My Greatest Fear
My greatest fear is that the world, and specifically the United States, is on an accelerated path of self destruction and there […]
Category: Values
Activism revisited
I became a civic activist in my early 30s, about the same time I became a father. Like the planning for other […]
Boycott list
Wendy’s CVS Taco Bell Estes Lauder Equinox SoulCycle Marvel Home Depot Hobby Lobby Goya MyPillow Martin’s Famous Pastry Shoppe
How we handle tax fraud
I wrote this comment tonight to a young Enrolled Agent struggling with a client committing tax fraud who described herself as naïve […]
CPAs have a public image problem
CPAs have a brand image problem. The three words that the public most often associates with “CPA” are “accounting”, “audit”, and “tax”. […]
ESG Reporting for small businesses
The purpose of this post is to overview the topic of ESG reporting for small businesses in simple, brief Q&A format. What […]
Serious impact of unacceptable public behavior violations
I’ve been involved in helping to develop the acceptable public behavior policies for several client organizations as a regular part of my […]
Is dumbing down curriculum our only hope?
The field of accounting is losing CPAs at an alarming pace. The statistics are disturbing. Older practitioners are still working well beyond […]
The necessary response to disinformation
“Information warfare threat to the United States is different from past threats, and it has the potential to destroy reason and reality […]
Recognizing Black CPAs
Yesterday the Journal of Accountancy podcast focused on the journey and accomplishments of black CPAs in the 20th century, featuring the testimony […]