by martin bissett
staff are hard to find. change your processes.
by jody padar
the radical cpa
if you’ve posted a job for an accountant in the past few years, you know people are hard to come by. the number of responses you received was likely down if you were lucky enough to find any at all.
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according to a recent aicpa trends report, the number of people graduating with a bachelor’s degree in accounting is down, and we’ve seen a steady decline since 2015. all this while half of u.s. cpa firms have increased the number of new graduates they want to hire. a lot of us are looking for staff that simply does not exist.
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start with proactive planning instead of reactive reporting.
quick tax tip
with art werner
cpe today
as tax season winds down and the dust settles, many cpas are eager for a breather. but in the latest quick tax tip with art werner podcast, the seasoned tax educator offers a powerful—and timely—reminder: now is not the time to coast. instead, it’s the perfect opportunity to pivot from tax historian to tax strategist.
drawing on decades of experience and his trademark candor, werner explains how the very tax returns just filed can be the launchpad for a more impactful advisory relationship with clients. “what i would look at,” he begins, “is the tax return you just prepared—and use that as a script.” read more →
electronic filings take a dip.
by beth bellor
in the last days of tax season 2025, processed returns and e-filings by tax professionals both slipped back into the negative.
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as of april 11, the internal revenue service had received 117.6 million individual income tax returns, down 1.7 percent from the same period in 2024. it had processed 116.3 million returns, down 1.5 percent.
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five tasks for business development.
by martin bissett
business development on a budget
over the years, many partners have told me about their struggles to grow their firms proactively, the main one being that they feel they must sell, which goes against the grain for them. have you ever felt that way?
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perhaps you’ve never had to sell before, and it is taking you way out of your comfort zone. you are entering into unfamiliar territory, that alien landscape called “selling.”
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