Episodes

  • The state of CAS

    The state of CAS
    Feb 10 2025

    Kim Blascoe, senior director of CAS professional services at CPA.com, shares some of the highlights of their most recent CAS Benchmark Survey -- from the area's extraordinary growth rates to the key practices of a high-performing CAS practice.
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    30 mins
  • Diving into tax season

    Diving into tax season
    Feb 3 2025
    Neil Fishman, returning president of the National Conference of CPA Practitioners, shares the issues his members are paying attention to as they head into tax season -- and what they're keeping an eye on for the rest of the year, too.
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    28 mins
  • What's ahead for 2025

    What's ahead for 2025
    Jan 13 2025
    Accounting Today editor-in-chief Dan Hood outlines the major trends and developments that accountants should be keeping an eye out for over the next 12 months.
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    30 mins
  • New ways to CPA

    New ways to CPA
    Dec 16 2024
    As the profession grapples with lower numbers of people becoming accountants and CPAs, discussions about what it should take to become a CPA have proliferated; in this episode, Pennsylvania Institute of CPAs CEO Jennifer Cryder dives into why and how new paths to getting licensed are opening up.
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    27 mins
  • Looking ahead with Barry Melancon

    Looking ahead with Barry Melancon
    Dec 9 2024
    On the eve of his retirement, longtime AICPA chief Barry Melancon turns his eagle-eye to the future, talking about the challenges and opportunities facing the profession, and what it needs to do to get ready for both.
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    29 mins
  • Looking back with Barry Melancon

    Looking back with Barry Melancon
    Dec 2 2024
    As he prepares to step down from his long tenure as president and CEO of the American Institute of CPAs, Barry Melancon looks back at how the institute – and the accounting profession – have changed over the past 30 years.
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    26 mins
  • Building a better sales pipeline

    Building a better sales pipeline
    Nov 18 2024

    As firms grow, they need to move their sales pipeline from inside their head into a more formal process, says Sarah Dobek of Inovautus Consulting, to gather the right data and hold everyone involved accountable for growth.
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    20 mins
  • The problems PE solves

    The problems PE solves
    Nov 11 2024

    Private equity can solve many of a firm's problems –– but not necessarily all, according to Phil Whitman of Whitman Transition Advisors, and there are alternatives.
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    36 mins