Baby Boomers are retiring en masse across all industries. And while the majority of accounting firm owners are baby boomers who are near the age of retirement (65 or older), just as many younger professionals are coming of age and seek to run their own businesses. If you are asking, “How can I sell my accounting practice and get top dollar?” please read on.

“Do accounting and financial professionals overuse Excel?” It’s a fair question and one that should be considered.Let’s step away from the keyboard for a moment and examine whether other tools might be better for certain purposes. Then we can make a more informed decision about how much we should be using Excel.

We all struggle at times to focus on the things we know we're supposed to be doing. Recently, WSCPA Membership Outreach Coordinator Brian Reid stumbled upon a few pieces of information that helped him figure out how to circumnavigate his moments of distraction. Now, he's here to share those resources so they can help you on your journey to become a CPA.

Intuit released the 2020 version of QuickBooks Desktop in September 2019. As with prior releases of the application, the 2020 versions of QuickBooks Desktop Pro and Premier and Enterprise 20.0 contain several new features and improvements. Read on for a summary of these new features.