Firm Management

A weekly roundup of professionals in the tax and accounting profession that have changed jobs and/or been promoted.

The American Institute of CPAs is urging Congress to provide the Internal Revenue Service with “sufficient” funds to perform its duties.

“It’s old, but it gets the job done.” It’s a phrase that has kept countless time and billing systems limping along after they’re well past their expiration dates. Even as firms roll out shiny new client-side technology, practice management often creeps along in a parallel universe of carbonless copies and sticky notes.

Ines Sinko has spent the summer helping tourists pick out gifts and beach apparel at Boardwalk's Best Inc. in North Wildwood, New Jersey.

Xero, developer of online accounting software, and Clio, provider of cloud-based legal management tools, recently partnered to provide streamlined services for lawyers.

Your firm may be successful today, but everyone knows that success can be fleeting unless you’re continuously thinking ahead to identify and win the next client.

CollegeFrog will host National Meet the Firms Week to help connect accounting students and firms from around the country. The virtual recruiting event will run from September 9-September 13, 2013.

Read everything you can get your hands on about companies allowing their team to work from home. Read with an open mind and ask yourself “how can this work for my firm”. Then, talk to your team and find out why working remotely is exciting to them. Talk to them about your concerns and ask for their help in solving the challenges. Think collaboratively.