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in this episode of student-led conversations, accounting leaders and emerging pros share how staying open can change everything.

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accounting arc
with arpan grewal and harshita multani
center for accounting transformation

in an era where the definition of success is increasingly personal, a recent student-led conversations episode of the accounting arc podcast brought together two gen z hosts and two seasoned accounting leaders to unpack a deceptively simple question: what does “freedom to be” really mean?

more accounting arc: students challenge accounting’s traditional career path | true grit: recognizing struggles that shape our successes | more admins, fewer students, no plan | what career advice gets wrong for gen z – and how to fix it |your identity is not a liability | what happens in vegas… gets reported on a tax return | burnout, be gone: accounting needs a boundary breakthrough | the ultimate business hack you’re probably ignoring | resilience, real talk, and the road to mental wellness | blockchain could still reshape accounting | what gen z wants from business | firm differentiation depends upon client service

for hosts arpan grewal and harshita multani, both interns with the center for accounting transformation, this wasn’t about gpas or résumés. instead, they explored how independence, cultural influences, and resilience intersect in the personal and professional lives of accountants.

joining them were kristine “tina” caratan, cpa, cgma, a veteran consultant to california’s nonprofit sector with 51 years in the profession, and calvin harris jr., cpa, ceo of the new york state society of cpas. the discussion spanned immigrant family expectations, systemic barriers, generational shifts, and even the unexpected role of tiktok in modern accounting outreach.

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werner: private foundations under the microscope | quick tax tip

progressive tax changes could reshape the charitable giving landscape.

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quick tax tip
with art werner
cpe today

private foundations may soon find themselves writing bigger checks to the irs. in the latest quick tax tip podcast, tax expert art werner explains a key provision of the obbba that increases the tax rate on net investment income for certain private foundations under section 4940(a).

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catch more art werner, wednesday, sept. 3, for tax rumors, episode 3, with cpa steve yoss, and hosted by 卡塔尔世界杯常规比赛时间’ rick telberg.

“it’s a progressive tax now for the larger foundations,” werner says, noting that while many foundations are set up for truly noble purposes—think the red cross or the boy scouts—the government is tightening the rules to ensure fairness and accountability.

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marketing & sales

fourteen considerations for tiering clients

illustration of businesspeople standing on different heights of tiers

you might find they don’t all belong.

by august aquila
max: maximize productivity, profitability and client retention

not all clients are equal. besides client profitability, there are various factors to consider when tiering clients.

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here is a tiering process that looks at 14 factors that include categorizing clients based on their value to the firm, their needs, but also several other relevant factors. if you do this, you can allocate resources efficiently and effectively and provide tailored services to different client segments.
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advisory & consulting

put financial statements to work for you

young black woman with magnifying glass

don’t skip the notes, no matter how many pages there are.

by ed mendlowitz
77 ways to wow!

publicly traded companies are required to issue audited financial statements annually. there are seven parts of the statements that are briefly described here in the usual order they are presented:

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1. report of independent registered public accounting firm. this provides their opinion that the financial statements were in conformity with u.s. generally accepted accounting principles (gaap); that the company maintained effective internal controls; that the audits were conducted in accordance with standards of the u.s. public company accounting oversight board (pcaob) and some other things and that their audits provided a reasonable basis for their opinion; and that the internal control may not prevent or detect fraud. this needs careful reading and understanding, as do all seven elements of the statement, but on some level, this type of report is the gold standard for public companies.
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pricing, fees & billing rates

how ‘productizing’ services benefits clients

they can be delivered more promptly and consistently.

by jody padar
radical pricing – by the radical cpa

now that you have hopefully standardized your services, it’s time to look at productization. productization is the packaging of intangible services to make them feel tangible. you put everything you will do for a persona into an offering that resonates with them because it’s customized for them. it’s then clearly priced so the buyer knows what they get for their investment.

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this is just as useful for your clients as it is for your staff. clients appreciate it because they know exactly what they’ll get and what to expect. staff appreciate it because, unlike in traditional firms where there are at least four different ways to get to the same deliverable, this model has one pathway for each deliverable and service product, making it both efficient and traceable.

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