By Vincent Howard, CPA | Managing Partner, Howard, Howard and Hodges | SkillAbility for Accounting Firms Last updated: 2026 | 14-minute read The Short Answer (TL;DR) Most CPA firms do not need more “training software.” They need a workforce development system. There is a major difference. Training software gives people content. A workforce development platform
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By Vincent Howard, CPA | Managing Partner, Howard, Howard and Hodges | Skillability for Accounting Firms Last updated: 2026 | 15-minute read The Short Answer (TL;DR) For a century, accountants learned the profession by doing the grunt work — reconciliations, transaction coding, trial balances — and developing judgment through thousands of hours of hands-on repetition.
By Vincent Howard, CPA | Managing Partner, Howard, Howard and Hodges | Skillability for Accounting Firms Last updated: 2026 | 16-minute read The Short Answer (TL;DR) Accounting is not a dying profession. It is a splitting one. Three forces are colliding at once — a collapsing talent pipeline (300,000+ accountants left the profession between 2019
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How to Turn Order-Taking Tax Staff into High-Ticket Advisory Engines (Without the Recruiting Tax)
By Vincent Howard, CPA | Managing Partner, Howard, Howard and Hodges | Skillability for Accounting Firms Most accounting firm owners are trapped in an expensive, defensive talent game. We look at our existing team and see compliance processors who require constant oversight. Then, when we want to expand our firm’s capacity to deliver lucrative advisory
By Vincent Howard, CPA | Managing Partner, Howard, Howard and Hodges | Skillability for Accounting Firms Last updated: 2026 | 22-minute read | The definitive guide The Short Answer (TL;DR) Training accounting staff effectively requires a complete system, not a collection of courses: (1) pre-employment skills testing before any offer letter, (2) structured, gated onboarding
By Vincent Howard, CPA | Managing Partner, Howard, Howard and Hodges | Skillability for Accounting Firms Last updated: 2026 | 15-minute read The Short Answer (TL;DR) CPAs are declining for structural, compounding reasons: the 150-hour education rule adds a costly fifth year that depresses entry, starting salaries lag tech and finance by $20,000–$60,000, roughly 75%
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