today’s top trending topics
what tax & accounting professionals are reading today
advisory
- five trends in tax advisory
- carl richards: the lie of “enough” | holistic guide
- five lessons from moving to advisory
- oz demirdoven: why u.s. firms lag the world in advisory | the disruptors
- nick pasquarosa: advisory at scale requires systems, not heroics | holistic guide
- build growth into your cas blueprint
- kane polakoff: what you’re still getting wrong about cas | gear up for growth
busy season
- pssst! remember these nine tax season resources
- tax season’s not over: retroactive tax regs, real-time decisions
- five keys to managing your tax practice
- ten tips for recharging your battery this tax season
- k-1 bottlenecks stretch busy season, forcing firms to rethink tax workflows
- make tax season more fun
- k-1 chaos: irs throws rocks at hornet’s nest
outlook & analysis
- geof brown: rethink everything | gear up for growth
- the pe platform wars: five accounting firms battle for market share
- tax prep wages and salaries hit 4-year high
- the 7.6x machine: how grassroots firms are taking private equity for a ride
- unicorns and funerals: from botkeeper’s demise to basis.ai’s rise
- deal tracker: pe platforms accelerate the grab for cpa firms
- with apax sale, cohnreznick starts building a national platform
staffing & recruiting
- will ai make students better learners — or just faster workers? | slc
- tax prep wages and salaries hit 4-year high
- carrie steffen: the staffing problem nobody talks about | move like this
- why the next generation may be accounting’s greatest competitive advantage | slc
- employee experience not what it seems
- aj johnson: new cpa licensure pathway opens doors to talent | gear up for growth
- three ways to measure your team’s effectiveness
pay & compensation
- tax prep wages and salaries hit 4-year high
- jeremy dubow: raising the bar for talent | big 4 transparency
- busy season 2026: irs problems, staffing issues and client wrangling emerge as top pressures
- outlook 2026: the painful paradigm shift in staff pay and hiring
- outlook 2026: can tax & accounting payrolls keep surging to new highs?
- cornerstone report: cpa billing rates, tax return fees, and client accounting pricing at cpa firms | 2026
- starting salaries in accounting must rise
surveys & research
- how to choose a specialty
- brainstorm for your clients
- lessons learned from a small firm
- tax prep wages and salaries hit 4-year high
- the 7.6x machine: how grassroots firms are taking private equity for a ride
- unicorns and funerals: from botkeeper’s demise to basis.ai’s rise
- pe deal tracker for feb. 2026: 57 deals in 60 days
client accounting services
- geof brown: rethink everything | gear up for growth
- matt tait: why franchising is the next big thing for cas | big 4 transparency
- cas tech gap widens as firms race toward real-time advisory
- build growth into your cas blueprint
- kane polakoff: what you’re still getting wrong about cas | gear up for growth
- four real-world cas transformations
- how to handle difficult cas clients
innovation & change management
- from deloitte spinout to market disruptor: streamworks targets the mid-tier audit and assurance software gap
- ai shows the weak faster than it helps the strong | accounting voices
- dunn: time’s the wrong growth metric | gear up for growth
- whitman: new firm deals: flexibility, culture, and the rise of “31 flavors” | holistic guide to wealth management
- ai’s already in your workflow…| it’s not just the numbers
- baker: transformation economy will redefine accounting | gear up for growth
- when tax meets ai, savvy tax pros turn to ‘tax platforms 2026’
mergers & acquisitions
- the pe platform wars: five accounting firms battle for market share
- merger checklist: 34 action steps
- the six types of due diligence you need before merging
- why solos need practice continuation agreements
- five can’t-skip steps for due diligence
- the pe takeover: audit problem? what audit problem?
- valuing more than the balance sheet | arc
staffing & recruiting
- will ai make students better learners — or just faster workers? | slc
- tax prep wages and salaries hit 4-year high
- carrie steffen: the staffing problem nobody talks about | move like this
- why the next generation may be accounting’s greatest competitive advantage | slc
- employee experience not what it seems
- aj johnson: new cpa licensure pathway opens doors to talent | gear up for growth
- three ways to measure your team’s effectiveness
succession & retirement
- why solos need practice continuation agreements
- it’s time to think about your exit strategy
- daiber: use succession as a growth strategy | the disruptors
- whitman: new firm deals: flexibility, culture, and the rise of “31 flavors” | holistic guide to wealth management
- haylett: redefine success in retirement | holistic guide to wealth management
- pirolli: you can’t “declare” independence — you have to earn it | gear up for growth
- fifteen merger terms you can’t ignore
talent & career development
- why accounting firms feel so unstable right now | accounting voices
- should i leave public accounting? | accounting voices
- will ai make students better learners — or just faster workers? | slc
- doubling up leads to new opportunities
- carrie steffen: the staffing problem nobody talks about | move like this
- why the next generation may be accounting’s greatest competitive advantage | slc
- employee experience not what it seems
tax resolution
- adjei: profit from irs representation | the concierge cpa
- can doge and palantir fix the irs with a ‘mega api’?
- five million irs refunds delayed by staff cuts
- irs phone stats improve—unless you’re a tax pro
- ‘kryptonite:’ irs buried under 8 million paper returns
- mounting delays undermine public trust in irs refund process
- brace yourself: irs 25% staff cuts mean big trouble for tax pros and clients
wealth managemnt
- three questions to ask clients about goodwill
- the pe platform wars: five accounting firms battle for market share
- carl richards: the lie of “enough” | holistic guide
- four keys to exit planning for your clients
- alan whitman: why the next big cpa firms won’t look like cpa firms | gear up for growth
- nick pasquarosa: advisory at scale requires systems, not heroics | holistic guide
- what are your clients’ children inheriting? they need to be prepared