Accounting brings with it a heavy mental workload—and even accountants who absolutely love crunching numbers eventually start to feel the strain. Automation helps reduce mental stress and decreases frustration related to deadlines. The result? Your firm has happier team members who can focus their efforts on high-value tasks and do more of what they enjoy.

Procedures historically performed by newly-licensed CPAs are being automated, offshored or performed by paraprofessionals. The CPA Evolution initiative aims to transform the CPA licensure model to recognize the rapidly changing skills and competencies the practice of accounting requires today and will require in the future.

This past year has further emphasized the importance of thinking strategically about your online presence, and it’s clear this will become even more critical in the future as digital inevitably becomes the dominant business channel. The AICPA and CPA.com have long recognized this trend and it’s the reason why we were compelled to secure .cpa, the new restricted Internet domain, on behalf of the profession.

As remote work takes hold at CPA firms and organizations, getting a grip on internal controls is essential for overcoming the security risks of an at-home workforce. Here are eleven steps to ensure your internal controls remain relevant in a remote environment.

With clients continuing to put downward fee pressures on auditors, firms need to look for additional ways to gain efficiency on their audits. One of the easier ways to do this is to look at data analytic tools that are designed to help automate the auditor’s work or audit analytics tools.