May 19, 2016
10 Tips for Managing Accounting Firms with Multiple Offices
With more accounting firms consolidating, the management of multiple offices is becoming a continual challenge for firm leadership.
May 19, 2016
New Labor Rules Change Minimum Salaries for Exempt Workers
The release of new revisions to the Fair Labor Standards Act's ("FLSA") dramatically changes the prerequisites for treating an employee as exempt under the FLSA's "highly-compensated" exemption.
May 19, 2016
Bonnie Buol Ruszczyk Joins Association for Accounting Marketing Board
Bonnie Buol Ruszczyk, founder and president of Atlanta-based professional services marketing firm bbr marketing, will join the board of directors of the nation’s premier organization focused on marketing for accounting firms and individual accounting ...
May 18, 2016
Labor Dept Publishes New Overtime and Exempt Status Rules
The U.S. Department of Labor has finalized sweeping changes to the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) overtime rules, extending protections to millions U.S. workers.
May 17, 2016
Overtime Rule Change Threatens Entrepreneurship
It has been said that the worst problems are the ones you don’t see coming, and there is a significant problem brewing in D.C. that too few people seem to be paying attention to. At President’s Obama’s urging, the Department of Labor is amending ...
May 17, 2016
Karbon Task Management for Accountants
2016 Innovation Award Finalist -- Instantly see and set priorities for everyone with to-do lists. Easily prioritize and delegate tasks for anyone on your team. Effortlessly handoff work between staff, and quickly get new employees up to speed.
May 16, 2016
What Are Your Firm’s Microsoft Alternatives?
My earlier column on Microsoft strategies mentioned two other technology ecosystems to support our computing needs: Apple OS & iOS, and Linux & Android. While it is clear that the mainstream of the accounting profession in the U.S. market uses ...
May 16, 2016
Professionals on the Move – May 16, 2016
A roundup of professionals in the tax and accounting profession that have changed jobs and/or been promoted.
May 13, 2016
Is It Easy To Do Business With Your Firm?
If your firm is like most, you are constantly looking for ways to fuel growth. The fastest and easiest way to grow is by leveraging your existing client base. And to do so you need to make sure that your base is full of happy clients.
May 10, 2016
California Accounting Firm Honored for Community Service
Haskell & White, one of Southern California’s largest independently owned accounting, auditing and tax consulting firms, has been recognized by the Association for Corporate Growth (ACG) Orange County for its many years of community service.
May 10, 2016
Is Your Firm Using An Outdated Business Model?
CPA firms have had a good, long run. To keep this going, we need to constantly re-invent and re-engineer ourselves. Staying the same is a recipe for disaster.
May 6, 2016
IRS Issues Temporary Regulations for PEO Voluntary Certification
The Internal Revenue Service has released temporary and proposed regulations implementing a new voluntary certification program for professional employer organizations (PEOs).