and it won’t rescue the accounting business.
by edi osborne
mentor plus
“is it a bird? a plane? no, it’s an accountant!”
we can all relate to the desire to be a superhero, to swoop down from the clouds in superman/woman-like fashion to rescue the damsel in distress. however, if the accounting profession is banking on mobile or cloud technology to make them a superhero in their client’s eyes, clients should not hold out much hope of being rescued.
a new movement is stirring within the cpa profession, led by a new tech- and social-savvy generation. last week in a chicago suburb, we met for a first-of-its-kind un-conference, organized by jody padar of new vision cpa group and titled i c opportunities, which stands for innovation + collaboration = opportunities. the meetup was fun, engaging, challenging and inspiring. to learn more, check out some of the notes, videos and compilations posted on social media here, here, here, here and here. tweet me at @cpa_trendlines with hashtag #iccpa if you’d like to know more.
–– rick telberg
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state boards should add a new tenet to ethics and licensing rules.
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nathan garrett, a former president of the national association of state boards of accountancy, is calling on his beloved profession to make prejudice and racial discrimination a matter of the profession’s ethics code and licensing rules.
and what it means for accountants and the client of the future.
by david bergstein
wolters kluwer
the digital future is coming faster than you think.
blockbuster, a store featuring rental videos and dvds, once had over 4,000 locations in the united states. they filed for bankruptcy in 2010 and were eventually sold to the dish network, which kept about 500 stores open.
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michael bowlan, marketing director at brown smith wallace cpas in st. louis, is launching a new video blog featuring the deadpan delivery of one of the firm’s more distinctive personalities, kyle dodwell, a staff cpa in the firm’s insurance practice.
the purpose: “to stand out and get people to our quite good serious content on our website,” he says.
what recession? more accountants with jobs … ever.
by rick telberg
in the same jobs report that drove the nasdaq to an 11-year peak, the accounting and bookkeeping sector recorded more people employed in the industry than ever before.
and four simple solutions.
by rick telberg
if this is february, then it’s the season for already forgetting our new year’s resolutions. i don’t know about you, but i’ve already broken a few of them.
but there are some new year’s resolutions that we cannot afford to ignore. for accountants, here are just four. that’s right: only four. that’s all we have space for here. but each is hitched to a pervasive dilemma within the profession.
what makes an accounting firm great? by august aquila aquila global advisors too many firms don’t give a lot of thought to the question.their main concern is surviving. but the sooner a firm can start focusing on what makes a great partnership, the better off it will be. think about this, if you don’t address this question, how will you know if you are admitting the right types of partners? what technical and personal skills would you want? what personal values (character) would you look for? here are seven characteristics that form the foundation of a great partnership. if you are missing any of them or if you merely need to improve in some areas, now is the time to start strengthening your firm’s foundation. read more →
and so, too, the mood of the accounting profession.
by rick telberg
the outlook for a better busy season is improving among tax and accounting practitioners, with 16% reporting “much better” operations in january, up from 11% in the year-ago month and continuing a string of monthly year-over-year advances in the 卡塔尔世界杯常规比赛时间 polling.
complete findings are published in the 卡塔尔世界杯常规比赛时间 practitioner’s tax season performance review and outlook report. (learn more here)
overall, practitioners are headed into the jaws of the february busy season with 57% of them reporting generally positive results. only 19% are calling for worse and 25% forecast no change.