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What Tax & Accounting Professionals Are Reading Today
ADVISORY
- Your Advisory Offering Needs a Focus Statement
- Sarah Flischel: The End of the SALY Audit | The Disruptors
- How to Overcome the CAAS-Chasm
- Is It CAS or CAAS?
- CAS: Three Ways to Show Clients the Value
- Michelle River: The Hidden Data Behind CPA Firm Burnout and Profit Pressure | Gear Up for Growth
- Six Steps to Freedom: A Road Map for High-Value Tax Advisory
BUSY SEASON
- CPA Firms Show Signs of Profit Weakness, Even as Fees Strengthen
- It’s Time to Start Marketing for Next Tax Season
- K1x Secures $175 Million for Private Markets AI Tax Tech
- Tax Season Leaves Accountants Drained, Disappointed
- 21 Hard-Earned Lessons from Tax Season 2026
- Tax Prep Billing Rates Lift Busy Season 2026
- Red Flag Warning: Accountants Lose Faith in the Economic Outlook
OUTLOOK & ANALYSIS
- CPA-PE Deal Tracker™: How Big Buyouts Are Turning the Profession into a Platform
- Lexy Kessler: Your Future Depends on These Three Questions | Gear Up for Growth
- CPA Firms Show Signs of Profit Weakness, Even as Fees Strengthen
- Tax Season Leaves Accountants Drained, Disappointed
- 21 Hard-Earned Lessons from Tax Season 2026
- Tax Prep Billing Rates Lift Busy Season 2026
- Red Flag Warning: Accountants Lose Faith in the Economic Outlook
STAFFING & RECRUITING
- Why CPAs Quit Public Accounting
- Trisha Daho: What Firms Are Missing on Talent | MOVE Like This
- Lexy Kessler: Your Future Depends on These Three Questions | Gear Up for Growth
- Sarah Petrone: Responsible Growth Starts with People | MOVE Like This
- Tax Season Leaves Accountants Drained, Disappointed
- Accounting’s Hidden Talent Risk: The Sandwich Generation | ARC
- Who Gets the Credit? Why Attribution Deserves a Closer Look
GROWTH STRATEGIES
- Create ‘Family Trees’ of Referrals
- Trisha Daho: What Firms Are Missing on Talent | MOVE Like This
- Sarah Petrone: Responsible Growth Starts with People | MOVE Like This
- Joe Pine: Navigating the New Transformation Economy | Holistic Guide
- Eight Strategies for Avoiding Burnout
- When a Graph Made All the Difference
- Who Gets the Credit? Why Attribution Deserves a Closer Look
PAY & COMPENSATION
- Michelle River: The Hidden Data Behind CPA Firm Burnout and Profit Pressure | Gear Up for Growth
- How AI Upends CPA Firm Pay Structures: Bloomberg Talks with Piscopo
- Tax Prep Wages and Salaries Hit 4-Year High
- Jeremy Dubow: Raising the Bar for Talent | Big 4 Transparency
- Busy Season 2026: IRS Problems, Staffing Issues and Client Wrangling Emerge as Top Pressures
- Outlook 2026: The Painful Paradigm Shift in Staff Pay and Hiring
- Outlook 2026: Can Tax & Accounting Payrolls Keep Surging to New Highs?
SURVEYS & RESEARCH
- CPA-PE Deal Tracker™: How Big Buyouts Are Turning the Profession into a Platform
- CPA Firms Show Signs of Profit Weakness, Even as Fees Strengthen
- Tax Season Leaves Accountants Drained, Disappointed
- 21 Hard-Earned Lessons from Tax Season 2026
- Tax Prep Billing Rates Lift Busy Season 2026
- Red Flag Warning: Accountants Lose Faith in the Economic Outlook
- Busy Season 2026: Clients, Pricing, Staffing… CRUNCH
CLIENT ACCOUNTING SERVICES
- Your Advisory Offering Needs a Focus Statement
- How to Overcome the CAAS-Chasm
- Is It CAS or CAAS?
- Stewart Spiers: What Local Firms Can Do that the Big 4 Can’t | Big 4 Transparency
- CAS: Three Ways to Show Clients the Value
- Geof Brown: The Three Things You Can’t Ignore | Gear Up for Growth
- New Report Finds Many CAS Firms Stymied by Technology Limitations
INNOVATION & CHANGE MANAGEMENT
- Efficiency Is the Wrong Goal for AI | ARC
- From Deloitte Spinout to Market Disruptor: Streamworks Targets the Mid-Tier Audit and Assurance Software Gap
- AI Shows the Weak Faster than It Helps the Strong | 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
MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS
- CPA-PE Deal Tracker™: How Big Buyouts Are Turning the Profession into a Platform
- Seven Signs Your Firm Is About to Change | Accounting Voices
- Webinar, May 13: Due Diligence for Private Equity
- PE Wars: The CPA Platform Economy Is Concentrating Fast
- Merger Checklist: 34 Action Steps
- The Six Types of Due Diligence You Need before Merging
- Why Solos Need Practice Continuation Agreements
PRICING, FEES & BILLING RATES
- Swap Billing Methods If You Hate What You Use
- Automation Lets Staff Operate at Higher Levels
- How to Call the Right Plays for Your Clients
- Define Client Personas for Pricing
- Michelle River: The Hidden Data Behind CPA Firm Burnout and Profit Pressure | Gear Up for Growth
- Tax Season Leaves Accountants Drained, Disappointed
- Tax Prep Billing Rates Lift Busy Season 2026
STAFFING & RECRUITING
- Why CPAs Quit Public Accounting
- Trisha Daho: What Firms Are Missing on Talent | MOVE Like This
- Lexy Kessler: Your Future Depends on These Three Questions | Gear Up for Growth
- Sarah Petrone: Responsible Growth Starts with People | MOVE Like This
- Tax Season Leaves Accountants Drained, Disappointed
- Accounting’s Hidden Talent Risk: The Sandwich Generation | ARC
- Who Gets the Credit? Why Attribution Deserves a Closer Look
SUCCESSION & RETIREMENT
- Webinar, May 13: Due Diligence for Private Equity
- Why Solos Need Practice Continuation Agreements
- It’s Time to Think about Your Exit Strategy
- Daiber: Use Succession as 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
TALENT & CAREER DEVELOPMENT
- The Seven C’s of Assessing Partner Potential
- Why CPAs Quit Public Accounting
- Trisha Daho: What Firms Are Missing on Talent | MOVE Like This
- Seven Signs Your Firm Is About to Change | Accounting Voices
- Sarah Petrone: Responsible Growth Starts with People | MOVE Like This
- Accounting’s Hidden Talent Risk: The Sandwich Generation | ARC
- Lisa Fitzgerald: Belonging’s No Longer an Option in Accounting | MOVE Like This
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