Tech tips for firms responding to coronavirus
A CPA firm’s IT director shares advice for organizations to assess and set up longer-term remote work in the wake of coronavirus concerns.
Information management and technology assurance
What to do if staff can’t make it to the office
As the coronavirus pandemic leads to staff scattering, here is expert advice on what firms can do to make remote working work.
Sort by color to group highlighted cells in Excel
Highlighting cells with different colors can help you quickly identify information in a spreadsheet. Excel also lets you sort by color to easily group all the information you’ve highlighted with a given color. Learn how.
How technology will change staffing needs
With the growth in emerging technologies, CPA firms will start hiring business analysts and data scientists, explains Donny Shimamoto, CPA/CITP, CGMA, founder and managing director of Intraprise TechKnowlogies LLC.
Power BI: An analytical view
Data visualization applications such as Microsoft’s Power BI and Tableau can unlock the value of data. This article explores how Power BI works.
Keeping up with deadlines using a dynamic spreadsheet
Microsoft Excel can keep track of deadline information in several ways.
The IF function mastered
Once you master the IF function, you will wonder how you ever lived without it.
5 quick tips to improve your Google game
Searching the internet has become an everyday aspect of our lives. Here are five tips that could benefit even an advanced searcher.
Invite success with Eventbrite, Paperless Post
A monthly look at applications, gadgets, and other technology that can improve a CPA’s job and life.
Excel vs. Tableau: See your data differently
This article compares the data visualization program Tableau to Excel, examines their relative strengths, and provides a simple walk-through on how to use Tableau.
More businesses using AI as tools emerge
New tools offer the promise of making automated machine learning available to organizations that don’t have AI or data analytics experts readily available.
Open source information and forensic accountants
Veteran investigator Cynthia Hetherington offers practical tips and guidance on how forensic accountants can use the open source information found on the internet to make themselves smarter, better investigators while staying within privacy laws.
Excel video walk-through: Sparklines
See how to add a little color and direction to your Excel worksheets.
Use Excel’s Flash Fill to automatically fill in data quickly
How to use Excel’s Flash Fill feature, including a keyboard shortcut for both Windows and Excel for Mac.
Get started teaching blockchain
Experts offer best practices for helping students and faculty get up to speed.
Excel video walk-through: Icon sets
Add some graphic flair to your spreadsheets with this quick and easy spreadsheet tip.
Where accounting really stands with blockchain
Erik Asgeirsson, president and CEO of CPA.com, and Ron Quaranta, founder and chairman of the Wall Street Blockchain Alliance, examine tax and accounting issues related to cryptoassets and explore assurance opportunities blockchain is creating for accountants.
3 ways to defeat ransomware: Plan, prevent, not pay
This article discusses ways to prepare for this kind of cyberthreat.
What is artificial intelligence?
There are two main categories of AI: artificial general intelligence (AGI) and narrow artificial intelligence (NAI).
Replace Excel errors using this function
IFERROR can be used to eliminate formula errors and replace those errors with something else.
