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The most-read articles at CPA Trendlines for 2019.

If past is prologue, tax and accounting practitioners are heading into 2020 with their eyes squarely focused on a new Busy Season, new services lines, and the unrelenting, unforgiving changes in the business and profession.

Here are the top 10 most-read, most-shared articles from 2019 at CPA Trendlines:

1. Ready for Non-CPA CPA Firms?

What the AICPA and NASBA could learn from other professions.
By Donny C. Shimamoto, CPA.CITP, CGMA
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2. 16 Big Questions for Tax Season

America’s tax and accounting practitioners are suffering the brunt of the shortcomings at the IRS. But the profession may have some of the solutions.
By CPA Trendlines Research
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3. Is Client Accounting Services Overhyped?

New CPA Trendlines study shows broad interest in CAS, but also widespread failures to achieve hoped-for goals.
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By Rick Telberg
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BUSY SEASON MANAGEMENT

The Top Five Reasons Tax Clients Go DIY

And the top five ways to win them back.

By CPA Trendlines

Taxpayers are more than twice as likely to use do-it-your-self software to prepare their returns, but they’re also 38 percent less likely to be satisfied when they do, according to a new survey by a tax software vendor.

Focused on what pushes consumers towards tax-prep DIY software technology solutions, the study of more than 500 taxpayers across the U.S. shows broad opportunities for accounting professionals.

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CANNABIS

Do’s and Don’ts for Cannabis CPAs

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Michaelan

Q&A with Kevin Michaelan: “The complexity and risks cannot be understated.”

By CPA Trendlines Research
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Kevin Michaelan, CPA, MST, is the director of cannabis practice at AAFCPA, a leading CPA and consulting firm based in Boston with national & global reach. Massachusetts recently authorized sales of cannabis for recreational use, and the first retail stores opened last year.

MORE at CannaBizCPA.Pro: Kareyna Miller Mines Michigan Cannabis Niche  | High Times at AICPA | 5 Do’s and Don’ts for Cannabis CPA Marketing | Cannabis CPA Readies for When Maine ‘Goes Recreational’ | Integrity Wins in Cannabis Accounting  |  More at CannaBIzCPA.Pro
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Here Michaelan offers CPA Trendlines insights into some of the technicalities of accounting for cannabis businesses.

Q: How is your firm involved in the cannabis industry?

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CANNABIS

Kareyna Miller Mines Michigan Cannabis Niche

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Miller

Teach your clients standard procedures.

By CPA Trendlines Research

Even before they were allowed to open their doors, over 2,000 new businesses in Michigan were applying for a license to sell marijuana under the state’s new recreational cannabis law effective Dec. 1.

MORE ON CANNABIZ: ‘High Times’ at AICPA | 5 Do’s and Don’ts for Cannabis CPA Marketing | Cannabis CPA Readies for When Maine ‘Goes Recreational’ | Integrity Wins in Cannabis Accounting
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Kareyna L. Miller, CPA, is a big believer in the medical benefits of cannabis. As Michigan went forward with commercial business laws, she started looking into the industry from an accounting perspective. What she saw was burgeoning upstarts working in an environment of financial and legal confusion.
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