Firm Management

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

Doug Shulman, Commissioner of the IRS, will leave office Nov. 11, 2012, after five years in the office.

Almost every firm that I work with has a succession issue in the near term. Baby boomers are retiring at an accelerating rate and firms are coping (or not) with the transition issues surrounding those exits.

KPMG LLP has announced the formation of a business alliance with Workday aimed at helping clients streamline and strengthen their financial management and human capital management (HCM) processes and operational effectiveness.

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

I’ve spent the last 30 years running my accounting firm. During many of the early years, I worked as a technician, performing a lot of the day-to-day work myself. When I took over the position of Executive Editor for the CPA Practice Advisor and simultaneously launched the consulting arm of my firm, I knew I had to relinquish some control.

Marketing requires planning. The jump-in-head-first approach rarely works because it does not make room for thoughtful up-front preparation. A little concentrated focus and adequate planning of any marketing initiative will save you the frustration associated with a poor response rate.

Andrew Poulos has never had a regular office job... Fortunately, technology and the rest of the professional world caught up with his