Randy Johnston has been an entrepreneur, technologist, and teacher for most of his career. He has helped start and run many businesses, and founded Network Management Group, Inc. and owns half of K2 Enterprises. He has written for accounting and technology publications for four decades, and for CPA Practice Advisor since 2000.
May 11, 2022
Prepare to replace all your end-user hardware. The value proposition became clear when presenting at a conference in the past week. 2022 is the start of a massive wave of technology innovation. I have seen this type of wave a few times in my career.
April 12, 2022
Having a somewhat "normal" tax season behind us certainly feels good. While it would be nice to have COVID behind us and the IRS caught up, these issues may be part of our "new normal." Unfortunately, staffing issues also seem to be part of the new ...
February 25, 2022
Many of us have used our skills and expertise to keep clients in compliance with tax and audit regulations. Others have expanded by reducing clients’ workload handling transactional accounting through Client Accounting Service offerings.
December 2, 2021
Most CPAs I know are incredibly smart, hard-working, have high integrity, and genuinely care about their clients. While these attributes result in a lot of hard work, the rewards continue to be great. We want you to have the resiliency and stamina ...
November 3, 2021
From the November 2021 Issue. Technology changes constantly. We must make decisions about what works for our clients, our firms, and ourselves. Additionally, we must make the effort and take the time to update our skills on products we use regularly and on solutions that we should consider for our practices. This education is beyond...…
October 6, 2021
Software publishers are trying hard to make a difference. The accelerated change noticeable in the last two years in accounting software, accounts payable, payment systems, human resources, and payroll is astonishing.
September 6, 2021
It is nice to see the last few stressful years fade in the rearview mirror. With the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA), handling the pandemic, PPP, PPP2, and the changes in tax deadlines, most practitioners report that these years have been among the ...
July 31, 2021
Pundits in the profession continue to promote the thinking that audit and tax compliance are gone and that your firm needs to pick a new service line to survive. But, did you look at your firm’s financial success last year? And the year before that?
July 7, 2021
Few topics are as near and dear to me as Client Advisory Services. Those of you who have followed both my teaching career around the world for decades, and this column for almost 20 years, know that I’ve tried to bring you the latest in software and ...
June 9, 2021
The technology tools available to assist in this area led me to prepare my first estate plan. When I ran my first personal financial planning models and estate plans in the Kettley Publishing and Back Room Technician, now Advisys solutions with over ...
May 13, 2021
From the May 2021 Issue. Has your practice evolved to a new way of working, or are you doing things pretty much as you did a decade or more ago? Through the years, I have tried to show you a safe way to upgrade your practice tools with technology while still serving your client well...…
April 1, 2021
From the April 2021 Issue. When did collaboration become a “must have?” While many milestone releases of products could be shown as the starting line, working simultaneously together on the same file is an attitude. It is different this decade than it was at any time before. While I still despise getting large documents via...…
