In today’s business landscape, the lines between marketing, recruiting, and employee experience (EX) are increasingly blurred. These three areas, which were often siloed in the…
For decades, CPA firms have been built on a simple formula: hire enough junior staff, work them hard during busy season, and eventually a few…
How Accountants Can Implement Value Pricing
Evaluating the Right Approach for a CPA Firm
The use of value pricing has become very popular in certain sectors in the past few years. But not many CPA firms have implemented this…
Attracting and Retaining Top Talent in Accounting
Insight from the Academic Human Resources Literature
There has been a recent decline in accountants, and this sharp decrease is the result of more than normal retirements. It is also due to…
How Accountants Can Implement Value Pricing
Evaluating the Right Approach for a CPA Firm
The use of value pricing has become very popular in certain sectors in the past few years. But not many CPA firms have implemented this…
CPAs Have a Branding Problem for the Younger Generation
How Can It Be Fixed?
Probably the hottest topic in the profession over the past few years has been the pipeline problem: Firms can't find qualified individuals to handle the…
CPAs Have a Branding Problem for the Younger Generation
How Can It Be Fixed?
Probably the hottest topic in the profession over the past few years has been the pipeline problem: Firms can't find qualified individuals to handle the…
State of the Profession
Analyzing the Results of the 2023 Practice Management Survey
In Brief The ninth annual 2023 NYSSCPA-Rosenberg Survey identifies trends from the national 25th Annual Practice Management Survey and provides profitability and growth data of…
For entities in need of financing to acquire an accounting firm and needs financing, pursuing a Small Business Administration (SBA) loan may be a good…
Leveraging Data to Manage an Accounting Practice
Six Data-Driven Indicators of Client Success
As geopolitical and macroeconomic events continue to unfold, the business community is bracing itself for a possible recession (Michael Cohn, “Business Execs Take Steps to…
A Managing Partner’s Vision—Setting Goals and Executing Them
An Interview with Bill Hagaman, former Managing Partner, CEO of Withum
This article is based on an interview with Bill Hagaman, Withum's Managing Partner, CEO from 2010 to 2022, conducted by Martins Jukna-Parsons, senior accountant at…
State of the Profession
Analyzing the Results of the 2023 Practice Management Survey
In Brief The ninth annual 2023 NYSSCPA-Rosenberg Survey identifies trends from the national 25th Annual Practice Management Survey and provides profitability and growth data of…
This issue of The CPA Journal comes at a time of significant regulatory and advocacy activity. (Yes, I realize that CPAs face a seemingly never-ending pace of…
This issue of The CPA Journal comes at a time of significant regulatory and advocacy activity. (Yes, I realize that CPAs face a seemingly never-ending pace of…
The more I talk to other CPA firms and analyze my own firm, the more I have come to realize that most of our problems…
There are many reasons why CPAs decide to leave public accounting firms. Based on my experience, I believe some of these reasons are personal and…
Although stress in public accounting is unavoidable, especially during the busy season, excessive amounts can be dysfunctional for both individual CPAs and their firms. Prolonged…
ICYMI | Enhancing Employee Resilience
How to Bounce Back from Job Stress and Burnout
It is widely understood that job stress can lower job satisfaction and performance while increasing feelings of stress and burnout. This is especially true in…
Professionals' workload seems to get more grueling each year with endless deadlines, changing laws, additional pressures in a COVID environment, and less staff to do…
ICYMI | Technostress and the Accounting Profession
Taking a Pragmatic Approach to Increased Connectivity
Over the past decade, the accounting profession has experienced a digital transformation as a result of the increased utilization of information and communication technologies (ICT).…
ICYMI | A Renewed Focus on Human Capital
Navigating regulations, leadership, and the workplace of tomorrow
Why has human capital become such a hot topic of conversation? Some will say that this is due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Others will argue…
In Brief Fueled by competition, technological changes, and the impact of COVID-19, the landscape for certified public accounting firms is more competitive and dynamic than…
Professionals' workload seems to get more grueling each year with endless deadlines, changing laws, additional pressures in a COVID environment, and less staff to do…
A Renewed Focus on Human Capital
Navigating regulations, leadership, and the workplace of tomorrow
Why has human capital become such a hot topic of conversation? Some will say that this is due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Others will argue…
Amid the dramatic market uncertainty generated by the COVID-19 pandemic, many organizations were forced to manage their assets more thoughtfully than ever. They turned to…
Technostress and the Accounting Profession
Taking a Pragmatic Approach to Increased Connectivity
Over the past decade, the accounting profession has experienced a digital transformation as a result of the increased utilization of information and communication technologies (ICT).…
Enhancing Employee Resilience
How to Bounce Back from Job Stress and Burnout
It is widely understood that job stress can lower job satisfaction and performance while increasing feelings of stress and burnout. This is especially true in…
In Brief Fueled by competition, technological changes, and the impact of COVID-19, the landscape for certified public accounting firms is more competitive and dynamic than…
Toward Resolving IRS Staffing Shortages
Insights from the Federal Employee Viewpoint Survey
In Brief An examination of the Federal Employee Viewpoint Survey suggests that a career at the IRS is a strong match with Millennials' and Zoomers'…
Professionals' workload seems to get more grueling each year with endless deadlines, changing laws, additional pressures in a COVID environment, and less staff to do…