How Much to Spend on Technology

Technology spending seems to fall in the range of 5 percent to 8 percent of revenues....more

What State Society Executive Directors are Reporting

Practical Accountant interviewed executive directors of state societies in the Northeast, New England, North Central, Southeast, Midwest, Mountain States, and Southwest regions of the country about their views on conditions in the accounting profession....more

Tips on Going Paperless

There has been a proliferation of articles on the paperless office....more

The Good and Bad News on Succession Planning

If you expect to deal with succession by merging up, you may find that your prospects are not favorable....more

A Potpourri of Ideas

Strategic alliances can help small firms capitalize on the Sarbanes-Oxley phenomenon....more

A Checklist to Evaluate Your Soft Skills

Gary Boomer’s article asserts that skills in the following areas, rather than technical skills, are what distinguish accounting firms from their competition....more

Financial Services—Acquire a Practice or Grow Your Own?

CPA firm acquisitions of financial services firms typically fail to produce the cross-selling results on which the acquisition was predicated....more