JofA highlights: Tackling accounting’s talent shortage, ChatGPT tips

Jeff Drew, the JofA’s editor-in-chief, is the guest on today’s episode, the 400th in the history of the JofA podcast. He’s recapping for listeners some of the top articles of the summer and looking ahead to content in future issues.

Drew, a former JofA senior editor and manager with the AICPA's Private Companies Practice Section, has focused on content for the daily and monthly magazines for more than a decade.

He reviews or previews coverage on numerous topics, including the retirement of AICPA & CIMA CEO Barry Melancon, CPA, CGMA.

Resources

September JofA: HTML version | Flipbook

Articles (HTML links)

How academia is tackling the accounting talent shortage

Rewriting accounting’s employment narrative

Taxation of influencers: Gifts with strings attached?

Using ChatGPT-4o with Excel

Using ChatGPT to build a standard operating procedure

 

Summer feature articles

·         Single-owner firms: The thrill of flying solo

·         What not-for-profits need to know about UBIT

·         How CPAs can benefit from not-for-profit board service

·         Guiding not-for-profits through post-pandemic challenges

·         What to know to avoid deficient not-for-profit audits

Technology Q&A

·         How to find errors in Excel formulas

·         How to create a watermark in Excel

·         Identify and delete duplicates in Excel

·         Get more out of Teams with these 5 features

·         4 features for enhancing PDFs

·         Building an HR guide with ChatGPT 

Professional Liability Spotlight

IRS funding and a potential rise in malpractice claims

Issue links:

August HTML | Flipbook

July HTML | Flipbook

June HTML | Flipbook

Podcast episodes:

Barry Melancon part 1

Barry Melancon part 2

If you have article ideas or other magazine feedback, you can reach Drew at Jeff.Drew@aicpa-cima.com.

What you’ll learn from this episode:

·         The “incredible range of backstories” in an article focusing on sole practitioners and sole proprietors.

·         The focus of several recent Technology Q&A articles.

·         Highlights of a summer Professional Liability Spotlight article.

·         The link between Barry Melancon and Muhammad Ali.

·         A preview of the October digital edition of the JofA.