How CPAs Can Protect Their Aging Clients Each year, millions of aging Americans fall victim to some type of financial fraud scheme. Here’s how CPAs can play a vital role in serving as their first line of defense.

A Pathway for All As our legislation to create new pathways to becoming a licensed CPA in Illinois makes its way to being signed into law, embracing adaptability must become the focus.

IN PLAY: Randy Crabtree, CPA With a storied career built on the success of chasing his passions, this specialty tax expert and podcast host advocates for finding another way forward for the profession.

6 Strategies for Creating Employee Benefits That Stand Out By looking beyond traditional compensation models, accounting firms can create an employee benefits package that cultivates a loyal, engaged, and healthy workforce.

Student Loans Got You Down? Study Up on Your Finances Illinois ranks seventh among the states with the highest student loan payments. Here’s how to make those payments more manageable.

Generation Entrepreneur: How Millennial CPAs Are Building Their Own Businesses Millennials are turning their backs on the 9-to-5 corporate grind to become their own bosses in record numbers. Here, four young CPAs share how they did it and what it takes to make it as an entrepreneur today.

The Post-Pandemic Future of Talent Pipelines As the economy reopens, boards and management teams will need to focus on four major trends reshaping the way we hire and train workers.

CPA 2027: Worker Demand & Demands Change In the next six years, major demographic and social shifts will transform the talent pipeline and change what workers expect from their employers.

The Past, Present, and Future of Black CPAs When John W. Cromwell Jr. became the first Black CPA in 1921, he paved the way for many more to follow. One hundred years later, the CPA profession must continue to increase access and representation as part of its future.