Melody Steelman

Discover essential security practices that will help protect your financial information and make 2024 your most secure year yet.

Create a smooth and efficient tax season with our year-end checklist for accountants. Get your firm ready with actionable steps for success.

Power up your accounting firm with tax technology that drives results. Learn which essential apps you need for a successful 2025 tax season.

Discover essential tax season security tips to defend against cyberthreats and scams, and ensure a safe tax season for your firm and clients.

Contributing to causes you care about not only supports your community, but can also offer significant tax benefits. Here's what you need to know.

Discover why software patches are crucial for firms, ensuring cybersecurity and compliance while protecting sensitive financial data.

Smart business owners know that preparing for tax season shouldn’t wait until January. Check out our end-of-year checklist to get organized!

Discover top cybersecurity predictions for 2025 and learn strategies to safeguard your accounting firm from emerging cyberthreats.

Protect your firm from cyberbreaches with email security best practices. Learn to go beyond spam filters and secure sensitive data.

Think about these facts identified in the AICPA 2023 Trends Report (btw, none of these should surprise you): Declining enrollment. Accounting program enrollment has been declining, with a notable decrease in the number of students pursuing accounting…

Asset management and the concepts of capitalizing and depreciating assets are crucial for every business owner to understand. Here’s what you should know.

Did you know that one out of every seven employees experiences trauma symptoms months after a cyberattack? This includes trouble sleeping, back pain and anxiety…just to name a few. This shocking statistic from Northwave underscores the critical…

Discover how you can optimize your accounting firm’s business model and achieve sustainable growth through recurring revenue strategies.

At Rightworks, we’re committed to keeping you informed and providing the best solutions for your business needs. Recently, our partner, Intuit, announced significant pricing adjustments for QuickBooks products. This includes QuickBooks Pro and…

Have you ever had trouble finding someone qualified to fill a position at your small business? Struggled with attracting and retaining good employees? Invested time, effort and money to get a new hire trained only to see them leave a few months…

Want to know something that could give your accounting firm a serious edge? It might surprise you, but creating a learning culture in your accounting firm could be the game-changer you’ve been looking for. Let’s talk about this for a few minutes.…

Building a modern firm…it’s not a new idea. In fact, here at Rightworks Academy, we’ve been talking about The Modern Firm® for at least a decade. And while it’s not a new concept, there are probably a lot of different ideas of what a modern firm…

Before we start talking about podcasts for accountants, I want to make a confession: I’m a true crime podcast junkie. I admit it. And I’m also OK with that. So, what does this have to do with podcasts for accountants? Well, not much really. It’s a…

Every year brings changes, and 2024 has been no different. For the tax and accounting profession, we continue to see the impact of advancements in technology, from cloud computing and cybersecurity solutions to tools for AI, automation, workflow and…