2018
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12.05
What Does Rising Talent Look For in a CPA Firm?
Public accounting has changed a great deal in order to keep pace with the way client needs have changed, requiring specifically talented professionals to evaluate these needs from multiple angles. This may be one reason that rising stars in the CPA world need a different type of environment to learn and thrive. At our firm, we have taken an aggressive route to test programs, encourage feedback and ensure that skilled... continue reading
2018
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12.04
Year-End Personal Financial Planning Considerations
The end of the year presents a unique opportunity to look at your overall personal financial situation. With factors like tax reform, life changes or just working towards your goals, now is an especially important time to review things. Taking what we now know about the new tax law and weaving together all of the other areas of your personal finances is one of the key ways AAFCPAs Tax and... continue reading
2018
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11.29
What Nonprofits Need to Know about the TCJA: AAFCPAs to Present a Members-Only Webinar for the Providers’ Council
AAFCPAs Tax Consulting Attorneys Joshua England, JD, LLM, and Chris Consoletti, JD will present a Tax Cuts and Jobs Act educational workshop on December 10th at 12pm, for the benefit of the Massachusetts Council of Human Service Providers, Inc. (The Providers’ Council). The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) represents a dramatic overhaul of the U.S. tax code, and includes widespread changes to the tax rules affecting charitable nonprofits. Several... continue reading
2018
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11.27
An Emerging Leader’s Perspective: ONE piece of advice I would have wanted when I started my career…
I was recently honored at the MSCPA’s 2018 Women’s Leadership Summit as an Emerging Leader/2018 Women to Watch Awards—which was a great honor, especially since many colleagues from AAFCPAs along with my Mom, Dad, and husband Mat were there to celebrate this success! This recognition lead to a significant realization for me: I may be a role model or mentor to someone. The transition from mentee to mentor was subtle... continue reading
2018
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11.26
AAFCPAs Managed Accounting Solutions Practice Recommends Three Strategic Budgets for Nonprofits
It can be tempting for finance teams and executive leadership of nonprofits to focus mostly on near-term strategy. However, in order to ensure sustainability, AAFCPAs advises nonprofits to broaden the scope of their financial planning process to address the challenges of the current economic and funding landscape, and to ensure sustainability in the long-term. We encourage clients to consider short and long-term strategies, and to develop three distinct but complementary... continue reading
2018
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11.15
AAFCPAs Adds Tax Expertise to Support Continued Client Growth
AAFCPAs is pleased to announce the addition of tax advisor Luis D. Kelly, MST, CPA to support the firm’s continued growth in our thriving Tax Practice for privately-held businesses. Luis combines deep sector insights with proven, innovative tax strategies to ensure the firm’s emerging and growth-stage clients are fully compliant, while balancing U.S. tax considerations with their worldwide tax optimization strategies. Luis provides forward-looking strategic advice to ensure businesses and their owners... continue reading
2018
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11.14
AAFCPAs to Present Workshop on Internal Controls & IT Countermeasures to Mitigate Risks
AAFCPAs’ Vassilis Kontoglis and David Kelleher will present an educational workshop on Best Practices in Internal Controls and IT Security to assist in mitigating risk at The Massachusetts Association of Early Education & Care (MADCA) Administration and Management Conference, in Worcester, MA on November 28th. Risk Management requires continuous improvement, and organizations must stay vigilant, and learn & adapt over time. In this interactive session, AAFCPAs will highlight critical risk... continue reading
2018
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11.13
AAFCPAs Cultivates Lush Giving Tree Again for #GivingTuesday
We are happy to announce that AAFCPAs will again participate in #GivingTuesday, November 27th, 2018, a global day dedicated to giving! Celebrated on the Tuesday following Thanksgiving, #GivingTuesday provides a shift in focus from the widely promoted shopping events of Black Friday and Cyber Monday to the charitable giving season that comes with the holidays, AND the year-end deadline for charitable tax deductions. AAFCPAs is committed to maintaining our culture... continue reading
2018
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11.13
An Experienced Leader’s Perspective: Women Supporting Women
I was honored to be recognized recently as a recipient of the Massachusetts Society of CPAs’ (MSCPA) 10th Annual Women to Watch Awards. This award, in the Experienced Leader category, prompted me to reflect on my career and take stock in what I’ve accomplished. I’ve been a career-long advocate and regular speaker on the topic of retaining and re-entering women in the accounting profession. Twenty-four years ago, while attending a... continue reading
2018
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11.09
AAFCPAs Donates to Khadijah Medical Clinic
At AAFCPAs, we donate 10% of our net income annually back to nonprofits in an effort to use the power of business as a force for good. Recently, AAFCPAs as well as several individual team members donated to Khadijah Medical Clinic in Liberia, a small West-African country in recovery from civil war. This will be the first and only medical facility built in and around this remote part of Liberia,... continue reading