6+ day, 18+ hour ago   (188+ words) Sooner or later a practitioner gets the call. A client's vendors, or the client's own customers, are receiving invoices and payment-change requests from an address inside the client's company, and nobody there sent them. The messages read correctly. They reference…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (266+ words) Confronted by a chronic talent shortage, fee compression and ever-increasing workloads, more U.S. accounting firms are turning to offshore talent. In earlier columns I've talked about the payoff from offshoring when it's done patiently and correctly. But there are some things…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (300+ words) "The remote population proved the model works: hiring stayed strong, performance stayed strong, culture stayed strong, for half the company, for years. So instead of continuing to manage the divide, we realized the better path was to build one team…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (459+ words) Artificial intelligence is defined as the capability of computer systems or algorithms to imitate intelligent human behavior — the key word being "intelligent." AI is quickly changing the way in which students consume educational content, revise and practice questions. The benefits…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (371+ words) When the millennials first started entering the accounting profession at the very beginning of the century, hiring managers and firm partners were astonished to discover in salary negotiations and annual reviews that this new generation often brought up other priorities…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (573+ words) Every accountant knows the first principle of the profession, even if it's rarely stated out loud: We work in service of the business owner. The financials we prepare and the insights we deliver exist to help someone else's business succeed....

3+ week, 6+ day ago   (187+ words) But they also demonstrate that while agents can certainly go awry, they can also be corrected and set back on the right path. We asked AI specialists throughout the accounting world to share their personal experiences when an AI agent…...

3+ week, 6+ day ago   (615+ words) A firm's first full-time employee is a major milestone — one that requires more thought and planning that you might expect, according to Rebecca Himango, the founder of illuminHR, who walks firms through building up the infrastructure they need to support…...