February 2016 - Journal of Accountancy

The transition to partner can be challenging. That’s why many firms give new partners coaching: to boost their confidence and refine their leadership skills at a crucial juncture in their career.

An accounting professor went on sabbatical and took the CPA exam, learning valuable lessons that he is using to help students in the classroom.

The recent CPA.com Innovation in Public Accounting Survey says practices that have adopted or investigated cloud-based technologies are more likely to perceive a need for faster innovation.

Learn how to answer tricky questions about salary requirements, your greatest weakness, and why you’re leaving your current job—and find out what to do if you get stumped.

Multinational corporations may face high levels of tax on effectively connected income.

This sidebar provides a brief explanation of the Internal Revenue Code’s effectively connected income (ECI) rules that may impose direct U.S. tax on certain income earned by any foreign corporation.

Some tax breaks are extended for two years, some for five, and a few are made permanent in Congress’s annual year-end extenders legislation. (Plus: An updated version of the JofA’s annual quick guide
PDF that includes changes related to the legislation.)

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