Today’s Top Trending Topics
What Tax & Accounting Professionals Are Reading Today
CLIENT OPPORTUNITIES
- Steve Blake and Owen Pryor: From a $550,000 Tax Bill to Near Zero | Big 4 Transparency
- AI Exposes Weak Business Models | Gear Up For Growth
- Gallegos: HR1 Is Signed; the Advisory Clock Is Ticking | Big 4 Transparency
- Make Distinctive Service a Process
- AI’s Already in Your Workflow…| It’s Not Just the Numbers
- Six Ways to Get Better Financial Information
- Your Client Hired a New Manager; Now What?
BUSY SEASON
- Advisory Opportunities Expand as FICA Tip Credit Rules Shift
- Pogosian: The 831(b) Wake-Up Call: What Advisors Are Missing in Risk Management | The Concierge CPA
- Outlook 2026: AI, Not Layoffs, Powers PE Valuations
- Gallegos: HR1 Is Signed; the Advisory Clock Is Ticking | Big 4 Transparency
- Cannon: Busy Season is Self-Inflicted | The Disruptors
- Dyo: It’s Not a Loophole; It’s a Missed Opportunity | The Concierge CPA
- Does AI Belong in Tax Practice?
OUTLOOK & ANALYSIS
- Outlook 2026: Can Tax & Accounting Payrolls Keep Surging to New Highs?
- Outlook 2026: AI, Not Layoffs, Powers PE Valuations
- Small Firms May Have the Biggest Advantage in 2026 | ARC
- Ten Predictions: PE, Alternate Practice Structures and More
- PE, M&A Will Change Local Accounting Firms
- Tech, Talent, Advisory Will Fuel Growth
- 2026 Outlook: Why Small Firms, PE Giants, and the Middle Are Headed in Different Directions
STAFFING & RECRUITING
- Outlook 2026: Can Tax & Accounting Payrolls Keep Surging to New Highs?
- Grunt Work Is Dead | It’s Not Just the Numbers
- Students Redefine “Career Readiness” | ARC – SLC
- Brown: Employer Brands Talk | MOVE Like This
- New 20-Year Low in College Accounting Graduates
- Kwaiser: The Real Reason People Stay—or Leave | MOVE Like This
- Creative Perks Your Remote Employees Will Appreciate
GROWTH STRATEGIES
- Steve Blake and Owen Pryor: From a $550,000 Tax Bill to Near Zero | Big 4 Transparency
- Daiber: Succession Isn’t an Exit Plan—It’s a Growth Strategy | The Disruptors
- Why Most CAS Practices Stall—and What the Successful Ones Do Differently | It’s Not Just the Numbers
- AI Exposes Weak Business Models | Gear Up For Growth
- Change Fails in Silence | MOVE Like This
- Dunn: Time’s the Wrong Growth Metric | Gear Up For Growth
- Gallegos: HR1 Is Signed; the Advisory Clock Is Ticking | Big 4 Transparency
PAY & COMPENSATION
- Outlook 2026: Can Tax & Accounting Payrolls Keep Surging to New Highs?
- Starting Salaries in Accounting Must Rise
- New 20-Year Low in College Accounting Graduates
- Stay or Go? Rethink Job Hopping | Accounting Influencers
- Use Smart Compensation to Drive Partner Performance
- The $100,000 H-1B Shock: What It Means for Accounting Talent
- CPA Pricing Power Falters as Salaries March Upward
SURVEYS & RESEARCH
- Outlook 2026: Can Tax & Accounting Payrolls Keep Surging to New Highs?
- AI Exposes Weak Business Models | Gear Up For Growth
- 2026 Outlook: Why Small Firms, PE Giants, and the Middle Are Headed in Different Directions
- The 8 Mega Trends Every CPA Needs to Understand before 2026
- When Tax Meets AI, Savvy Tax Pros Turn to ‘Tax Platforms 2026’
- New 20-Year Low in College Accounting Graduates
- Hopson: Stop Turnover Before It Starts | Know-How Korner
CLIENT ACCOUNTING SERVICES
- Why Most CAS Practices Stall—and What the Successful Ones Do Differently | It’s Not Just the Numbers
- The Hidden Friction Killing CAS Profitability | It’s Not Just the Numbers
- Expertise Turns Suggestions into Decisions
- AI’s Already in Your Workflow…| It’s Not Just the Numbers
- Why Usability Matters So Much in Advisory-CAS
- Clients Need Relevance in Your Advice
- The CAS Bottleneck No One Talks About | It’s Not Just the Numbers
INNOVATION & CHANGE MANAGEMENT
- AI Reveals Weak Firms Faster than It Helps Strong Ones | Accounting Voices
- Dunn: Time’s the Wrong Growth Metric | Gear Up For Growth
- Whitman: New Firm Deals: Flexibility, Culture, and the Rise of “31 Flavors” | Holistic Guide to Wealth Management
- AI’s Already in Your Workflow…| It’s Not Just the Numbers
- Baker: Transformation Economy Will Redefine Accounting | Gear Up For Growth
- When Tax Meets AI, Savvy Tax Pros Turn to ‘Tax Platforms 2026’
- The CAS Bottleneck No One Talks About | It’s Not Just the Numbers
MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS
- Negotiating a Merger? Remember These Three Factors
- Want to Merge? How to Make Your Accounting Firm More Attractive
- Twelve Benefits of Merging Up
- Eight Questions for Assessing Merger Compatibility
- Smaller, Larger Accounting Firms Have Different M&A Concerns
- Letters of Intent Require More Than ‘Good Faith’
- Maksymiw: Kick the “Should” Out of Your Career | Big 4 Transparency
PRICING, FEES & BILLING RATES
- Dunn: Time’s the Wrong Growth Metric | Gear Up For Growth
- Why Offer Three Service Levels?
- The Three-Step Formula for Setting Your Monthly Fee
- AI’s Already in Your Workflow…| It’s Not Just the Numbers
- Leesley: Your Clients Will Pay More | Gear Up For Growth
- Some Clients Just Don’t Fit
- Four Things to Learn When Assessing Clients
STAFFING & RECRUITING
- Outlook 2026: Can Tax & Accounting Payrolls Keep Surging to New Highs?
- Grunt Work Is Dead | It’s Not Just the Numbers
- Students Redefine “Career Readiness” | ARC – SLC
- Brown: Employer Brands Talk | MOVE Like This
- New 20-Year Low in College Accounting Graduates
- Kwaiser: The Real Reason People Stay—or Leave | MOVE Like This
- Creative Perks Your Remote Employees Will Appreciate
SUCCESSION & RETIREMENT
- Daiber: Succession Isn’t an Exit Plan—It’s a Growth Strategy | The Disruptors
- Whitman: New Firm Deals: Flexibility, Culture, and the Rise of “31 Flavors” | Holistic Guide to Wealth Management
- Haylett: Redefine Success in Retirement | Holistic Guide to Wealth Management
- Pirolli: You Can’t “Declare” Independence — You Have to Earn It | Gear Up For Growth
- Fifteen Merger Terms You Can’t Ignore
- Jeremy Vokt: Why Bland & Associates Said “No” to Private Equity and “Yes” to ESOPs | MOVE Like This
- Succession Takes the Driver’s Seat in Private Equity Boom
TALENT & CAREER DEVELOPMENT
- The Job Crisis Is a Myth; the Job Remix Is Not | Accounting Voices
- Students Redefine “Career Readiness” | ARC – SLC
- Being Good at the Job Is No Longer Enough | Accounting Voices
- New 20-Year Low in College Accounting Graduates
- Kwaiser: The Real Reason People Stay—or Leave | MOVE Like This
- Why Leaders Should Focus on Talent
- Why Do You Want to Be Partner?
TAX RESOLUTION
- Adjei: Profit from IRS Representation | The Concierge CPA
- Can DOGE and Palantir Fix the IRS with a ‘Mega API’?
- Five Million IRS Refunds Delayed by Staff Cuts
- IRS Phone Stats Improve—Unless You’re a Tax Pro
- ‘Kryptonite:’ IRS Buried under 8 Million Paper Returns
- Mounting Delays Undermine Public Trust in IRS Refund Process
- Brace Yourself: IRS 25% Staff Cuts Mean Big Trouble for Tax Pros and Clients
THE VIRTUAL CFO
- True Story: When the Feds Came Knocking
- What’s the ROI on That Shiny New Thing?
- Five Questions to Ask about New Tech Tools
- The CAS Bottleneck No One Talks About | It’s Not Just the Numbers
- Creative Perks Your Remote Employees Will Appreciate
- Traditional Benefits to Offer Remote Employees
- Retention Doesn’t Mean Keeping Everyone Forever
WEALTH MANAGEMNT
- Steve Blake and Owen Pryor: From a $550,000 Tax Bill to Near Zero | Big 4 Transparency
- Pogosian: The 831(b) Wake-Up Call: What Advisors Are Missing in Risk Management | The Concierge CPA
- AI Can Be Your Ally or Your Competitor
- Student Loans After OBBBA: What Advisors Need to Know Now | Holistic Guide to Wealth Management
- Dyo: It’s Not a Loophole; It’s a Missed Opportunity | The Concierge CPA
- Five Areas to Make Inroads with WealthTech
- Overcome Your Three Biggest Tech Adoption Fears