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Helping accounting firms protect knowledge, develop people, and scale the firm — from new hire to future partner.

My Task LMS is one of the best online learning management tools for accountants and CPA firms. Our online learning management system automates the training and onboarding of new team members with sample sets, testing, assessments, and video. The modules include different platforms (Thomson Reuters ACS, Intuit QuickBooks Online, and Intuit QuickBooks Desktop) which new employees complete in 2-3 weeks. Instead of being time-consuming, labor-intensive, and removing key personnel from workflow, training is automated, efficient, and extensive.

11/04/2026

Your CPA firm wants to grow advisory revenue.

So what is the first move?

Hire an expensive tax strategist?

Recruit a senior advisor from another firm?

Pay a recruiter $15,000–$20,000 to find someone who might be able to build an advisory practice?

𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗶𝗳 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗻𝗲𝘅𝘁 𝗴𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗮𝘅 𝗮𝗱𝘃𝗶𝘀𝗼𝗿 𝗮𝗹𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗱𝘆 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘆𝗼𝘂?

Most CPA firms have talented accountants who know their clients, understand their businesses, and prepare their tax returns year after year.

But they've been trained to process compliance work.

Not identify planning opportunities.

Not ask strategic questions.

Not model tax-saving scenarios.

Not communicate recommendations.

Not lead advisory conversations.

Then firm leadership wonders why advisory revenue isn't growing.

𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝗰𝗮𝗻𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗲𝘅𝗽𝗲𝗰𝘁 𝗮𝗱𝘃𝗶𝘀𝗼𝗿𝘆 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘂𝗹𝘁𝘀 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗲𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗼𝘆𝗲𝗲𝘀 𝘄𝗵𝗼 𝘄𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗼𝗻𝗹𝘆 𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗶𝗻𝗲𝗱 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗶𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲.

The solution isn't always another expensive hire.

It's developing the people you already have.

Our article by Vincent Howard, CPA, explores how accounting firms can transition tax staff from order-taking compliance roles into higher-value advisory professionals.

That means teaching them to:
✓ Recognize tax planning opportunities
✓ Ask better client questions
✓ Move beyond historical tax preparation
✓ Analyze options and potential outcomes
✓ Communicate recommendations confidently
✓ Understand when to escalate complex issues
✓ Build stronger, proactive client relationships

The goal isn't to turn every tax preparer into a senior strategist overnight.

It's to build a structured development pathway from technical ex*****on to advisory judgment.

𝗦𝘁𝗼𝗽 𝗮𝘀𝘀𝘂𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗮𝗱𝘃𝗶𝘀𝗼𝗿𝘆 𝘁𝗮𝗹𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗵𝗮𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗼𝘂𝘁𝘀𝗶𝗱𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝗶𝗿𝗺.

Your next generation of advisors may already be sitting in your tax department.

They just need the opportunity and training to develop.

𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝘂𝗹𝗹 𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗹𝗲:

https://getskillability.com/how-to-turn-order-taking-tax-staff-into-high-ticket-advisory-engines-without-the-recruiting-tax/

11/03/2026

Your new accountant graduated with honors.

Passed accounting exams.

Completed onboarding.

Finished every required training course.

𝗕𝘂𝘁 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘆 𝗮𝗰𝘁𝘂𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗱𝘆 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗰𝗹𝗶𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸?

That is the question CPA firms need to start asking.

𝗔𝗰𝗮𝗱𝗲𝗺𝗶𝗰 𝗸𝗻𝗼𝘄𝗹𝗲𝗱𝗴𝗲 𝗶𝘀 𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗮𝗹. 𝗕𝘂𝘁 𝗶𝘁 𝗶𝘀𝗻'𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗮𝗺𝗲 𝗮𝘀 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗳𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀.

The AICPA's Profession Ready Initiative is examining what aspiring and early-career CPAs need to succeed in an increasingly AI-enabled profession.

The emerging research points beyond technical knowledge toward business understanding, critical thinking, communication, technology judgment, professionalism, and initiative.

And here's the challenge:

As AI automates more entry-level accounting tasks, firms risk eliminating the very experiences that traditionally helped junior accountants develop judgment.

𝗙𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗱𝘂𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗱𝗼𝗲𝘀 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗮𝘂𝘁𝗼𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗯𝗲𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗮𝗰𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗮𝗻𝘁𝘀.

Our new guide by Vincent Howard, CPA, explains how CPA firms can respond now rather than waiting for the AICPA's final framework.

It includes:
✓ Nine critical early-career capabilities
✓ The READY NOW development framework
✓ Practical competency assessments
✓ Scenario-based training exercises
✓ AI verification and professional judgment
✓ A 90-day implementation plan
✓ A 100-point readiness scorecard

The goal isn't simply to graduate more accountants or complete more training.

It's to develop professionals who can apply knowledge, recognize risk, communicate clearly, and earn greater responsibility.

𝗖𝗼𝘂𝗿𝘀𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗲𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 ≠ 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗸 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀.

Read the full guide:

https://getskillability.com/aicpa-profession-ready-initiative-cpa-firms/

11/02/2026

A staff accountant can record a journal entry correctly and still not understand the accounting behind it.

That's a bigger problem than most CPA firms realize.

Ask a new accountant to enter a vendor invoice.

They know which software screen to use.

They know which accounts to select.

They know how to post the transaction.

But ask them:

Where does that amount go next?

How does it affect the general ledger?

What happens at month-end?

How does it reach the financial statements?

What evidence proves the balance is correct?

Suddenly, the gaps become obvious.

**Knowing how to enter transactions is not the same as understanding accounting.**

And as AI and automation handle more transaction processing, that distinction becomes even more important.

Software can post an entry.

It cannot relieve the accountant of responsibility for understanding and validating the result.

Our latest guide, **Accounting Transaction Flow Training**, shows CPA firms how to develop that understanding.

The complete accounting flow:

Business Event → Source Document → Journal Entry → Subledger → General Ledger → Trial Balance → Adjustments → Financial Statements → Review

The guide covers:

✓ Understanding source documents and economic events

✓ Journal entries and debit/credit reasoning

✓ Subledger-to-GL reconciliation

✓ Trial balances and adjusting entries

✓ Financial statement mapping

✓ Identifying accounting errors and control failures

✓ Reviewing automated and AI-generated entries

✓ Tracing transactions forward and backward

It also includes the FLOW READY framework, practical training exercises, and a 100-point readiness scorecard.

**The real test isn't whether staff can post a transaction.**

It's whether they can follow that transaction from the original evidence to the financial statements and explain why the accounting is correct.

Stop training people to memorize software steps.

Start developing accountants who understand what happens behind the numbers.

**Read the full guide:**

https://getskillability.com/accounting-transaction-flow-training/

10/30/2026

Knowing Excel doesn't mean someone is ready to use it for client work.

A staff accountant can build a PivotTable, write an XLOOKUP, and create an impressive dashboard.

And still produce a workpaper that nobody should rely on.

Consider what happens when:

❌ An XLOOKUP silently leaves accounts unmapped.

❌ A PivotTable summarizes duplicated transactions.

❌ A SUMIFS formula excludes newly added rows.

❌ Someone hard-codes a number to make a reconciliation balance.

❌ A Power Query refresh changes the data without anyone noticing.

❌ The manager cannot follow the calculations or reproduce the results.

The spreadsheet looks professional.

**But is the accounting actually correct?**

That's the difference between Excel proficiency and accounting readiness.

CPA firms don't need staff who have memorized hundreds of formulas.

They need professionals who can turn messy client data into accurate, controlled, review-ready workpapers.

Our latest guide, **Excel Training for Accountants: The Skills CPA Firm Staff Actually Need for Client Work**, covers:

✓ Excel Tables and structured data

✓ SUMIFS, COUNTIFS, XLOOKUP, and essential formulas

✓ PivotTables and financial analysis

✓ Data cleaning and Power Query

✓ Reconciliations and control totals

✓ Exception testing and formula auditing

✓ Documentation and reviewer-ready workpapers

✓ AI-assisted Excel work with human verification

It also includes the EXCEL READY framework, 15 realistic accounting exercises, a 30/60/90-day development plan, and a 100-point readiness scorecard.

**Here's the real test:**

Give a staff accountant a messy client export.

Ask them to produce a reconciled workpaper that another accountant can understand, review, and update next month.

If they can do that independently, they're developing real capability.

If the manager has to rebuild the workbook, the training isn't finished.

**Stop measuring Excel skills by which formulas someone knows.**

Start measuring whether their work can be trusted.

Read the full guide:

https://getskillability.com/excel-training-accountants/

10/29/2026

Power Query can automate hours of accounting work.

It can also automate the same mistake every month.

That's the risk many CPA firms overlook.

A staff accountant learns how to import data, remove columns, combine spreadsheets, and click Refresh All.

Everything runs successfully.

But what happens when:

❌ A monthly file is missing?

❌ A merge duplicates hundreds of transactions?

❌ An account mapping leaves records unmatched?

❌ A date format changes the accounting period?

❌ An automated cleanup silently removes legitimate transactions?

❌ The output no longer reconciles to the original source?

The query worked.

**The accounting didn't.**

That's why Power Query training needs to go beyond learning software features.

Staff must understand how to build controlled, repeatable accounting workflows that preserve data integrity and produce review-ready results.

Our new guide, **Power Query for Accountants: Train Staff to Clean, Combine, and Validate Accounting Data**, breaks down the skills firms should develop:

✓ Import and clean messy client data

✓ Append monthly files and merge mapping tables

✓ Identify missing records and duplicate transactions

✓ Preserve source data and control totals

✓ Build visible exception reports

✓ Reconcile transformed results to original data

✓ Create repeatable, review-ready workflows

✓ Validate automated refreshes

The guide also includes the QUERY READY framework, practical training scenarios, a 30-day development plan, and a 100-point readiness scorecard.

**The goal isn't to create accountants who know which buttons to click.**

It's to develop professionals who understand the data, question the results, and can prove their work is accurate.

Automation creates speed.

Accounting judgment creates confidence.

Read the full guide:

https://getskillability.com/power-query-accountants/

10/28/2026

Most staff accountant onboarding checklists are too small.

They cover forms.

Logins.

Policies.

Introductions.

First-week orientation.

Those things matter.

But they do not answer the question that matters most to a CPA firm:

Can this new staff accountant become useful without constant manager rescue?

The first 90 days should not simply prove that onboarding happened.

They should prove that capability is being built.

In this video, Vincent Howard, CPA explains how CPA firms can structure the first 90 days around a clear progression from learning the firm’s standards to practicing real workflows to demonstrating early independence.

You’ll learn how to structure:

DAYS 1–30 — BUILD THE FOUNDATION

Teach firm standards, software workflows, documentation expectations, review-ready examples, and basic sample-file exercises before live client work becomes the classroom.

DAYS 31–60 — PRACTICE, REPEAT & APPLY

Use repeated workflows, planted-error scenarios, controlled assignments, manager feedback, and review-note tracking to build pattern recognition and confidence.

DAYS 61–90 — PROVE EARLY INDEPENDENCE

Measure whether staff can complete assignments with cleaner documentation, fewer repeated questions, better escalation judgment, stronger first-pass quality, and less manager rescue.

The goal is not to make a brand-new accountant completely independent in 90 days.

The goal is to see clear movement toward independence.

CPA firms should be able to answer:

Are review notes improving?

Are repeated mistakes declining?

Are questions getting better?

Are workpapers easier to review?

Can the employee complete basic workflows with fewer interruptions?

Does the employee know when to solve, when to ask, and when to escalate?

By day 90, your firm should have evidence.

Not just a feeling.

Read the full article:

https://getskillability.com/staff-accountant-onboarding-checklist/

Learn more about SkillAbility:

https://getskillability.com/

SkillAbility helps CPA and accounting firms replace inconsistent shadowing and manager rescue with a structured workforce development pathway from new hire to future partner.

Protect Knowledge. Develop People. Scale the Firm.

10/27/2026

🎤 **From New Hire to Future Partner: Developing the Next Generation of Accounting Professionals.**

Yesterday, Vincent Howard, CPA, took the stage at **Intuit Connect 2026** to share a message every accounting firm leader needs to hear:

**You cannot scale a firm if all its knowledge lives in the heads of its most experienced people.**

For too long, accounting firms have relied on shadowing, informal mentoring, and learning through trial and error to develop their teams.

But as AI transforms the profession, talent shortages continue, and experienced partners approach retirement, that approach is becoming increasingly difficult to sustain.

The solution isn't simply more training courses.

It's building a repeatable system that develops professionals from technical ex*****on to advisory judgment and eventually firm leadership.

That's the mission behind SkillAbility:

🔹 **BASE:** Build the technical foundation.

🔹 **MAPS:** Develop advisory skills and professional judgment.

🔹 **Summit:** Prepare tomorrow's leaders and future partners.

A huge thank-you to **Intuit Connect** for giving us the opportunity to share our vision for the future of accounting workforce development.

And thank you to everyone who attended Vincent's session and joined the conversation!

**The future of accounting won't be built by technology alone. It will be built by people who know how to use it.**

Protect Knowledge. Develop People. Scale the Firm.

🌐 https://getskillability.com

10/26/2026

🚨 THE SKILLABILITY ARMY HAS BEEN DEPLOYED! 🚨

Reporting for duty at Intuit Connect 2026! 🫡💙

Our troops are assembled, our hair is standing at attention, and we’re ready to take on one of the biggest challenges facing accounting firms today:

🎯 Losing institutional knowledge
🎯 Endless onboarding
🎯 Overworked managers
🎯 The struggle to develop future firm leaders

Don’t let the smiles fool you. This little army means business! 💪

Our mission? Protect Knowledge. Develop People. Scale the Firm.

If you’re at Intuit Connect, come say hello, meet the troops, and find out how SkillAbility is helping firms develop the next generation of accounting professionals.

⚠️ WARNING: You may leave with a new recruit. They’re cute, loyal, and never complain about tax season. 😂

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10/23/2026

Your CPA firm’s project dashboard says an engagement is 72% complete.

Three weeks until the deadline.

Everything looks fine.

Until someone asks:

**“What still has to happen before we can deliver?”**

Suddenly, the real picture emerges.

The client still owes critical information.

A specialist hasn’t resolved a technical issue.

The manager has five engagements waiting for review.

The partner hasn’t approved a key decision.

And the client added work outside the original scope.

**The project is 72% complete. But is it actually on track?**

That is the problem with managing accounting engagements through task lists and completion percentages alone.

A checklist tells you what has been done.

Project management tells you whether the remaining work can actually be completed, reviewed, approved, and delivered on time.

Our new Project Management Training for Accountants guide introduces the CONTROL framework:

C — Clarify client outcomes and scope

O — Organize deliverables and ownership

N — Name milestones, dependencies, and the critical path

T — Track status, capacity, risk, and economics

R — Review quality and decisions early

O — Obtain client inputs and control changes

L — Lead communication, escalation, and learning

The guide also includes practical templates, a 30-day training plan, realistic accounting scenarios, and a 100-point readiness scorecard.

Here is the bigger issue:

Many accountants are promoted because they are excellent preparers or reviewers.

Then they are expected to manage deadlines, people, budgets, and competing priorities without ever being trained to do it.

**Technical expertise does not automatically create project leadership.**

That capability must be developed.

Stop managing accounting projects by how many tasks are checked off.

Start managing the dependencies, decisions, and risks that determine whether the engagement succeeds.

**Read the full guide:**

https://getskillability.com/project-management-training-accountants/

10/22/2026

Your CPA firm can be profitable, growing, and busy.

And still be short of cash.

Why?

Because completing client work and collecting payment are two very different things.

Consider a CPA firm generating $3.65 million in annual revenue.

It has:

- $270,000 in unbilled work in progress
- $380,000 in unpaid client invoices

That represents **65 lockup days**.

In this illustrative example, $650,000 is tied up between performing the work and collecting the cash.

And here is where many firms get it wrong.

Leadership sees the outstanding receivables and says:

“We need to improve collections.”

But $270,000 of the problem hasn't even been invoiced.

You cannot collect an invoice that doesn't exist.

The real bottleneck may be:

• Work sitting in review queues
• Partners delaying billing approvals
• Unclear engagement scope
• Missing client information
• Poorly defined billing milestones
• Invoices going out weeks after delivery
• Weak payment terms
• Nobody owning overdue balances

**Lockup is not just a collections problem. It is an operating-system problem.**

Our new guide breaks down the entire work-to-cash cycle:

Work Performed → Unbilled WIP → Invoiced → Accounts Receivable → Cash Collected

It also introduces the UNLOCK framework for reducing WIP, improving billing discipline, protecting cash flow, and preventing collection problems before they begin.

The goal is not to make your team chase clients harder.

It is to build a firm where work becomes cash faster because the entire process is designed to support it.

**Reduce WIP. Bill on time. Collect faster.**

Read the full guide:

https://getskillability.com/lockup-days-accounting-firms/

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