SmartPros Net Advances 44%, to $2.2 Million, for Year
Net Revenue Up 22%, Net Income Up 44%, Operating Profit Up 44% Over Fiscal 2006 It’s good to see my old friends at SmartPros doing well and still on a roll….
Monthly Archives: March 2008
SURVEY RESULTS: How to Fire a Client
Response to our article, “Four Reasons to Fire a Client Today: Turn problems into profits,†has been brisk. Practically every accountant has at least one client they wish they didn’t. And about two-thirds of accountants are doing something about it … Continued
Tax Season Gets Off to Smooth Start
CPAs report fewer glitches, improved business results.
Benchmark your business; join the busy season survey.
by Rick Telberg
Despite last-minute changes to the tax code and an emergency economic stimulus package… despite critical staffing shortages and late or unprepared clients… despite all that, busy season 2008 appears to be going better and smoother for most accountants. So far, anyway.
In my soundings of the profession, CPAs are generally telling me that they are less harried and that business is generally as good or better so far this busy season as compared to the same period in 2007.
In all key gauges — revenues, profits, volume and stress-accountants are reporting a smoother, better and healthier busy season. READ MORE →
Melancon Reports Gains in CPA License Mobility
“We’ve made more progress in the last 18 months in this area than in the last 120 years,” says Barry Melancon (pictured), president and CEO of the AICPA. Mobility bills have been enacted in 12 states and legislation is pending … Continued
3 Things Never to Say to LGBT Coworkers
PricewaterhouseCoopers’ Stephanie Peel is an American success story.
Peel, a CPA with PwC for over 17 years, now serves on the firm’s LGBT-partner advisory board, which consists of a dozen leaders in the firm who are lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender, and provides guidance to the management committee to help further advance initiatives and activities.
At PricewaterhouseCoopers, an acknowledged leader in diversity initiatives, Peel is a Managing Director in the PWC assurance practice specializing in Sarbanes-Oxley Section 404 compliance.
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