One Risk of Your "Everyday Jeans" Policy
If you’ve been watching the industry news lately, a handful of firms have adopted an everyday-jeans policy. Essentially, in many cases these policies are worded to say as long as you don’t have a client meeting, you are free to wear jeans in the office every day of the week. It sounds reasonable – as the work product of your people isn’t going to change based upon what they are wearing. And, I certainly ...
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New Administrative Findings from 2017 Paperless Benchmark Survey
CPAFMA has authored the longest running paperless benchmark survey focused exclusively on the accounting profession (since 2003) with the intention of providing firm administrative managers actionable information to improve their firms. This year, four NEW Administrative questions were added to the 2017 Paperless Benchmark Survey, powered by Canon, to identify emerging trends impacting our own CPA firm back office operations.
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ACE Award Nominations Accepted
This annual award is presented by the CPA Firm Management Association (CPAFMA) and has been awarded to some of the country's most experienced and respected firm practice managers since its inception in 1989. The ACE Award -- which stands for Achievement, Commitment and Excellence is awarded to firm management professionals who carry such titles firm administrator, director of administration, chief operating officer, chief financial officer ...
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Certification Program Re-Branded
To better align with the Association's new name, CPAFMA has officially changed the name of our Accredited Administrator in Accounting Practice Management (AAAPM) designation to PAFM, Public Accounting Firm Manager. We hope our current and future certified professionals like the change.The Association for Accounting Administration became the CPA Firm Management Association for many reasons, all of which are applicable to our certification ...
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Workload Compression Survey Results
How Does Your Firm Cope? The AICPA characterizes workload compression as a condition of excessive job demands caused by the 1986 Tax Reform Act (TRA). The TRA severely limited the ability of businesses to use anything other than a calendar year-end reporting for tax purposes. Consequently, professional accountants find their tax and audit work compressed into the first quarter of each year. In an earlier study, Cluskey and Vaux (1997a) found ...
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