snacks powering CPAs during tax season
Here are some ways CPAs and their firms are keeping their bodies — and brains — fed during this extended tax season.
6 steps to transitions for public-sector finance professionals
This article discusses how those in public-sector finance can address the challenges of transition, continue to make valuable workplace contributions, and come out shining on the other side.
Weighing a move if your job has gone remote
Here are a few things remote-working finance professionals should consider when thinking of moving.
The pandemic pushed us forward. Let’s keep evolving
This article discusses how CPAs should plan for and expect significant organic growth based on the transformation that occurred due to the pandemic.
Manage a stressful workload with meditation
Adopting a regular meditation routine can help you focus and stay calm.
Find success with virtual campus recruiting
This article offers tips to help firms succeed at virtual recruiting.
How one accounting program introduces students to RPA
A professor explains how and why to incorporate the technology into the curriculum.
See descriptive statistics in Excel
Learn how to use Excel to quickly calculate basic descriptive statistics for a dataset, including mean, standard deviation, minimums, and maximums.
6 proactive steps accountants can take to get promoted in 2021
Individuals who are proactive about their professional development and excel at communication and other soft skills have the best chance of promotion in a remote-working environment.
How to counter clients’ cognitive biases
This article discusses a few cognitive biases financial planners are likely to encounter and ways to help clients move past them.
How the 2021 busy season is different
Some accounting firms prepared for the 2021 busy season by staffing up and offering more flexible work options for employees dealing with family issues during the pandemic.
Keys to striking an effective balance as a manager
This article offers tips on balancing empathetic leadership with critical business goals.
How CPAs can help clients combining households during the pandemic
CPAs share their thoughts on how to help clients through changes in households.
Why right now is a great time to network
Experts share tips for digital networking.
Broaching tough conversations with clients
CPAs are knowledgeable about their small business clients’ financial conditions and emotionally removed enough from the organizations to help business leaders see what they often would rather avoid.
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Preparing clients for new provisions next tax season
As the 2025 filing season approaches, H.R. 1 introduces significant tax reforms that CPAs must be prepared to navigate. These legislative changes represent some of the most comprehensive tax updates in recent years, affecting both individual and corporate taxpayers. This report provides in-depth analysis and guidance on H.R. 1.
