10 Accounting Blogs You Should Follow
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As an accountant, there is so much more to your work than crunching numbers into a computer. You take actions to save money for your client; prepare for taxes; create financial strategies; work to boost your client’s revenue in their business. And all of this brushes only the tip of the iceberg.
Accounting is a continually changing and growing industry, and to succeed and grow as an accounting professional, you need to stay up-to-date on accounting trends, skills, knowledge, and events. Continuously developing and enhancing yourself as a professional is necessary for this industry.
While there are podcasts, infographics, and books you can refer to as resources, blogs are another excellent way of learning and refreshing your skills. The great thing about blogs is that you can consume and be exposed to so much more information and gain relevant insights in a relatively short amount of time. With a few simple clicks on your computer or taps on your smartphone, blogs are a popular choice of learning.
But the sheer number of blogs out there can be overwhelming. How can you narrow down such a substantial list of blogs?
To make this task less disheartening, we’ve compiled a list of 10 accounting blogs you should consider following to expand your knowledge in a constantly evolving accounting world. While we only list a few, these should help you find a topic or type of blog you’re interested in before you go off into the blogging world.
10 accounting blogs to follow
Accounting Today
Accounting Today is considered one of the best resources for current trends and breaking accounting news and information; it’s essentially one of the “Big Four” accounting firms in the accounting blogging world.
This blog releases content daily—from financial planning secrets to insights into emerging accounting technology—so you’ll always find something new to learn about, maybe even something unexpected. In general, Accounting Today is a blog that has something for every professional, and it’s a great informative platform for accounting news.
Future Firm
Future Firm is one of our favorite accounting blogs for its content and layout.
Content-wise, this blog covers serious and lighter topics. From creating your work-life balance to starting a bookkeeping business or why it’s important to celebrate wins, this blog discusses a great variety of topics, so the content will never feel repetitive or monotonous.
CPA Ryan Lazanis, the founder of Future Firm, writes the blog posts, and Ryan creates the blogs to read and appear like a magazine, so they are easy to follow and visually engaging.
While the blog is targeted at small to mid-sized firms, Future Firm is a fantastic choice in blogs to learn actionable content that highlights new accounting trends and technologies and how you can improve yourself and your practice in an appealing manner.
The Fraud Files Forensic Accounting Blog
While this blog might not have an outright focus on actionable accounting news and information, The Fraud Files Forensic Accounting Blog is one of our favorite accounting blogs for its creative balance between providing entertaining and informative content.
Tracey L. Coenon—a CPA in financial forensics in the United States—discusses popular cases of fraud, scamming, scandals, and court cases in the accounting world. Essentially, this blog provides you with a glimpse into the darker side of finance and accounting.
But what’s amazing about these “ghost stories” of accounting and finance is that Tracey embeds advice within the stories. So, you’re being entertained by fascinating horror stories or issues in accounting history while also taking valuable, actionable insight from the stories to use for your firm or practice.
AccountingWEB
AccountingWEB is similar to Accounting Today in its popularity as an accounting blog with actionable content.
But part of what makes it distinctive is its tagging system. The posts are easy to navigate per topic by AccountingWEB’s tagging system. You can search for posts based on tags like “Clients,” “Practice Excellence,” “IRS,” and others, so you’re guaranteed to find the specific topic you’re searching for.
Additionally, AccountingWEB’s blog posts are non-region or non-geographic specific, meaning that the information can apply to anyone, anywhere. For example, AccountingWEB recently posted about financial resources for LGBTQIA+ individuals and also posted about conversations your firm should be having, both of which can apply to firms and businesses anywhere.
All of this, combined with the blog’s sleek aesthetic, makes it a go-to choice for accounting blogs.
Angry Accountants
As an accountant, you’ve probably wanted to bang your head on your desk out of anger or frustration with some aspect of your work. While Angry Accountants is a place where you can vent your frustrations, as the name suggests, this blog serves to disseminate information and issues within accounting to the broader financial and accounting community.
The cool feature of this blog is that you get access to information about what firms are doing—both good and bad things—behind closed doors. Whether it's insider knowledge from a big accounting firm or a smaller firm, any accountant can use the discussion and information from this blog for the better.
Maybe you could improve your firm by either preventing an issue or addressing and fixing them. Or maybe someone brings up a complaint about an aspect of their job, and you can relate to it. Regardless, this blog is an interesting resource for accountants to share their experiences with others.
Uncat
How could this list of accounting blogs be complete without mentioning our Uncat blog?
Our Uncat blog is geared towards accountants and bookkeeping professionals seeking productive, practical content—whether about the accounting, bookkeeping, and financial industry or Uncat tips—focused on optimizing and benefiting their firms and businesses.
Our blog provides numerous great resources for you to use, such as our client onboarding checklist for accountants and bookkeepers or a list of accounting podcasts to listen to, and shares useful accounting and bookkeeping information in a fun, entertaining way to lighten the heavy workload of accountants and bookkeepers.
The Lighter Side of Accountancy and Tax
The Lighter Side of Accountancy and Tax is similar to Angry Accountants in that it's a more lighthearted, personal blog about accounting.
While this blog might not be full of complaints or vents about the accounting industry, you will find memes, jokes, poems, stories, videos, quotes, and other forms of media related to accountants and the accounting industry for you to relate to or have a laugh at.
It’s important to be able to see the positives (and negatives) of everything, especially the industry you work for and the job you have, and this blog is one of the best places to see this in a safe, comfortable environment for accountants.
Ace Cloud Hosting
While this blog’s posts cover a plethora of topics—from how-tos, new research, or best practices—Ace Cloud Hosting’s blog primarily highlights accounting and cloud technology to help your firm and business.
If you’re seeking a blog specifically for accounting technology and rising cloud-based technology, make sure to take a look at this blog. Whether it's tips on moving QuickBooks to the cloud, a new piece of cloud software, or how cloud accounting impacts the accounting industry, Ace Cloud Hosting has you covered.
Accounting Coach
Have you been searching for an all-encompassing resource for accounting fundamentals and information? Then look no further than the Accounting Coach blog.
This blog acts as an online textbook, providing educational material for aspiring accountants or refresher material for CPAs. The unique feature of this textbook-like blog is its Q&A structure by topic, so you can easily navigate through the blog to find the answers you need with over 1,000 entries.
Journal of Accountancy
For the accountant who prefers to read high-quality, professional writing, the Journal of Accountancy is a must-read blog.
As the leading publication of AICPA, this journal covers most areas of accounting (financial planning and ethics, reporting, taxation, and auditing). It’s also structured like a periodical, so this blog uploaded high-quality posts and articles full of useful and targeted information.
With feature columns from industry experts and leaders, the Journal of Accountancy is the ultimate resource for accountants needing professional and regulatory updates and breaking news because the periodicals are peer-reviewed, ensuring that the news, information, and research presented are accurate and meet a high standard of quality.
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