Monthly Archives: May 2014

CPA Talent: How To Identify Future Leaders Early

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Screen Shot 2014-05-20 at 6.58.19 AMWho gets promoted and why in accounting: Join the survey; get the answers.

By CPA Trendlines Research

Tax, accounting and finance professionals don’t agree on everything. But they do seem to agree on the key traits needed to succeed in the profession, according to a new CPA Trendlines multi-year study.

The questionnaire for “TALENT STRATEGIES: How to Identify and Develop Professionals for Management and Leadership Responsibilities” remains online and open as CPA Trendlines continues to collect data and refine its analysis.  READ MORE →

How Firms Are Adapting to the New Mobile Workforce

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Breakfast and workingNew benchmarks and insights on remote access, the Internet and telecommunications.

By Randolph Johnston, Leslie Garrett PhD,
and Brian F. Tankersley, CPA.CITP, CGMA
The Accounting Firm Operations and Technology Survey

Working remotely can occur from home offices and from a client’s location. When individuals have access to the support technology and data they need to do their work, and when they can be held accountable for their performance when working remotely, where they are located when getting work done matters less. READ MORE →

Sound Off: Accountants See Opportunity in Obamacare

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In Comments, it gets political.

By CPA Trendlines

Call it what you will – The Affordable Care Act or Obamacare – accountants are calling it opportunity.

When we asked recently, “What’s the future of the professional tax preparation business?” a number of respondents called out the Affordable Care Act.

“I think as ACA takes effect we will be busier than ever before,” said Jay D. Parks of Jay D. Parks & Associates, CPAs in Edmond, Okla. READ MORE →