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Reflecting on AI’s rise in accounting, looking to what comes next
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AI, succession, the talent pipeline, and defining ‘unapologetic’ ambition
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Shutdown concerns, the quest for tax guidance, the future of IRS service
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Car talk: M&A, AI and EVs changing the dealership landscape
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Professional liability risks related to Form 1065, CPA firm acquisitions
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‘We’re still the thinkers’ — a reminder for tax pros in the AI era
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Strong storytelling helps speakers deliver ‘medicine’ without the aftertaste
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Summing up economic sentiment and concerns about inflation and tariffs
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Take a bold leap instead of a tentative step
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Mark Koziel Q&A: Talent, sense of community, profession opportunities
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Loving your work, leaving work behind, and returning refreshed
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The power of a digital detox and the value of committee volunteering
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JofA podcast summer hiatus
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Summer surfing reminders to avoid a transformation wipeout
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Mitigate or exacerbate fraud risk? Culture’s critical role
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From Jamaican track star to CPA: A firm leader’s unlikely career path
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AICPA tax priorities and wins in the budget bill now with the House
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Change for the better: How your attitude can make all the difference
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JofA branded podcast: The evolving insurance market for high-net-worth clients
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A trailblazing CPA on managing a merger and why it’s OK to lose clients
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Accounting talent pipeline: What’s the buzz from ENGAGE?
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Pessimism, tariff tremors prominent in CPA execs’ sentiment
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Seek first to understand: How a finance leader manages global teams
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Why the PTET SALT deduction is the AICPA’s ‘No. 1 priority’
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The ‘robot uprising’ and you: A CPA leader’s view on harnessing AI
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Professional liability Q&A: AI disclosure, retired-partner risk, and more
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The value of stay interviews; also, are business cards becoming extinct?
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Overcoming ‘the creep’ that puts our dreams and goals on hold
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An overlooked growth opportunity: Uncertainty
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The new CPA Exam: Year-one trends and tips for success
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The uncomfortable work of leadership
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Tax legislation, audit oversight, and other AICPA advocacy focus areas
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Tips for driving change and driving out drama
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JofA-branded podcast: Critical conversations about business transition planning
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Financial tracing: Show me the money
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Explaining stablecoin risks and the need for reporting criteria
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Breaking down the reasons for a decline in economic sentiment
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Leading change: The CFO agenda, International Women’s Day
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Want to be CEO of a CAS practice?
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Defining the office in 2025: Shifting models of where work gets done
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AICPA & CIMA CEO about accounting: ‘The opportunities are endless’
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3 things to know about AICPA & CIMA’s new CEO
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Keys to building winning teams at work
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‘A big tax year’: What practitioners need to know now
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The CFO who ran her own race but didn’t run (or swim or bike) alone
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Risk resolutions for 2025: Remember to put your No. 1 client first
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Hiring best practices: How to succeed in a competitive labor market
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Seeing the future: 4 CPA leaders look ahead to 2025
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Farewell Q&A as CEO: Melancon talks retirement, passion for profession
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A change in optimism about the US economy
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2025 tax preview: Perspective from an AICPA tax policy advocate
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Future leaders, be advised: ‘What got you here … won’t get you there’
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Driving better savings discipline and loving the work you do
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How auditors can demystify transformative technology
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Advice for future CFOs: One communication skill that sets you apart
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Analysis, clarity, and a quiz: A preview of the National Tax Conference
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The value of connection: Reflections of an advocate for women
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Never give up: A CFO tackles tech implementation and triathlons
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JofA highlights: Tackling accounting’s talent shortage, ChatGPT tips
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AICPA chair: Why change is good, and needed, for the profession
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What replaced inflation as the top challenge for finance leaders
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Chasing the right things: Keynote speaker’s keys to contentment
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Potential effects of Loper Bright and Corner Post on tax practitioners
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Lessons learned, future in focus: Melancon looks back and ahead
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A matter of trust: Melancon reflects on nearly 30 years as CEO
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‘Time is of the essence’: Next steps after the NPAG report release
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Tech adoption at light speed: Balancing euphoria with cynicism
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What is cannabis rescheduling? And how might it affect CPAs?
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How tax practitioners viewed filing season, plus ERC and BOI updates
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Analyzing Moore: The ruling that upheld the Sec. 965 transition tax
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Longtime CPA leader: ‘An amazing time to be in the profession’
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Parting thought from ENGAGE: Don’t let tech changes overwhelm you
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Quality management: Details of a standard-setting journey
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Small ‘signs of strength’ despite continued concern about inflation
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AICPA & CIMA CEO search: Details from the selection committee chair
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More than coffee and LinkedIn: ‘You never know who you might inspire’
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Maximizing the ENGAGE experience: A co-chair’s guidance
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Why the SEC climate rule deserves CPAs’ attention
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After April 15: Top-of-mind tax advocacy topics, including the ERC
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How AI can drive a proactive approach to corporate finance
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How accountants can appropriately rely on AI
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‘Go before you’re ready’: Advice for leaders in all walks of life
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Comfort in the uncomfortable: One-on-one meeting strategies that work
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Working 9 to 9: One expert’s experience with severe burnout
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How to best tackle technology and the talent pipeline
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The reasons economic sentiment about the coming year is on the rise
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The CFO agenda: Hybrid work, cybersecurity, career development and more
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Clearing up BOI confusion and other tax advocacy updates
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Why are there fewer accountants? What the research says
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Bubble trouble: How leaders can identify and escape their biases
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JofA roundtable: Why 2024 is shaping up as a big year for ‘people tech’
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Tech roundtable: AI and automation go way beyond ChatGPT
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What it’s like to be a finance apprentice
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Why accounting deserves STEM status, and how you can help
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Super Bowl CFO Q&A: AI, risk management, enjoying the moment
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Explaining the role of ARSC and its decision tree
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ERC, BOI, e-signature relief: 3 focus areas for tax advocacy
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The importance of targeting talent early, enthusiastically
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For all future bosses: A leader’s take on in-office work, AI, and more
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Gen AI, business model transformation, and more with AICPA & CIMA CEO
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A Robert Half executive on the 2024 hiring outlook
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Power of the peer group: Riding the wave of finance transformation
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Podcast part 1: Melancon on news and trends affecting CPAs
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The 2024 hiring plans of finance executives, plus their top challenges
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Hear all about it: What’s in the December JofA
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Doubling down on tech: What’s in store at Digital CPA in Vegas
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In an online meeting, where do you direct your eyes?
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‘Moving so quickly’: The latest on ESG compliance
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Better business: How to invest in staff and keep staff invested
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No Plan B: A personal lesson about retirement readiness
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An unorthodox path to CPA success
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Why should CPAs understand ChatGPT?
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Driving fuel efficiency: CPAs’ changing role in oil and gas reporting
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Summing up Sid: The ultimate CPA and friend to all
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ERC suspended: What happens next
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No regrets: Reflections on a family-owned CPA firm’s ‘great run’
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Why the outlook of CPA decision-makers has improved
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An updated practice aid and how it can assist in audits of digital assets
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3 keys to building a strong team: Partnerships, people, goal alignment
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Hybrid intelligence: Working with AI instead of against it
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‘All in this together’: Addressing the CPA pipeline issue
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How one small firm drastically cut its busy-season hours
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Fraud, football, and a viral video: A midsummer compilation
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Why the disconnect? Risks are everywhere; risk management is not
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S corps. and Rev. Rul. 2008-18 F reorganizations
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Where do we go from here? Career advice for high performers
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The key role accountants will play in the shifting definition of value
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CPAs and cannabis businesses – a 2023 update
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Advice to CFOs: Be agile and adaptable in the face of rapid change
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The power skills needed to lead effectively — from the AICPA’s vice chair
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Summing up economic sentiment: Less revenue, more pessimism
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Bots emerge as cyber threat for accounting firms
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Tech roundtable: Getting your data in order
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Tech roundtable: Tapping into automation and tools of the future
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Learning to be a leader: Grab a mirror and a book
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Accounting student masters second chance at life
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How one firm transformed its partner compensation model
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Prestige and value: A CPA career coach’s view on education requirements
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‘Status quo is the riskiest option’: One leader’s proven approach
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Of high interest: What rising rates mean for everyone
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Managing vs. leading: Why that distinction matters in the modern workplace
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Cultivating tech talent: A CPA firm leader’s elementary approach
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Inflation, talent, labor costs: 3 challenges amid slightly rising optimism
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Won’t get fooled again: The who, what, and why of fraud
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Vroom, or doom and gloom? Thoughts on succeeding amidst uncertainty
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Culture you can feel: Advice for making it an accelerator, not a constraint
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How CPAs focused on advisory services can answer several common questions
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Super Bowl CFO: How finance supports the Chiefs’ on-field success
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Digital assets in danger: How to guard against hackers
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Innovative CPA firm leader: ‘We never had a fear of trying’
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What’s the 411? Explaining Schedules K-2 and K-3
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Struggling actor to CPA firm owner: One leader’s unlikely path
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Taxpayer advocate Q&A: IRS backlogs, service calls, new leadership
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‘The apprenticeship guy’: CFO embraces program to bridge talent gap
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Hopes for 2023: Addressing change fatigue, making creative connections
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Future of Finance takeaways: Hopes for the workforce in 2023
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Future of Finance takeaways: Talent, transformation, trust
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The CPA’s guide to technology (and tech gifts)
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Talent in 2023: What’s on the minds of company executives
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Pockets of optimism — why there’s hope amidst ‘doom and gloom’
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How to make busy season fun (yes, fun)
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Remembering an enthusiastic CPA who challenged the status quo
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Unearthing talent: Embracing the ‘era of professional apprentices’
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Tax conference takeaways: IRS service, corporate minimum tax, and more
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IRS news, Roth conversion considerations, stopping elder financial abuse
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Q&A: The 2 most prevalent cyberthreats for CPA firms
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IRS annual inflation adjustments, negotiating a job offer, and a quiz
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A closer look at proposed revisions to the AICPA tax standards
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Roth IRAs vs. 529 plans, job candidate questions, and an IRS extension
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A pioneering CPA reflects on a 50-year journey
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Guiding principles for today’s boards of directors
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‘Own your narrative’ and other advice from a Starbucks executive
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The importance of ‘boss moves’ when making your next career step
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What small firms need to know about succession and M&A
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A quick tour of student loan forgiveness, a quiz, and a letter to the IRS
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Why CFOs have confidence in the midst of difficult economic times
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The ‘mixed bag’ of economic sentiment; recent IRS news; a PCAOB update
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The payoffs of RPA for one accounting firm
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The heavier lifting that technology can accomplish for CPAs
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A closer look at tax items in the Inflation Reduction Act
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Feeling stuck or overwhelmed? Advice to help ‘calm the storm’
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Advice for avoiding the data waterfall in presentations
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Why CPAs focused on the ‘core’ shouldn’t forget about exploring the ‘edge’
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Why growing knowledge is more important than proving knowledge
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The 411 from Tom Hood on the future of finance
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Breaking down the top issues facing CPA firms
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2024 CPA Exam Blueprints: The trends driving proposed changes
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A suitably summer story: One CPA’s travel quest
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The state of risk oversight: Why both structure and agility matter
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From the archives: How purpose can play a bigger role in business
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From the archives: Lessons learned after a multibillion-dollar fraud
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How the Great Resignation has affected the accounting profession
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A conversation with new AICPA Chair Anoop Natwar Mehta
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‘What of this should I bring back to my people?’: Highlights from ENGAGE
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Tax update: S elections, PTE, and Sec. 1202
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How to build your ‘performance currency’ and how to avoid the ‘Dirty Dozen’
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Tips for firms implementing quality management standards
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5 trends driving the importance of understanding ESG
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An interest in flight, a path to CFO: ‘All about determination’
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‘You can’t transform without missteps’: A CPA leader’s career advice
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Reevaluate metrics in pursuit of innovation
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Burnout’s telltale signs and how leaders can better understand them
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Why a busy-season debrief has value, and why it’s not just for tax teams
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A finance transformation case study, plus a news roundup
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Helping build a better tax system
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CPA tech talk: When it comes to transformation, where do you start?
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Mental health matters: How asking the right questions can help
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What CPAs should know, and ask, about NFTs
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Hard at times but also rewarding: A CPA’s career leap to India
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The invaluable sounding board: Learning from other CFOs
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ENGAGE emcee: Why inflation could cause retirement U-turns
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The power of belief — and how it differs from arrogance
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The value of asking the question, ‘What brings you joy?’
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CPA Q&A: Parenthood in the pandemic and finance purpose statements
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Co-creating the future of finance: A leadership group’s quest
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FP&A: A new niche — and an expanded definition
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Audit transformation: Automation is one small step in the journey
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New strategies to grow the profession’s pipeline
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Advice for building strong personal connections in a hybrid world
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Not-for-profit audits in a remote world, plus IRS news
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Grappling with Schedules K-2 and K-3
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Recruiting, flexible working, and tax season issues for small firms
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The power of technology to change how CPAs think about value
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How to make sure your organization is empowering women
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The reasons for positive economic sentiment — and why that could change
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PowerPoint rules to live by
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The value of clear, concise written communication
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Firm ownership can be intimidating; here’s how to overcome those fears
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Gratitude: How a helping hand can spark a great career
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The value of ‘connection to the mission’ for one not-for-profit CFO
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IRS service issues: What a coalition of tax pros seeks to change
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What CAS practice leaders should focus on in 2022 and beyond
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A blockchain glossary, the CPA firm of the future, and Excel malware
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The 3 components of burnout, and why they are heightened now
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Sales tax: Nearly 4 years after Wayfair, what’s on the horizon
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What one CPA calls ‘the best job in the world’
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Grow yourself, others, and the business: Q&A with a Nike leader
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Developing empathy and why it’s OK not to have all the answers
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The difference between managing change and change management
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The CPA profession’s ‘really interesting inflection point’
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Why a CFO needs to wear two hats
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A PPP loan forgiveness update and one CPA’s 2021 reflection
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A junior-high dream realized: One CPA leader’s career path
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CPA leader takeaways: Listening, self-awareness, flipping the pyramid
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Inflation and talent: 2 top headwinds facing business in 2022
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Digital assets: Auditing, accounting, and what’s next
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Career advice and RPA tips from CPA leaders
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Infrastructure analysis: The ERC’s end, and what’s next
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“What’s our biggest risk?” Why the answer is changing
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One firm’s succession planning success story
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Hiring for culture: How to find the best staff for your firm
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The 4 pillars of starting or growing a CAS practice
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What type of culture does your firm have?
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A CPA leader’s approach to changing check-the-box training
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Audit evolution in action: Part 3
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Peer review: Advancing clarity and remote procedures
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Year-end tax planning advice and a grammar quiz
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Prioritization tips, sticky-note strategy, and The Princess Bride
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Ethics exposure drafts explained; the makings of a good cover letter
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Tax software: What CPAs like and dislike
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Inflation worries and a tight labor market lead to a slight dip in optimism
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Updating quality management standards: What auditors need to know
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The key tax provisions of the Senate infrastructure bill
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Better remote job interviews and ERC updates
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Fraud advice and more on the value of client advisory services
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Lessons in building the accounting pipeline from ENGAGE 2021
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Audit evolution in action: Part 2
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Cybersecurity advisory opportunities for firms of all sizes
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At 2021’s midpoint, what’s on the minds of CFOs?
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Why single-audit demand is rising; an update on tax preparer legislation
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Accounting as a STEM career; more on ‘Dirty Dozen’ tax scams
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Audit evolution in action: Part 1
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The return of business travel; an NFL draftee’s view of failure
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Signs you or a colleague could use mental health support
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Understanding the global minimum tax and the growing risk of ransomware
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Advice for meeting efficiency and more on the new AICPA board chair
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Reasons for rising economic optimism; how to ‘be your own agent’
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A closer look at paid tax preparer regulation
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A professional athlete’s frugal approach to what’s next
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Supporting AAPI talent in May and beyond
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Be more productive while doing less work
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Potential pitfalls for a return to in-person work
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Managing your personal energy for success
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Excel depreciation advice; risk management lessons learned
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Tom Hood on leadership and adapting to a role stretch
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Employee retention credit updates and a delegation taboo
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Primers on creativity and mental toughness
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Uncovering your ‘buried life’ and other mental-health tips
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What we can do to increase the number of Black CPAs
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PPP and tax advice for not-for-profits; honoring pioneering CPAs
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The struggles and triumphs of the first Black CPAs
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Details of the April 15 postponement and a primer on SVOG
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Why the tax filing extension does not help everyone
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Ethics considerations for assisting clients with PPP documents
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A new risk management tool, and PPP and tax deadline updates
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A CPA leader’s view on the rise of women in the profession
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Employee retention credit guidance update and rising economic confidence
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Black CPA pioneers, PPP’s narrowed focus, and a FASB alternative
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CPA news to know: Why mobile workforce tax legislation matters
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Pursuing quality in relationships — and audits
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Identity theft tips and PPP-related employee retention credit changes
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CPA news to know: PPP vigilance and the start of tax season
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PPP loan forgiveness and taxes: Part 2
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The latest advice on PPP loans
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Why investing in employees matters more than ever
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Help clients make the most of 2020 charitable giving
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PPP loan forgiveness and taxes
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The 2021 hiring outlook, salary negotiation advice, and more
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The value of gamifying CPE learning
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How CPA parents cope during the pandemic
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COVID-19 lessons for not-for-profits
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How 2020 has changed corporate board work
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Cannabis and CPAs: The business opportunities and risks
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Implementing the payroll tax deferral, part 2
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Insight on hiring, top challenges, and more from U.S. finance execs
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Teleworking and state and local taxes
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Implementing the payroll tax deferral
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6 new business realities in the pandemic era
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7 human behavior insights you need to know
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What you probably didn’t know about racism in the workplace
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Pandemic-related legal risks that you can’t afford to ignore
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How the new audit evidence standard can improve audit quality
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A tax marathon check-in
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Working from home: What does the future hold?
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Recognizing and rooting out racism: Advice for leaders
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The technology — and human — lessons of COVID-19
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The hard trends that matter more than ever now
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State and local taxes during the pandemic
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How family businesses can stay resilient during the COVID-19 crisis
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How CPAs can help small businesses survive the pandemic
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Quick relief with the CARES Act
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What to know before offering client accounting services
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Why companies must seriously consider board refreshment
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Application advice for SBA loans
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Pandemic-specific guidance for auditors and preparers
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How CPAs can fight fraud in the COVID-19 pandemic
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You’re suddenly WFH: An example of how to adapt
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Relieving the April 15 ‘pressure point’
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Tech tips for firms responding to coronavirus
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Getting states on board: A model for partnership tax audits
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Help your staff make it through busy season
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Open source information and forensic accountants
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Where accounting really stands with blockchain
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Sponsored: What’s new for QBI?
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A farewell chat with Tech Q&A author J. Carlton Collins
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The outlook of finance decision-makers for 2020
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Humpty Dumpty meets the tax code
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You might be a tax shelter if …
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What’s next for potential CPA licensure changes
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5 steps to a successful sale
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How the CPA Exam is poised to change
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Taxes and Washington’s unfinished business
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The tech trends we’ll see in 2020 and beyond
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Emerging global fraud trends
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Roller derby’s role in fighting impostor syndrome
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How to make clients love your firm
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Serious presentation tips from a stand-up comic
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Subject line to salutation: Email rules to live by
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How to manage a difficult relationship with your boss
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Why U.S. business confidence is dropping
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Tips for effective not-for-profit governance
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How much are college football teams worth?
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How good are you at receiving feedback?
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Tips for overcoming workplace dysfunction
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How CPAs can help family businesses with succession planning
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Recognizing and managing different personality types
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Insight into the state of small business
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Why the CPA licensure process could change
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A closer look at threats to CPA licensure
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Implementation insight from FASB’s vice chair
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The father of the 401(k) on how his invention has reshaped retirement
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Memo to managers: Practice what you preach
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The hiring outlook for U.S. businesses
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Revenue recognition tips for not-for-profits
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How to keep fear from short-circuiting your career
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Fraud on film: Lessons from real-life stories
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Interviews that will get you the staff you want
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Better computer and mobile device hygiene
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How organizations can better fend off cyberattacks
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A new opportunity for auditors to communicate
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Why you can’t wait to prepare for disaster
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Build employee loyalty with better onboarding
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How one vacation can change your work life
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Bad relationship with your boss? How to fix it
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The 5 traits of a great manager
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Tips to ease the stress of Form 990 preparation
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The most important skill for CPAs — and machines
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New developments in UBIT for not-for-profits
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What CPAs need to know to succeed in new tech age
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4 key tax reform provisions for not-for-profits
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How to become the speaker people listen to
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The concerns of generally upbeat finance leaders
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The link between rowing, the Super Bowl, and FP&A
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How to get clients to follow your advice
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Simple fraud prevention tips
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How tax reform has changed busy season preparation
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Stay in charge of your time and energy
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What CPAs need to know about Sec. 199A guidance and SSTBs
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How to improve communication at small CPA firms
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Twin brothers reflect on decades of teaching accounting
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The reasons behind a drop in US economic sentiment
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Why CPAs can’t wait on automation tools
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Different ways to understand blockchain
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What it was like to work for a legendary CPA
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What CPAs need to know about firm mobility
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Working together to grow the CPA pipeline
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How the skill set for today’s CFO is changing
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How to interview for soft skills
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Why our passions are essential to work success
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Top takeaways from the latest Economic Outlook Survey
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Tips for working with Millennial clients
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Lessons learned from a multibillion-dollar fraud
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Using drones to enhance audits
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The traits of truly great leaders
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Is state legislation endangering the CPA license?
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How tax reform is impacting tax practitioners
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How CPAs can become thought leaders
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How tax reform — and Excel — are changing the CPA Exam
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How to make women’s initiatives more successful
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What it was like to be a female CPA in the 1970s
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Feeling frazzled? Try these tips for greater focus
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Beyond Boomers and Millennials: Bridging the generational gap in the workplace
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What CPAs need to know about providing services to marijuana businesses
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Want to bring your employees together? Send them on a “Death March”
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How to keep employees in the game
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Networking secrets that will help advance your career
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What to know before you go into business with someone
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A CPA firm with Silicon Valley DNA
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How national tax reform is impacting state taxes
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A new staffing model for accounting firms
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How AI, blockchain, and automation will reinvent accounting
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How tax reform will impact individual taxpayers
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Private student loan debt: What CPAs need to know
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Student loan debt: Everything you need to know but were too afraid to ask
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Watch out for these fraud red flags
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When accountants walked with kings: Jacob Soll’s The Reckoning
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Tax reform: What CPAs need to know about the latest developments
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What’s next for health care reform?
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The secrets to opening a new CPA office
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What CPAs need to know about the new tax reform framework
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Engage your listeners through financial storytelling
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What CPAs need to know about their tax software
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Could unlimited vacation work at your firm?
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Real talk about artificial intelligence and blockchain
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Popular CPA Exam scoring questions answered
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A factor of singular importance in cloud computing
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How a CPA overcame her fear of public speaking
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How to protect your CPA practice from hackers
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How CPA firms can protect themselves from lawsuits
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From CPA to the classroom: Going from practitioner to professor
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What you need to know before you sell your firm
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Mistakes people make when applying for a job (Part 1)
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Mistakes people make when applying for a job (Part 3)
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Mistakes people make when applying for a job (Part 2)
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How to make conference attendance pay off
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How drone aircraft will change the CPA profession
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On the move: Answers to the most common CPA mobility questions