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…
ICYMI | An Update on the Future of Accounting Education
A Pessimistic Outlook Calls for Major Changes
In Brief The future of accounting education has been a topic of concern for the profession's leaders for years in the light of demographic shifts,…
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…
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…
Building a Stronger Pipeline
Stacking Pre-CPA Accounting Licenses on the Way to CPA
In Brief Many initiatives have tried to solve the perennial problem of attracting more students to become CPAs. The author believes more innovative approaches are…
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…
An Update on the Future of Accounting Education
A Pessimistic Outlook Calls for Major Changes
In Brief The future of accounting education has been a topic of concern for the profession's leaders for years in the light of demographic shifts,…
The trend in today's modern CPA firm is to pursue business cloud accounting services (CAS) and only offer tax returns as an “add-on” service. Many…
Blurring Lines with a Mobile Workforce
Bring Your Own Device, Face Your Own Discipline?
In the realm of information technology, “Bring Your Own Device” (BYOD) is the practice of allowing employees to use personal technology devices such as laptops…
Over the past 20 years, many public accounting practices transformed into accounting businesses, with some even becoming multifaceted professional services organizations. The shift was precipitated…
Among the phrases that likely send shivers down the spines of many young CPAs is, “next week, you’ll have to make the presentation.” Rather than…
In my role as an executive in residence at Rowan University in southern New Jersey, I have had the opportunity to meet with many students…
ICYMI | Remote Work Arrangements
Payroll and Income Tax Issues for Employers and Employees
There has always been a small remote workforce, but for the past year the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic and the government-ordered shutdowns that followed made remote…
Remote Work Arrangements
Payroll and Income Tax Issues for Employers and Employees
There has always been a small remote workforce, but for the past year the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic and the government-ordered shutdowns that followed made remote…
The coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has forced many organizations to either shut down temporarily or operate remotely. This shift to remote work will likely persist into…