Why Your New Year’s Resolution Should Be Prioritizing People and Innovation Organizations should enter 2022 with plans to act on the issues that their stakeholders care about.

How to Navigate Your IPO In the wake of record initial public offerings in 2020 and 2021, many leaders may be thinking about taking their companies public. Here’s how to ensure a smooth IPO process.

Rewriting the Book on Culture Can we keep moving CPAs toward being the most trusted and strategic business advisors despite the post-pandemic workforce becoming more transactional?

CPA 2027: The CPA Population Stalls CPA numbers are dwindling as CPAs face increased competition for the public accounting and corporate finance roles they held in the past. What’s next for the profession?

Stop Planning and Start Living a Succession Lifestyle Succession planning should be more than a last-minute search for a leader’s replacement; it should be an intrinsic part of the culture that firms practice every day.

CPA 2027: CPAs Reset Skills The skills that CPAs have relied on to advance their careers for generations are becoming outdated as technological and strategic skills rise in importance, pushing accountants to reset and upskill.

CPA 2027: Corporate Finance Refocuses In the coming years, corporate finance teams will see a shift away from old-fashioned number-crunching and toward automation, data analysis, and strategic insights.

My Client Asked Me About an ESOP—What Do I Need to Know? Employee stock ownership plans give business owners flexible exit options. Here’s how CPAs can help their clients navigate them.

How to Work With First-Time Single Audit Clients Follow these tips to help recipients of pandemic funding navigate the evolving single audit process.

IN PLAY: On a Mission for the Disabled Mike Santay, the 2021 Lester H. McKeever Jr. Advancing Diversity Award recipient, shares the driving force behind his passion for disability access in the accounting profession.

GEN NEXT: Three Skills I Gained by Stepping Out of My Comfort Zone When I signed on to serve as a firm ambassador for the Illinois CPA Society, I learned essential skills and made amazing new connections.

Reviewing the Revised Uniform Unclaimed Property Act The newly amended RUUPA has major implications for businesses and the CPAs that advise them.

Analyzing Two Accounting Approaches for Cryptocurrencies In the absence of comprehensive guidance for cryptocurrencies, companies that hold them on their balance sheets are looking for the best method to account for them.

Surveying SPACs: A Skeptic’s Stance Special purpose acquisition companies are raising record amounts of capital, but are they worthwhile investments?

The Ethics of ESG Investing As ESG investing grows in popularity, those looking to invest in purpose-driven organizations should think through the ethical considerations.

Four Ways to Make Remote Business Development Work Digital business development has its challenges, but these four tips will help you effectively attract new clients while working from home.

To SPAC or Not to SPAC? The meteoric rise of special purpose acquisition companies (SPACs) has made them an attractive option for companies looking to go public, but directors must first weigh the risks and rewards.

Three Ways to Combat the Big Quit As employees resign in record numbers, these leadership skills can help you stem the tide of turnover.

The ESG Opportunity for CPAs? Assurance ESG assurance offers CPAs a new way to serve clients as well as an important role in making the world a better place.

The Big Quit Now that COVID-19 has receded just enough for the economy to rebound, an interesting trend is emerging: record resignations.