The merely average need not apply.
Adam Ross, the new head of channel sales at NetSuite, is looking for not-your-everyday CPA firm resellers. And that says something about where the CPA market is going. READ MORE →
And bending with the times.
First indications from a canvass of CPA firm association directors shows they are facing the same pressures as state societies and firms themselves.
And they are battling back with a host of ideas and programs. But most of all, they are leveraging their core assets: Strength in numbers. READ MORE →
Can you share some good ideas?
We?re looking for a few good ideas from accountants, or effective programs from employers, that are aimed at alleviating early burn-out. For our latest on the topic, check out “How Happy Are You to Go to Work?”
If you have a good idea or a program to talk about, please join the new survey we just launched, here.
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The double whammy of SOX and tax season is taking a toll. How’s YOUR busy season going so far?
by Rick Telberg
At Large
Who’s excited about going to work in the morning? Of the hundreds of accountants we asked, the yays outnumbered the nays, but not by much, and about half of both groups were a little equivocal. READ MORE →
Answer: The IRS website.
In the midst of the annual tax season, the IRS says its Web site, www.irs.gov, is averaging more than 1 million hits a day.”Just to give you a frame of reference,” says Mark Everson, IRS chief, “one major search engine reported in a recent week that we were surpassed only by Paris Hilton, Clay Aiken, Pamela Anderson, Britney Spears and a poker game.” READ MORE →
Adobe executive James Heeger joins co-founder LaCerte as new CEO
PayCycle, whose customer base has doubled to 18,000 in the past year under founder Rene LaCerte (yes, THAT LaCerte family), has hired James Heeger, senior vice president at Adobe Systems, as president and chairman. READ MORE →
State societies are reacting with energy and innovation to a bevy of weighty challenges.
Here are some early results from a canvass we are currently conducting of the State-of-the-State of State CPA Societies…
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