The Growing Role of a Firm Manager: From Admin to Executive
The dynamics of the practice and operations in CPA firms today have become infinitely more complex, creating a challenge for firms that are resistant to change. Many firms have a managing partner that functions more as a high-level firm administrator or firm manager than a leader of the firm. Resistance to letting go of management and administrative duties by managing partners results in less than effective leadership for the firm. Is it not the ...
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Introducing the Blockchain Concept to Your Firm
For the past year, AICPA leadership has been touting the evolution towards the “audit of the future,” with one of the core discussion points being how Blockchain will be one of the driving technologies behind financial reporting and operating a business in the future. This has been bolstered by a tidal wave of articles describing how Blockchain currencies (primarily Bitcoin) were eliminating traditional banking middlemen, how ...
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CPAFMA's Strategic Plan and Leadership
The CPAFMA Board of Directors has been hard at work on the renewal of the organization’s strategic plan, a process started in November of 2016 and continuing to evolve with successes and updates. Through the process, the leadership has identified five initiatives as priorities over the next two years. Initiatives 1) To evaluate the organization's leadership structure to engage new members, develop new leaders and provide ...
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CPAFMA's Public Accounting Firm Manager Program Accepting Applications
CPAFMA's Public Accounting Firm Manager (PAFM)™ program* provides the opportunity to demonstrate you have the knowledge, leadership, skills, and abilities to operate at a high level of expertise in the field of accounting firm management. Think. Experience. Elevate.The process of attaining the PAFM designation includes meeting the experience-and education-based eligibility requirements, agreeing to adhere ...
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The Last Server You Will Buy
I drive a 1999 Toyota Land Cruiser. It’s a beast, gets horrible gas mileage, won’t die, and I love it. I bought it for $10,200 8 years ago and could sell it today for approximately $8K. The best depreciating asset investment I have ever made! The speed at which innovation, market demands and regulation are going (i.e. autonomous vehicles) combined with urban concentration, mind bending traffic, etc. lead me to believe that my ...
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