By Vincent Howard, CPA | Managing Partner, Howard, Howard and Hodges | SkillAbility for Accounting Firms Last updated: August 19, 2026 | 30-minute read TL;DR — The Short Answer Year-end accounting training for bookkeepers should teach staff to turn twelve months of transactions into reconciled books, supportable W-2 and 1099 populations, a clean tax-preparer package,
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19 Aug
Payroll Tax Training for Accounting Staff: Build Quarterly Filing and Reconciliation Competence
By Vincent Howard, CPA | Managing Partner, Howard, Howard and Hodges | SkillAbility for Accounting Firms Last updated: August 19, 2026 | 33-minute read TL;DR — The Short Answer Payroll tax training for accounting staff should teach a control system that reconciles every payroll run into quarterly returns, tax deposits, state filings, general-ledger liabilities, and
18 Aug
Tax Workpaper Training for Staff Accountants: Build a Traceable Return Before It Reaches Review
By Vincent Howard, CPA | Managing Partner, Howard, Howard and Hodges | SkillAbility for Accounting FirmsLast updated: August 18, 2026 | 31-minute read TL;DR — The Short Answer Tax workpaper training for staff accountants should teach staff to build an evidence trail another tax professional can follow without reconstructing the return. A review-ready tax workpaper
18 Aug
Multistate Tax Training for Staff Accountants: Build Nexus, Apportionment, and Filing Judgment
By Vincent Howard, CPA | Managing Partner, Howard, Howard and Hodges | SkillAbility for Accounting FirmsLast updated: August 18, 2026 | 26-minute read TL;DR — The Short Answer Multistate tax training for staff accountants should teach a decision process—not a list of state rules. A review-ready staff accountant should be able to identify the tax
17 Aug
Individual Tax Return Training for New Preparers: Build 1040 Capability Without Manager Rescue
By Vincent Howard, CPA | Managing Partner, Howard, Howard and Hodges | SkillAbility for Accounting Firms Last updated: August 17, 2026 | 53-minute read TL;DR — The Short Answer Individual tax return training should teach new preparers to build the taxpayer story before they build Form 1040. A review-ready 1040 preparer starts with identity, residency,
By Vincent Howard, CPA | Managing Partner, Howard, Howard and Hodges | SkillAbility for Accounting Firms Last updated: August 17, 2026 | 55-minute read TL;DR — The Short Answer Partnership tax training should teach staff accountants to see Form 1065 as a legal-economic allocation system—not as a larger version of an S corporation return. A
By Vincent Howard, CPA | Managing Partner, Howard, Howard and Hodges | SkillAbility for Accounting Firms Last updated: August 17, 2026 | 52-minute read TL;DR — The Short Answer S corporation tax training should teach staff accountants to prepare the return as a connected shareholder-and-entity system—not as a sequence of software input screens. A review-ready
By Vincent Howard, CPA | Managing Partner, Howard, Howard and Hodges | SkillAbility for Accounting FirmsLast updated: August 12, 2026 | 50-minute read TL;DR — The Short Answer Industry specialization training for accountants compresses the path from “I have worked on a few clients in this niche” to “I understand how this industry makes money,
By Vincent Howard, CPA | Managing Partner, Howard, Howard and Hodges | SkillAbility for Accounting Firms Last updated: August 11, 2026 | 52-minute read TL;DR — The Short Answer Scenario planning training for accountants teaches advisors to model several plausible operating futures before a client commits to a decision—and to define what management should do
By Vincent Howard, CPA | Managing Partner, Howard, Howard and Hodges | SkillAbility for Accounting Firms Last updated: August 11, 2026 | 49-minute read TL;DR — The Short Answer Financial modeling training for accountants teaches staff to move from explaining historical statements to building models that show how operating decisions may affect revenue, margin, cash,
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