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Intuit CEO to accountants: "You are the customer, not a channel"
8+ hour, 25+ min ago (754+ words) Intuit CEO Sasan Goodarzi declared today that, going forward, accountants are the customer not the channel and consequently they will be serving them as the customer." "We are here to be your partner. Not compete with you," he said." This…...
Whitman launches firm valuation tool
9+ hour, 57+ min ago (313+ words) "Leaders need more than a simple valuation, they require a strategic roadmap," Philip Whitman, CEO and president of Whitman Advisory, said in a statement. "We designed this platform to quickly turn raw financial data into the objective confidence executives need…...
Hourly billing very rare in tax prep
10+ hour, 20+ min ago (844+ words) Firms that rely on the old-fashioned billable hour are in the minority compared to fixed-fee billing, value-based pricing and other models." Recent polling from revenue and billing platform Ignition has found that, among tax prep, tax advisory, bookkeeping and outsourced…...
Eide Bailly gets PE investment
11+ hour, 41+ min ago (316+ words) Top 20 Firm Eide Bailly will receive a significant investment from private equity firm Reverence Capital " continuing the wave of private equity infusion in the accounting profession. The deal is expected to close in the third quarter of this year. Upon…...
From AI excitement to AI value
14+ hour, 24+ min ago (466+ words) It's easy to get caught up in the headline excitement about artificial intelligence. For the past few years, AI technology has brought a sense of magic and excitement that has generated a flurry of activity, learning and discovery in most…...
The 2026 Billion-Dollar Wealth Magnets
15+ hour, 46+ min ago (152+ words) Each year, Accounting Today ranks the top 150 CPA financial planners by their assets under management " and by AUM, at least, it turns out that last year (like the three years before) was a great one. This year's 65 Billion-Dollar Firms are…...
DMA acquires Chicago tax firm
1+ day, 11+ hour ago (277+ words) Barron services businesses of all sizes and has industry specialities across manufacturing, retail, hospitality and utilities. DMA is an employee-owned corporate tax services firm based in Fort Wayne, Indiana, with 23" offices across the U. S. , Canada and Europe. The deal will expand…...
Can AI choose your client's business structure? What it gets right (and wrong)
1+ day, 12+ hour ago (386+ words) As someone who's helped hundreds of thousands of business owners navigate the entity selection process, I want to give you an honest look at where AI can be a helpful starting point, and why accounting professionals and other trusted specialists…...
Can anyone join Musk in the trillionaire club? Zuckerberg has best shot, according to prediction markets
1+ day, 16+ hour ago (288+ words) Elon Musk became the world's first trillionaire thanks to his stake in Space X after the company's public debut on June 12. Prediction market traders think that Mark Zuckerberg has the best chance of being next, but it's still a long…...
Woodard: Strange days in accounting
2+ day, 12+ hour ago (1008+ words) If the world of modern accounting feels strange to you, you're not alone " and you're not wrong, says Joe Woodard. The rise of artificial intelligence is a major part of that: "It's the single element that's making the room feel…...