Posts by Roman Kepczyk
How to Work Securely at Home During the COVID-19 Crisis
The COVID-19 pandemic required accounting firms to go 100% remote virtually overnight. While a good number of firms were either already in the cloud had implemented cloud-enabled applications, or had a structure to support remote workers, there were many personnel that had never actually worked remotely and were simply not prepared to do so. In…
Read MoreEight Reasons Firms Should Consider Moving to the Cloud
The 2018 CPA Firm Management Association (CPAFMA.org) IT Benchmark Survey found that more than half of responding member firms had moved the majority of their applications and IT Infrastructure to cloud/hosted application providers instead of building and maintaining networks themselves. Read below why this trend is accelerating and why your firm should be considering the…
Read MoreHow to Respond if Your Firm is Hacked
“Oh no, we’ve been hacked.” Words no one wants to hear, but a potential reality for accounting firms and their clients. Because of the significant amount of personally identifiable information stored within CPA firms, every single one, regardless of size, is a potential target. Take into account the broad range of security capabilities amongst firm…
Read MorePromulgate a Learning Culture
All of us are aware that we are living in an environment of accelerating technological change and that if we can’t adapt our accounting practices to take advantage of these business and technological opportunities we will certainly find our firms at a competitive disadvantage in the future. So, what is your firm doing about this…
Read More2018 CPAFMA Technology Survey Findings – Part 3
CPA Tax and Audit Applications and Technology The CPA Firm Management Association recently conducted its second comprehensive technology survey tailored specifically to member firms with the goal of identifying the applications, products and processes utilized by peers. Where possible, the survey attempted to identify which applications firms are moving to in the cloud compared to…
Read More2018 CPAFMA Technology Survey Findings – Part 2
CPA Firm Practice Management Applications The CPA Firm Management Association recently conducted its second comprehensive technology survey tailored specifically to member firms with the goal of identifying the applications, products and processes utilized by peers. Where possible, the survey attempted to identify which applications firms are moving to in the cloud compared to traditionally on-premise…
Read More2018 CPAFMA Technology Survey Findings – Part 1
CPA Technology: Hardware, Infrastructure and Governance The CPA Firm Management Association recently conducted its second comprehensive technology survey tailored specifically to member firms with the goal of identifying the applications, products and processes utilized by peers. Where possible, the survey attempted to identify which applications firms are moving to in the cloud compared to traditionally…
Read More“LEAN” Tax Production Opportunities
Your firm went “paperless” for tax processing a long time ago, but is it really taking advantage of the digital tools and production processes that have evolved since then? In our consulting within CPA firms, we often find that many created digital versions of processes that simply emulated their manual processes. For example, moving physical…
Read MoreIntroducing the Blockchain Concept to Your Firm
For the past year, AICPA leadership has been touting the evolution towards the “audit of the future,” with one of the core discussion points being how Blockchain will be one of the driving technologies behind financial reporting and operating a business in the future. This has been bolstered by a tidal wave of articles describing…
Read MoreBuilding a Learning Culture in Your Firm
CPAs are knowledge workers and the more thoroughly they understand how to utilize their technology and optimize the profession’s best practices to service clients, they more effective and profitable their firms will become. One of the most important lessons I learned in my three decades in the CPA environment is that firms that have made…
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