Flexibility is Key in Retaining High Performing Employees
KWC faces the same challenge as many firms in the accounting industry today: recruiting and then retaining quality employees. Younger employees have changing expectations with regards to workplace flexibility including the ability to maintain a work/life balance and sometimes even the ability to work remotely. Several years ago the principals of KWC realized that the best way to keep high caliber employees was to provide a more flexible ...
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Fraudulent Transfer Scams Plaguing CPAs & Advisors
Be very wary of emails requesting transfers of funds from hacked accounts. We've recently seen two phishing scams that have resulted in fraudulent client fund transfers. While the amounts are typically not large (under $50,000), in both cases there were multiple transfers. The losses are different but the claims are essentially identical. Each of our insureds received an email requesting transfer of funds, and in both cases the email ...
Read MoreNPMC Early Early Bird Deadline Extended
Apparently there was a mix up with the National Practice Management Conference brochures and many of our AAA members may have received the Association for Accounting Marketers version of the conference brochure in error. We have been notified by the AICPA that they are aware of this issue and will be mailing the AAA membership the AAA brochure immediately. As a result, the early early bird registration deadline has been extended ...
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The Difference Between a Resolution and a Goal
What is the difference between a resolution and a goal? One’s a hope. One’s a plan. If you’re like most people, you enter the new year with high hopes and aspirations of losing weight, quitting a habit like smoking, or saving more money. Then life happens, as it always does, as it always will. We get busy - We get distracted - Our resolutions usually fall by the wayside by February 1st… Yet, when you set a ...
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The 2015 INSIDE Public Accounting Survey and Analysis of Firms is Underway
The Association for Accounting Administration is excited to partner with INSIDE Public Accounting on their 2015 IPA Survey and Analysis of Firms. As the sponsor of the 2015 Firm Administration Survey, we want to encourage all firms to participate in the survey as well as the internal operational surveys. WHAT YOU NEED TO DO Contact INSIDE Public Accounting (IPA) to request your copy of the 2015 survey and analysis of firms. Determine ...
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