Healthier Bottom Lines Start With Lowering Turnover If we want to create lasting value for our organizations, we’ll need to embrace new mindsets and models.

Talent Retention Starts With Inspiring Leadership By focusing on these six leadership traits, you can create and support environments where employees are motivated to stay and work.

See How ‘FAR’ Your Leadership Can Go Building flexibility, agility, and resilience are the keys to future-proofing your leadership.

The Ethics of Exit Interviews Exit interviews can be an effective method for communicating and learning feedback. To ensure you get the most out of them, let’s review some ethical considerations.

The Recipe for a Great Accounting Firm Partner Incorporating success skills trainings into your firm (in addition to technical skills trainings) will only cook up stronger future leaders and partners.

Enhancing Employee Benefit Plan Audit Quality There are several best practices and strategies that auditors and plan sponsors can adopt to enhance the quality of employee benefit plan audits—here are five to consider.

The Retirement Security Rule: Only Fiduciaries Need Apply A new proposed rule seeks to expand the definition of a fiduciary in the context of an investment advisor. Here’s what financial planners need to know.

The Effects of Eliminating Illinois’ Grocery Tax While it may seem like a positive, eliminating the state’s 1% sales tax on groceries brings several complications to the checkout lane.

GEN NEXT: Authenticity: The Key to Making an Impact By blending your personal experiences, passions, and career, it’s possible to bring your whole self to work.

Have CPA, Will Travel The CPA credential is a ticket to wherever you want your career to take you. So, where will you go?

IN PLAY: Joshua Lance, CPA, CGMA In October 2023, the accounting profession lost an innovative, impactful leader—but the leadership lessons he leaves behind set a benchmark other firms can build a legacy on.

Unsettled Ground: How CPAs Can Land Safely After a Layoff Shock, dismay, and even panic are all natural reactions to being laid off. Here, experts share advice for how CPAs and other accounting and finance professionals can navigate these challenging career moments.

Firm of Dreams: If You Build It, They Will Stay Could your people be your firm’s greatest retention asset? Five experts share why putting people first is the key to building the firm of your dreams.

Why CPA Firms Should Prioritize Employees’ Mental Health Promoting mental health services as an employee benefit provides CPA firms with an abundance of positive benefits, including talent retention.

Preparing for an ERC Audit? 6 Questions the IRS Will Ask It’s imperative for CPAs to exercise due diligence when preparing for an ERC audit. When the IRS comes knocking, make sure you know the answer to these six questions.

Inflation Reduction Act: Impacting Real Estate Tax Returns The Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 brought substantial changes to Section 179D Energy-Efficient Commercial Building Tax Deduction, a flagship federal tax incentive. Here’s what to know for this tax season.

A CPA’s Basic Guide to SALT Requirements State and local taxes affect every business in Illinois in one way or another. To ensure their clients remain tax compliant, it’s important for CPAs to know the fundamentals, red flags, and where to look for additional guidance.

Finding Your Balance Ahead of Another Busy Season Each busy season, burnout looms heavy over accounting professionals. Here, four CPAs share strategies to beat burnout and achieve better work-life balance.

Breaking the Partner Model: Will Employee-Owned Firms Become the Norm? As accounting firms struggle to find effective solutions to their talent acquisition and retention challenges, one creative restructuring practice has made its way into the profession—but will it last?

Treasuring Stability: Managing Corporate Cash in an Uncertain Economy Preserving cash, capitalizing on opportunities, and remaining flexible are key moves for any finance team during uncertain times. Here, six finance experts share added advice for managing treasuries today.