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Small businesses want help from accountants on strategic planning and financial forecasting. This word cloud represents a summary of popular responses from small businesses when we asked them this question:

Why Most Firms Don’t Make It to the Second Generation By Marc Rosenberg, CPA The short answer is that CPA firms stink at succession planning.  Firms’ entire operations are geared to maximizing short-term profits, focusing on today at the expense of tomorrow.  Evidence of this is the following: A 60 year-old sole practitioner wants to […]

The accounting and professional services firm Sikich has acquired the practice of Knutte & Associates, a Darien, Illinois-based audit, accounting and tax firm.

We’ve been through a year together learning about Emerging Technologies. While there will always be new technology, we are not likely to go through a period of time again anytime soon where the algorithms are changing so rapidly and the new ...

Technology is transforming all major practice areas within the accounting profession, and CPAs will increasingly adopt a more strategic role in delivering trusted information and insights, the chief executive of CPA.com said.

With the number of public companies declining sharply since the 1990s and more than $1.8 trillion in private capital raised in 2017, the marketplace is embracing RIVIO as a means to create transparency and trust in key financial data.

The acquisition will significantly advance Paychex's leadership position in HR outsourcing, leveraging the scope of the company's technology platform and providing new clients access to Paychex's innovative products and technology-enabled services.

The Center for Audit Quality (CAQ) has issued its 11th annual request for proposals to fund independent academic research on projects of interest to the auditing profession. To date, the CAQ has funded 39 academic research projects under the ...