5-step action plan for addressing clients’ sales and use tax needs via SpeedTax CPA firms are well-positioned to take the lead in helping guide their clients through the complicated, time-consuming, and resource-intensive world of sales tax compliance and management, according … Continued
Mergis confidence index dips. via Mergis The Accounting and Finance Employee Confidence Index, a measure of overall confidence among U.S. accounting and finance workers, dipped 0.8 points to 50.9 in the fourth quarter of 2009, according to The Mergis Group, … Continued
How to take quantum leaps, even in busy season. by Rick Telberg If your accounting firm or finance department is pushing off technology decisions to the IT department, you may be pushing it off to the wrong people. Not that they … Continued
As a firm owner, you can’t risk putting a dent in your reputation with a poor salesperson. But how and where do you find a good salesperson? The answer is: Start where you shop. Start paying attention to the good … Continued
Economists predict demand for accountants and auditors will explode over the next few years. by Rick Telberg In a report that’s getting a lot of attention from savvy CPA firms and financial services headhunters, the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) … Continued
They’re thinking “short-term.” Do you know what that means and how to use it? A huge 45% of small business owners consider their focus to be short-term rather than long-term. Additionally, when the Executive Board asked business owners what they … Continued
Plenty. The real work starts when the deal is done. by Rick Telberg As if busy season wasn’t busy enough, many accountants are finding themselves weighed down by the added burdens of integrating a new practice merger or grappling with … Continued
Hardly anyone, says Jim Peterson. No anarchist, the former Big Four counsel-turned-professor suggests that the collapse of a Big Four firm (or two, or three, or all) would barely be noticed in the financial markets: If the now-standard auditors’ report … Continued