2+ week, 4+ 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…...

1+ week, 2+ 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…...

3+ week, 3+ 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....

1+ week, 1+ 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   (813+ words) AI bots like ChatGPT are already widely used for drafting personalized emails, engagement letters, proposals and other client-facing content. But when used strategically, they can help CPA firms analyze client feedback, identify recurring concerns, understand changing expectations and spot patterns…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (447+ words) Accounting base salaries inched up again over the past year, while bonuses for lower-level employees decreased. Accounting Today and its parent company Arizent conducted our third annual salary survey, collecting responses from accountants from firms of all sizes regarding their…...

2+ day, 12+ hour ago   (133+ words) You can see the full 2026 report and our Small Firm lists on AccountingToday.com. An introduction to the midsized and large members of Accounting Today's annual ranking of the top workplaces in the profession. A federal appeals court upheld a…...

3+ week, 5+ 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, 5+ day ago   (527+ words) With all the challenges you face building your firm, isolation may be the toughest. In fact, the annual CPA Career Satisfaction Survey conducted by Tri-Merit and Brainstorm Group found that sole practitioners and small firm owners had among the biggest…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (214+ words) Just as success has many fathers, it has many secrets, too — and what's important for one organization may not matter as much to another. But in polling the leaders of this year's Fastest-Growing Accounting Firms, while they had a wide…...