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
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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
By Vincent Howard, CPA | Managing Partner, Howard, Howard and Hodges | SkillAbility for Accounting Firms Last updated: July 17, 2026 | 24-minute read TL;DR — The Short Answer Scenario-based training helps accounting staff build judgment before client work by placing them inside realistic decisions, incomplete information, competing priorities, client reactions, and escalation moments—without putting
By Vincent Howard, CPA | Managing Partner, Howard, Howard and Hodges | SkillAbility for Accounting Firms Last updated: July 14, 2026 | 25-minute read TL;DR — The Short Answer An accounting competency matrix defines what people must be able to do at each level of a CPA firm—from new hire to partner—and the evidence that
By Vincent Howard, CPA | Managing Partner, Howard, Howard and Hodges | SkillAbility for Accounting Firms Last updated: July 10, 2026 | 17-minute read TL;DR — The Short Answer A workpaper review checklist should help staff catch incomplete, unsupported, unclear, and unresolved work before the file reaches the reviewer. Review-ready work clearly shows the purpose
By Vincent Howard, CPA | Managing Partner, Howard, Howard and Hodges | SkillAbility for Accounting Firms Last updated: July 10, 2026 | 16-minute read TL;DR — The Short Answer An accounting employee development plan should show how one person will become more capable in the role they have now and more prepared for the role
By Vincent Howard, CPA | Managing Partner, Howard, Howard and Hodges | SkillAbility for Accounting Firms Last updated: July 2026 | 14-minute read TL;DR — The Short Answer A staff accountant onboarding checklist should not just help a CPA firm welcome a new hire. It should move that person toward useful, review-ready work in the
By Vincent Howard, CPA | Managing Partner, Howard, Howard and Hodges | SkillAbility for Accounting Firms Last updated: July 2026 | 14-minute read TL;DR — The Short Answer CPA firm onboarding software should do more than welcome new hires, assign courses, and track checklists. It should help new staff become productive without constant manager rescue.
By Vincent Howard, CPA | Managing Partner, Howard, Howard and Hodges | SkillAbility for Accounting Firms Last updated: July 2026 | 14-minute read TL;DR — The Short Answer Accounting firm training software should do more than track course completion. It should help CPA firms build measurable staff capability. Course tracking tells a firm whether someone
By Vincent Howard, CPA | Managing Partner, Howard, Howard and Hodges | SkillAbility for Accounting Firms Last updated: July 2026 | 14-minute read TL;DR — The Short Answer Most LMS platforms organize content. CPA firms need a system that builds accounting capability. A generic LMS can assign courses, track completion, host videos, deliver quizzes, and
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