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,
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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 Firms Last updated: August 14, 2026 | 54-minute read TL;DR — The Short Answer Nonprofit accounting training should teach CPA firm staff to answer four questions at the same time: What resources does the organization have, what may those resources
By Vincent Howard, CPA | Managing Partner, Howard, Howard and Hodges | SkillAbility for Accounting Firms Last updated: August 14, 2026 | 54-minute read TL;DR — The Short Answer Ecommerce accounting training should teach accountants how an online order moves from checkout to recognized revenue, payment settlement, inventory relief, sales-tax treatment, return exposure, contribution margin,
By Vincent Howard, CPA | Managing Partner, Howard, Howard and Hodges | SkillAbility for Accounting Firms Last updated: August 14, 2026 | 53-minute read TL;DR — The Short Answer Restaurant accounting training should teach accountants how a guest transaction becomes margin and cash—not just how to code food purchases, payroll, and credit-card deposits after the
By Vincent Howard, CPA | Managing Partner, Howard, Howard and Hodges | SkillAbility for Accounting Firms Last updated: August 13, 2026 | 52-minute read TL;DR — The Short Answer Law firm accounting training should teach CPA firm staff to separate three financial systems that lawyers often experience as one: client money held in trust, the
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Dental Practice Accounting Training for Accountants: Build a Profitable Healthcare Advisory Niche
By Vincent Howard, CPA | Managing Partner, Howard, Howard and Hodges | SkillAbility for Accounting Firms Last updated: August 13, 2026 | 54-minute read TL;DR — The Short Answer Dental practice accounting training should teach accountants how scheduled care becomes adjusted production, claims, patient balances, collections, staffing demand, owner income, and cash—not merely how to
By Vincent Howard, CPA | Managing Partner, Howard, Howard and Hodges | SkillAbility for Accounting Firms Last updated: August 13, 2026 | 53-minute read TL;DR — The Short Answer Medical practice accounting training for CPA firm staff should teach the economics behind a patient visit—not just how to reconcile the bank account after the claim
By Vincent Howard, CPA | Managing Partner, Howard, Howard and Hodges | SkillAbility for Accounting FirmsLast updated: August 12, 2026 | 53-minute read TL;DR — The Short Answer Real estate accounting training for CPA firm staff should teach accountants to see four layers at once: the property, the legal entities around it, the cash and
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