Firm Management

The second annual Newton D. Becker Scholarship Program is now accepting applications. The scholarship benefits college students who are pursuing the Certified Public Accountant (CPA) credential, and will award more than $200,000 in financial assistance including 20 full CPA Exam Review scholarships (all four parts of the exam), each valued at $3,360, and additional scholarships valued at $1,680.

Ronald Storch of Berdon LLP in New York joins respected accountants from around the world on TIAG’s Advisory Board.

The owner of an accounting practice in Dowagiac, Michigan, who misrepresented himself as a licensed Certified Public Accountant (CPA) was ordered to pay a hefty amount of restitution and serve the next year on probation.

A decade ago, having a strong brand was all about unity. As long as your firm’s visual identity and communications were cohesive your brand was considered effective.

Accounting firms are repositories of personal information and have become targets for criminal hackers. They are like an auto accident waiting to happen.

Our accounting firm, like many others is fully networked. All of our desktop PCs, printers and desktop scanners as well as two full size printers/scanners/copiers are connected. We have a dedicated fax line, a fax to email account, several automated email servers that are automated to send and receive emails from clients.

I visited Arizona last summer, where the temperatures hit 119 degrees in the afternoon and didn’t much cool at night. They call it “dry heat.” I called it Apache Territory.

The Rainmaker Companies recently announced that founder and CEO Troy Waugh, CPA, MBA will transition leadership to newly appointed CEO Dan Brooks, CPA, President Angie Grissom. Scott Bradbary, Patrick Pruett and Adelaide Ness.