By Vincent Howard, CPA | Managing Partner, Howard, Howard and Hodges | SkillAbility for Accounting Firms Last updated: August 28, 2026 | 31-minute read TL;DR — The Short Answer Equity accounting training should teach staff to explain every change in ownership equity from legal authorization to the statement of equity—not treat equity as the balancing
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By Vincent Howard, CPA | Managing Partner, Howard, Howard and Hodges | SkillAbility for Accounting Firms Last updated: August 27, 2026 | 30-minute read TL;DR — The Short Answer Debt accounting training should teach staff to prove what the borrower owes, what the debt actually costs, whether the company is in compliance, and how the
By Vincent Howard, CPA | Managing Partner, Howard, Howard and Hodges | SkillAbility for Accounting Firms Last updated: August 27, 2026 | 22-minute read TL;DR — The Short Answer Consolidation accounting training should teach staff to move from legal-entity trial balances to one supportable economic story—not simply stack ledgers together and post eliminations until the
By Vincent Howard, CPA | Managing Partner, Howard, Howard and Hodges | SkillAbility for Accounting FirmsLast updated: August 27, 2026 | 37-minute read TL;DR — The Short Answer Intercompany accounting training should teach staff to make the entities agree before consolidation—not use elimination entries as plugs for unresolved differences. A review-ready staff accountant can map
By Vincent Howard, CPA | Managing Partner, Howard, Howard and Hodges | SkillAbility for Accounting Firms Last updated: August 26, 2026 | 38-minute read TL;DR — The Short Answer Inventory accounting training should teach staff to prove ownership, quantity, unit cost, cutoff, recoverability, and reconciliation—not simply accept the perpetual inventory report and book a year-end
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
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
25 Aug
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
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