By Vincent Howard, CPA | Managing Partner, Howard, Howard and Hodges | SkillAbility for Accounting Firms Last updated: October 14, 2026 | 48-minute read TL;DR — The Short Answer Technical accounting memo training should teach staff to convert authoritative research into a concise, reproducible conclusion—not dump citations into a document and call it analysis. A
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By Vincent Howard, CPA | Managing Partner, Howard, Howard and Hodges | SkillAbility for Accounting Firms Last updated: September 28, 2026 | 46-minute read TL;DR — The Short Answer Accounting research training should teach staff to build a defensible conclusion from authoritative guidance—not simply search until they find an answer that sounds right. A research-ready
By Vincent Howard, CPA | Managing Partner, Howard, Howard and Hodges | SkillAbility for Accounting Firms Last updated: September 24, 2026 | 45-minute read TL;DR — The Short Answer Power Query training for accountants should teach staff to build a controlled data pipeline—not merely click “Remove Columns” and “Close & Load.” A review-ready accountant can
By Vincent Howard, CPA | Managing Partner, Howard, Howard and Hodges | SkillAbility for Accounting Firms Last updated: September 24, 2026 | 44-minute read TL;DR — The Short Answer CPA firm staff do not need to memorize every Excel feature. They need to reliably turn imperfect client data into a controlled, repeatable, review-ready accounting workpaper.
By Vincent Howard, CPA | Managing Partner, Howard, Howard and Hodges | SkillAbility for Accounting Firms Last updated: September 21, 2026 | 42-minute read TL;DR — The Short Answer Accounting transaction flow training should teach staff to follow one economic event all the way from evidence to financial statement—and then walk backward from a financial-statement
17 Sep
AICPA Profession Ready Initiative: What CPA Firms Should Do Now to Prepare Early-Career Accountants
By Vincent Howard, CPA | Managing Partner, Howard, Howard and Hodges | SkillAbility for Accounting Firms Last updated: September 17, 2026 | 38-minute read TL;DR — The Short Answer CPA firms should not wait for the AICPA Profession Ready Initiative to publish its final framework before changing how they develop early-career accountants. The research is
11 Sep
Nonmonetary Transaction Accounting Training: Build ASC 845 Judgment for Exchanges and Transfers
By Vincent Howard, CPA | Managing Partner, Howard, Howard and Hodges | SkillAbility for Accounting Firms Last updated: September 11, 2026 | 44-minute read TL;DR — The Short Answer ASC 845 training should teach accountants to prove why an exchange is at fair value or carrying amount—not memorize that “like-kind assets use book value.” Under
By Vincent Howard, CPA | Managing Partner, Howard, Howard and Hodges | SkillAbility for Accounting Firms Last updated: September 10, 2026 | 44-minute read TL;DR — The Short Answer Discontinued operations training should teach accountants to prove that a disposal is both a real component of the entity and a strategic shift with a major
By Vincent Howard, CPA | Managing Partner, Howard, Howard and Hodges | SkillAbility for Accounting Firms Last updated: September 10, 2026 | 45-minute read TL;DR — The Short Answer Guarantee accounting training should teach staff to identify the contract before evaluating default probability. For an in-scope ASC 460 guarantee, the Day-1 stand-ready liability can exist
10 Sep
Asset Retirement Obligation Training: Build ASC 410 Competence From Initial Liability to Accretion
By Vincent Howard, CPA | Managing Partner, Howard, Howard and Hodges | SkillAbility for Accounting Firms Last updated: September 10, 2026 | 43-minute read TL;DR — The Short Answer Asset retirement obligation training should teach staff to prove the legal obligation, measure the retirement work like a market participant, and roll the liability from initial
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