Connecticut Society of Certified Public Accountants (CTCPA)

06/16/2026

Yes, it's about what can do. But its bigger power may be in helping accountants find what they don't need to do! https://ow.ly/JETV50ZaB1u

Instead, Ganti sees a more practical prize. AI and automation can show firms where time is being lost, strip out repeat admin and expose the client

06/16/2026

"The moved almost 1,200 workers to Taxpayer Services 'to address critical staffing shortages and potential 2026 filing season backlogs' after more than 11,000 employees left the division as various buyouts were offered, a watchdog report said."

More than 11,000 workers left Taxpayer Services, prompting the IRS to assign 1,173 higher-paid employees to lower-grade positions, the report from the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration said.

06/15/2026

"Formatting, tie-outs, version control, and review comments quietly eat 15 to 20% of engagement time, which adds up to 33 hours of preparer and reviewer work on a typical engagement. At $300 an hour, that's close to $10,000 per engagement spent on work that should be billable thinking." Read more in this free ebook in the

Drafting financial statements in Word and Excel doesn't just cost you hours. It costs you audit quality, and margin you'll never get back. This ebook breaks down what the manual workflow is really costing your firm, and what your peers are saving once they stop fighting the formatting.

06/12/2026

Where are you exploring tomorrow for ? https://hartfordbusiness.com/article/more-than-200-ct-attractions-to-open-doors-for-annual-open-house-day-on-saturday/

06/11/2026

Comments are due by August 10 for the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB)'s new proposed Accounting Standards Update (ASU) intended to improve accounting guidance for certain market-return cash balance plans. https://ow.ly/YrlQ50ZayLL

06/11/2026

These awesome leaders represent our state on AICPA Council - and at the June 17 , they're reporting what they learned at the recent meeting. Grab your seat at https://ow.ly/yUei50Z9VyB to learn from Katherine Patnaude of PKF O'Connor Davies, Mo Malloy of CohnReznick, Mary Manfredi of General Dynamics Electric Boat, and Amber Moore of Goldblatt Bokoff LLC.

06/10/2026

Fantastic news for the profession - we're on the right path with our pipeline efforts! 👏Accounting enrollments are up and CPA Exam candidates and passes are up.

Accounting undergraduate enrollment in U.S. colleges and universities showed strong growth in spring 2026 and continued to eclipse the performance of business-related fields of study in aggregate.

06/10/2026

A recent survey found that adoption among tax firms has nearly doubled in the last year.

Blue J and CPA.com Survey Finds AI Adoption Among Tax Firms Has Nearly Doubled in One Year Blue J and CPA.com Survey Finds AI Adoption Among Tax Firms Has Nearly Doubled in One Year Press Release Date 06-08-2026 Survey of 1,000 accountants finds 60% of firms now use AI-powered tax research, up from....

06/10/2026

"A key takeaway from Rise2040 is that disruption alone isn’t the greatest threat, resistance to change is." What's your guess on what the profession will look like in 2040?

The Association of International Certified Professional Accountants (AICPA and CIMA) today launched Rise2040: Shaping the Future of Finance and Accounting, a global, profession-led initiative designed not simply to anticipate the future of the profession but to actively shape it.

06/09/2026

The four tracks that make up MEGA are packed with timely topics and the experts you need to know from AICPA, Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB), Crowe, Grant Thornton LLP, CBIZ, Inc., The Alliance: The Voice of Community Nonprofits, and so much more. Save your seat - in person or online! - for the inaugural MEGA Conference June 23: www.ctcpas.org/mega