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The application of Darwin's theory to accounting firms is readily apparent in the results of this year's Practical Accountant's survey of accounting firms. There have been almost cataclysmic changes over [...]

'You deserve a break today.' That's pretty much what Concannon, Miller & Co. is telling its approximately 700 McDonald's clients when pitching its new online payroll services. The Allentown, Pa. [...]

Forecasts on what awaits new accountants in the year 2017 are presented. It is suggested that 25 years from 1992 fraud will still be a concern of the accounting profession although accountants will already be forced by law to report incidents of fraud to the SEC. Accountants of the future are also expected to benefit from advanced audit software which allows individual and partner-level reviews throughout the audit process. Quarterly reports will also become as complex as annual reports and clients can receive daily reports on their internal status.

The accounting profession's reputation has bounced back after the cooling of the scandals that led to the passage of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, according to research commissioned by the AICPA, and [...]

One of the hottest topics in CPA circles these days is the foreign outsourcing of tax preparation services. Many CPAs were caught off guard by the emergence and rapid adoption [...]

In 2005, the AICPA will celebrate its 20th year in supporting CPAs as they continue their role in the expanding field of personal financial planning (PFP). In many respects, the [...]

I've resisted being one of those consultants who likes to predict the future because there is no doubt in my mind that none of us is so smart as to [...]

This will be the motto of the future firm. Much has been learned during these last several years, since Enron, Global Crossing, and the demise of Arthur Andersen. The quickest [...]

I am both thrilled and honored to be the AICPA's new Vice President of Small Firm interests. Having the opportunity to represent and be the voice for small firms is [...]

We can expect dramatic changes but I think in moving forward the changes we are going to see will be of a different level. The profession isn't going to look [...]

There is probably no more famous visionary remark than the one made by Thomas Watson, chairman of IBM in 1943: 'I think there is a world market for maybe five [...]