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Platform enters South Carolina
3+ hour, 19+ min ago (305+ words) Top 50 Firm Platform Accounting Group acquired The Hultquist Firm in Greenville, South Carolina, which will join as Milestone Advisors. Milestone is a tax, accounting and advisory firm servicing individuals and small to mid-sized businesses. The deal is Platform's first acquisition…...
Edgefield AI accounting training available to public
3+ hour, 39+ min ago (230+ words) AI-focused accounting consultancy Edgefield Group announced the launch of a subscription AI Learning Hub as well as its first slate of public-enrollment AI training courses, both based on the best practices the company teaches to its CPA firm clients. "We're…...
Behind the multiple in accounting firms
5+ hour, 55+ min ago (524+ words) The question we get asked most about accounting firm deals is, "What is the multiple?" While the multiple is a key factor in determining the purchase price in a transaction, it is not the most important element in optimizing the…...
Tax Fraud Blotter: Any port in a storm
4+ day, 20+ hour ago (1189+ words) Fort Myers Florida: Luis Emilio Hernandez, 45 of Naples, has been sentenced to four years in federal prison for wire fraud and illegal monetary transactions. The court also entered an order of forfeiture in the amount of $1,261,019, the proceeds of the…...
Vendors aren't losing sleep over vibe-coding — yet
5+ day, 7+ hour ago (595+ words) The rise of apps coded by artificial intelligence is changing the dynamics between software vendors and the accounting firms that they have traditionally served. While the impact so far has been small, as only a minority of firms have truly…...
How financial tracking identifies property improvements
6+ day, 3+ hour ago (723+ words) For accountants who are advising real estate clients, market shifts and rising maintenance costs have made it more important than ever to identify property improvements that are genuinely high-impact. Judgment about property improvements used to be defined by personal biases…...
Ascend acquires Kreischer Miller
6+ day, 5+ hour ago (283+ words) Top 25 Firm Ascend acquired Regional Leader Kreischer Miller in Horsham, Pennsylvania. Kreischer Miller is a full-service accounting and advisory firm serving clients in the Greater Philadelphia and Lehigh Valley areas. It is an Accounting Today Mid-Atlantic Regional Leader with $59.6 million…...
The billable hour is a trust contract. AI just broke the terms
6+ day, 7+ hour ago (792+ words) A tax partner finishes researching a complex ruling for a client. Work that used to take a senior associate four or five hours now takes 11 minutes. She sends the answer to the client, then looks at her timesheet and stops....
Bitcoin rebounds after Trump says he's become 'a big crypto guy"
1+ week, 1+ day ago (540+ words) Bitcoin turned positive Monday after President Donald Trump voiced his support for cryptocurrency. Earlier in the session, bitcoin dove toward $60,000 after Strategy, a longtime corporate buyer of the token, sold some of its holdings for the second time this year,…...
On the move: A new chair for FICPA
1+ week, 4+ day ago (180+ words) Amy Kistka was installed as the new chair of the Florida Institute of CPAs; new leaders at the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board; a host of scholarships from Sikich, RubinBrown, and the Illinois CPA Society; and other firm and personnel…...