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Don't be surprised if the certified public accountant calculating your income taxes tries to sell you on financial planning services. As accounting firms expand their scope of services, many are ...

The impact of AI on accounting has been real and rapid. That said, it hasn’t been the disruptive force it’s made out to be in ...

As a small business owner, you have to get comfortable with spinning lots of plates and wearing many different hats – often at the same time. For some, the hardest part about being the boss is having ...

When I picture an accountant, I think of someone in a smokey office wearing a green visor surrounded by indomitable stacks of paperwork, clacking away on an adding machine. My idea might be a little ...

“Accountants” and “future” are rarely mentioned in the same sentence these days. I argue, however, that companies that don’t fully appreciate and leverage their accountants — in terms of being the ...

You may wonder if you need a certified public accountant (CPA), especially if you’re running a business or have complex finances. While not all accountants are CPAs, a CPA is an accountant who has ...

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Julia Kagan is a financial/consumer journalist and former senior editor, personal finance, of Investopedia. David is comprehensively experienced in many facets of financial and legal research and ...