By Vincent Howard, CPA | Managing Partner, Howard, Howard and Hodges | SkillAbility for Accounting Firms Last updated: August 26, 2026 | 41-minute read TL;DR — The Short Answer Lease accounting training should teach staff to prove why an arrangement is a lease, why the lease term and discount rate are supportable, and why the
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By Vincent Howard, CPA | Managing Partner, Howard, Howard and Hodges | SkillAbility for Accounting Firms Last updated: August 26, 2026 | 41-minute read TL;DR — The Short Answer Revenue recognition training should teach staff to prove why revenue belongs in this amount and this period—not merely memorize ASC 606’s five steps. A review-ready staff
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R&D Tax Credit Training for Accountants: Teach Staff to Build Evidence Before Calculating the Credit
By Vincent Howard, CPA | Managing Partner, Howard, Howard and Hodges | SkillAbility for Accounting FirmsLast updated: August 25, 2026 | 40-minute read TL;DR — The Short Answer R&D tax credit training should teach staff to prove qualified research by business component before they total wages, supplies, contract research, or calculate Form 6765. A review-ready
25 Aug
IRS Tax Notice Response Training for Accounting Staff: From Notice Intake to Documented Resolution
By Vincent Howard, CPA | Managing Partner, Howard, Howard and Hodges | SkillAbility for Accounting Firms Last updated: August 25, 2026 | 36-minute read TL;DR — The Short Answer IRS tax notice response training should teach accounting staff to protect the taxpayer’s procedural rights while rebuilding the IRS issue from source evidence—not simply draft a
By Vincent Howard, CPA | Managing Partner, Howard, Howard and Hodges | SkillAbility for Accounting Firms Last updated: August 24, 2026 | 35-minute read TL;DR — The Short Answer Fiduciary income tax training should teach staff to determine who is taxed on each dollar of income—not simply populate Form 1041 and copy numbers to Schedule
By Vincent Howard, CPA | Managing Partner, Howard, Howard and Hodges | SkillAbility for Accounting Firms Last updated: August 24, 2026 | 28-minute read TL;DR — The Short Answer C corporation tax training should teach staff to build Form 1120 from a reconciled corporate tax file—not to populate software from the trial balance and wait
By Vincent Howard, CPA | Managing Partner, Howard, Howard and Hodges | SkillAbility for Accounting Firms Last updated: August 20, 2026 | 25-minute read TL;DR — The Short Answer Fixed asset accounting training should teach staff to control the entire asset lifecycle—from invoice and capitalization decision to depreciation, physical existence, disposal, reconciliation, and the tax-preparer
By Vincent Howard, CPA | Managing Partner, Howard, Howard and Hodges | SkillAbility for Accounting Firms Last updated: July 20, 2026 | 21-minute read TL;DR — The Short Answer Accounting training ROI should measure whether development changes work—not whether employees complete courses. Calculate the full cost of training, then measure the financial value of manager
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 15, 2026 | 24-minute read TL;DR — The Short Answer A new staff accountant is ready for controlled client work when the person can complete a realistic assignment accurately, follow the firm’s workflow, protect client information,
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