Make technology, not talent, your first priority
This column explores five reasons that technology has become an even higher strategic priority than talent.
Strategy and planning
What CPAs need to do to survive the automation revolution
While jobs do disappear with the advent of new technology, new jobs sprout up with them.
Innovation showcase: CPA employers on the cutting edge
Completely virtual workplaces. Flat hierarchies. Employees who set their own hours. Vacation stipends. Silicon Valley? Not quite. Meet seven employers that have radically rethought the ways they relate to their CPAs and are reinventing the accounting workplace.
How to create a more focused practice
Offering too many service lines is this not optimal for clients and can create unnecessary risk to your practice.
Timing your exit
This article offers factors to consider when deciding when to bow out of their firm.
Tips to help ease the rush of your next busy season
This column offers crunch time preparation tips.
How to keep clients after an accounting practice sale
Client attrition is one of the biggest threats to the success of an accounting firm merger or sale. Buyers and sellers both have pivotal parts to play if they want to maximize the benefits and minimize the risks of the transition process.
CPA firms struggling with succession
As Baby Boomer partners reach retirement age, they are having difficulty delegating work to staff members and developing leaders to replace them.
How CPA firms can evolve for continued success
Technology, specialization, succession issues and other factors are combining to change the marketplace for CPA firms.
The business case for diversity and inclusion at CPA firms
Here are some reasons diversity and inclusion make good business sense for CPA firms.
Acquisition rules for CPA firms to live by
This article examines the most common internal obstacles that firms face when acquiring other CPA firms and offers possible solutions.
Preparing for what’s next
CPAs do a masterful job of taking care of their clients' business, but they also need to make sure they look out for their own. Practice-continuation agreements can minimize the chaos in the transfer of a CPA practice to a successor.
5 strategies for managing the coming talent crunch
The column explores five top strategies to help you better manage your firm’s capacity issues.
United we thrive, divided we fail
If you want your firm to thrive well into the future, make enhancing overall partner unity your No. 1 priority in the coming year.
Get a head start on preparing for tax season
The AICPA Private Companies Practice Section team shares best practices on preparing for busy season.
Don’t let scope creep lead you out of bounds
In the sports world, it is pretty easy to determine whether you are in or out of bounds. It’s not so simple in the accounting world.
Succeeding with a narrow focus
Specializing and focusing on a narrow range of services can help CPAs and audit firms reduce training costs and risks.
Roadblocks to avoid in accounting firm M&A
Looking to buy or sell a practice? Either way, a number of obstacles need to be cleared before you get the deal done.
Models of success?
An accounting firm experiment hypothesizes that “there will be multiple successful business models for accounting firms of the future.” Explore the experiment’s results and different visions for public accounting’s future—and examples of that future already becoming reality.
How firms can use social media more effectively
Many CPA firms post sparingly and need better training and policies around social media, a new survey shows.
