Accounting Today April 2025

Declaring independence

In an era dominated by private equity and merger mania, firms that want to stand alone have to make that a conscious — and continual — choice.

Artificial intelligence may already be eating away at some advisory services.

When small CPA shops suddenly end, clients are left to scramble for a replacement — and any enterprise value that the owner may have had withers away.

New clients may seem easy to come by now, but that won't always be the case.

Traditional talent development models rely on in-house staff and struggle to keep pace with the changes accounting firms face.

While Congress and the Trump administration seem to want major tax legislation this year, it looks like it is going to be a very difficult process.

Our profession has withstood many sea changes and survived them … and then some.

If your culture is based on being able to walk down the hall to ask a question, you don't have much of a culture — or, at least, not much of an intentional culture.