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Jim Boomer

CPA, CITP, CEO

jim.boomer@boomer.com

Phone: 785-537-2358 x114

Jim Boomer is the CEO of Boomer Consulting, Inc. He is the director of the Boomer Technology Circles ™ and an expert on managing technology within an accounting firm. He also serves as a strategic planning and technology consultant and firm adviser in the areas of performance and risk management. In addition, Jim is leading a new program, The Producer Circle, in collaboration with CPA2BIZ and the AICPA. Jim was selected for the 2011 AICPA Leadership Program and the inaugural class of the KSCPA’s "20 Under 40” Leadership Program. He has been named to The CPA Technology Advisor’s "Forty Under Forty” and "Top 25 Thought Leaders” lists multiple times.

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Advisory

How Accounting Firms Can Leverage the Gig Economy

While freelancing is a part-time or side-gig for many people, a growing number of people make it a full-time living. Twenty-nine percent of survey respondents said their freelance business is their only source of income, up from 17% in 2014.

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Firm Management

Is the Password Dying?

It’s not hard to see why people don’t like passwords. We share a lot of sensitive personal information with companies, including Social Security numbers, health records, and bank account and credit card numbers. Even password managers don’t eliminate ...

Firm Management

You've Been Breached. Now What?

Identity theft is the fastest growing crime in America and accounting firms, with their wealth of taxpayer personal information, are often ground zero for cybercriminals. For many, the question is not if you’ll be the target of a cyber-attack, but when.

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Firm Management

How to Create a Culture of Innovation

The word innovation is thrown around a lot in our profession. Everyone wants ideas for doing things faster, easier, cheaper, or better. But rather than drive innovation from within the firm, they’re trying to keep up with what others are doing ...

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Firm Management

One Simple Step Toward Better Strategic Business Partnerships

When you make a list of your firm’s strategic business partners, do your technology solution providers make the cut? If your answer is no, you’re likely approaching these relationships in a way that limits your opportunities to truly leverage ...

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Firm Management

Are You Focused on the Right Things?

We’re midway through 2017. How are you coming along with the goals you set at the beginning of the year? Do you still have a positive outlook for what lies ahead? Almost before we know it, fall deadlines will be here, then year end, then many of you ...

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Firm Management

Protect Your Firm and Clients with Multi-Factor Authentication

Authentication is simply a process that verifies a user’s identity. The most common form of authentication is a password, but given the rise of tax-related identity theft and phishing schemes that accounting firms face, a password is no longer enough ...

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Firm Management

Reaching Clarity On Remote Work Policies

Remote work is a popular topic of discussion at many firms across the country. Yet few firms sit down to flesh out detailed policies for remote workers before their first virtual employee is in place. Typically, one valuable employee requests to work ...

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Advisory

Cognitive Computing and the Future of the Accounting Profession

Cognitive computing is especially valuable in tax compliance, an area that is heavily regulated and often faces rapid changes. The process of preparing filings, ensuring compliance, and optimizing a business’ tax position is complicated, resource ...

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Firm Management

Is Your Accounting Firm Serious About Security?

As I wrote in a previous column, whether it’s securing a perimeter in a war zone or an accounting firm, the strength of the defense is only as robust as the front lines. In your firm, the front line is your people who are handling sensitive client data on

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Firm Management

Increase Accountability in 2017

One reason our goals fall by the wayside is that we often just think about them. We internalize what we want to accomplish but don’t write it down or share it with anyone. This keeps things simple, but it also increases the chance of failure.

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Is Your Technology Meeting Client Expectations?

Too many firms are stuck in the paper age; continuing to do things the way they always have. Beyond the aversion to change is the deep-rooted belief that if they don’t send out a tangible stack of paper, the client will question the value they ...