By Vincent Howard, CPA | Managing Partner, Howard, Howard and Hodges | SkillAbility for Accounting FirmsLast updated: August 12, 2026 | 52-minute read TL;DR — The Short Answer Construction accounting training for CPA firm staff should teach far more than how to tie a WIP schedule. Staff need to understand how a contractor wins work,
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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,
By Vincent Howard, CPA | Managing Partner, Howard, Howard and Hodges | SkillAbility for Accounting Firms Last updated: August 11, 2026 | 51-minute read TL;DR — The Short Answer Strategic tax planning training moves accountants from explaining last year’s tax return to modeling this year’s decisions before the deadline to change them has passed. A
By Vincent Howard, CPA | Managing Partner, Howard, Howard and Hodges | SkillAbility for Accounting Firms Last updated: August 10, 2026 | 50-minute read TL;DR — The Short Answer Business valuation training for accountants should teach the whole team to think about value without pretending the whole team is qualified to issue valuation conclusions. Train
By Vincent Howard, CPA | Managing Partner, Howard, Howard and Hodges | SkillAbility for Accounting Firms Last updated: August 10, 2026 | 48-minute read TL;DR — The Short Answer Exit planning training for accountants teaches staff to help business-owner clients become more transferable, financially clear, operationally resilient, and personally prepared long before they decide whether—or
By Vincent Howard, CPA | Managing Partner, Howard, Howard and Hodges | SkillAbility for Accounting Firms Last updated: August 10, 2026 | 49-minute read TL;DR — The Short Answer M&A advisory training for accountants teaches staff to turn a seller’s historical accounting records into transaction-ready evidence: clean financials, supportable earnings adjustments, working-capital schedules, reconciled source
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Accounting Advisory Proposal Template: Define Outcomes, Scope, Fees, and Client Responsibilities
By Vincent Howard, CPA | Managing Partner, Howard, Howard and Hodges | SkillAbility for Accounting Firms Last updated: August 7, 2026 | 47-minute read TL;DR — The Short Answer A strong accounting advisory proposal defines the client outcome first, translates that outcome into specific services and deliverables, makes both parties’ responsibilities explicit, states what is
By Vincent Howard, CPA | Managing Partner, Howard, Howard and Hodges | SkillAbility for Accounting Firms Last updated: August 7, 2026 | 45-minute read TL;DR — The Short Answer KPI advisory training for accountants teaches professionals to choose a small number of metrics that connect business strategy to a recurring management decision—not simply build dashboards
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