Journal of Accountancy Podcast

Brandy Amidon, CPA, the CFO at South Carolina marketing and creative agency Brains on Fire, found a way to hold employees' interest and get them to care more about the organization's profitability.

Mark Zyla, CPA/ABV/CFF, joins this edition of the podcast to talk about business prenups and divorce — and how they can impact your business's valuation.

Wesley Middleton, CPA, founder and managing partner of MiddletonRaines+Zapata, discusses his unique leadership style and how and why his firm does things differently.

CPAs around the country are still trying to figure out how the recent national tax reform will impact their clients at the federal level. But they're also interested in how it will impact their clients at the state level. In this podcast, guest Eileen Sherr, a CPA and CGMA who is an AICPA tax expert, addresses some of the key questions CPAs — and their clients — need answered.

What will accounting firms and accounting departments look like after lower-level, repetitive tasks are automated and unprecedented amounts of data can be mined for business insights? That topic takes center stage in the second part of our annual accounting technology roundtable podcast.

Three of the profession's top technology experts discuss the radical changes emerging technologies will bring to accounting — and accountants — over the next 1–5 years.

Individual taxpayers have plenty of questions about how the new tax reform law will impact them. So we asked Amy Wang, a CPA who is a senior technical manager for tax advocacy at the AICPA, to provide some clear, easy-to-understand answers to some of the most common questions. If you care about tax reform — whether you're a CPA or a CPA client — this podcast is for you.

Borrowing money to pay for school has grown in popularity over the years, but it can have consequences that linger long after graduation. We examine what potential borrowers need to know when considering taking out private student loans.

We take a look at what potential borrowers need to know when considering taking out a government-funded student loan.

Detecting fraud is often extremely difficult. But there are some things that accountants can watch out for. Howard Silverstone, a CPA who is a director at Forensic Resolutions Inc., shares some great stories about fraud — and explains the red flags that they help illustrate.