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
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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 | 15-minute read TL;DR — The Short Answer Accounting workforce development is the system CPA firms need to build capacity from within instead of relying only on hiring, shadowing, and manager rescue. Most CPA firms
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 Accountants are shifting from preparers to reviewers earlier in their careers. CPA firm training has to shift from task completion to judgment, skepticism, and review readiness. 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 firms cannot scale a tax department by waiting for enough senior hires. If senior tax talent is too scarce to buy, firms have to get better
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 Standardizing training for CPA firm add-on acquisitions is what turns acquired offices into a scalable platform instead of a collection of firms under one logo. A CPA
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 Professional skepticism training for junior accountants teaches staff to question the work, not just complete the task. Junior accountants do not magically develop judgment after enough busy
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Cost of Accountant Turnover in Public Accounting: What CPA Firms Really Lose When Staff Leave
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 The cost of accountant turnover in public accounting is not just recruiting fees, salary replacement, and lost hiring time. It is the cost of rebuilding capability from
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 Offshore accounting staff can add capacity, but only if your onboarding system builds review-ready work before client work reaches your managers. Offshore staff are not a shortcut
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