Accounting Blog List

This list tracks the growth of PRACTICE blogs defined as:

blogs written by qualified/certified/chartered public accountants, operating or working within public accounting firms of any size, demonstrating expertise to targeted client/prospect audiences.

As of Apr 28, 2008 we are aware of only 39 accounting firm PRACTICE blogs.

If you're a Certifed Public or Chartered Accounting firm (anywhere in the world!) with an active blog, please email me about adding it. I'll add them as I find them and delete if they become inactive for too long.

:: NEW means new to this list

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INDUSTRY (VERTICAL) NICHE BLOGS (6)

CHRISTIAN MINISTRIES / CHURCHES

CONSTRUCTION / CONTRACTING

HEALTHCARE

LENDERS

TRANSPORTATION

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OTHER MARKET SEGMENT BLOGS (NON-INDUSTRY SPECIFIC) (3)

PUBLIC COMPANIES

SMALL-MEDIUM ENTERPRISES

  • SME Plus blog by Mercer & Hole in the UK

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SERVICE NICHE BLOGS (17)

BANKRUPTCY/INSOLVENCY

BUSINESS VALUATION

FRAUD/FORENSIC ACCOUNTING

TAX

TECHNOLOGY

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GENERAL PRACTICE BLOGS (13)

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ACCOUNTING FIRM PODCASTS

Some accounting firms use Podcasting (not in our count because these are not blogs):

  • Bonadio Group Viewpoints provides recorded info (& pdfs) for various sectors and demographic groups
  • Deloitte interesting podcasts that cover 8 subjects across 8 sectors

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CPA or CA "NON" PRACTICE BLOGS

These blogs aren't in our count because they don't meet our definition of "practice blogs":

FIRM NEWS BLOGS

RECRUITING BLOGS (targeting laterals and/or students)

  • People Plus blog by Mercer & Hole in the UK written for dual audience: tips for job seekers and situational advice for other HR professionals
  • PKM Off the Ledger day-in-the-life stuff
  • PwC People - day in the life stuff, cudos for their transparency!
  • Success Blog by Barnes Dennig HR Director, Bill Bagley
  • Women's Initiative Blog (aka WIN) by Deloitte shows day-in-the life, too. It began as an internal blog and became "public" in early 2007

FOR FELLOW PRACTITIONERS (peer to peer audiences)

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BY PROFESSORS OR STUDENTS

BY FACULTY

  • Accounting Coach by University of Wisconsin-Whitewater instructor Harold Averkamp, MBA, CPA with hundreds of pages of free information for students about US accounting concepts
  • McClelland by a Purdue Accounting Prof. (last post Nov 06)
  • Tick Marks by Dan Meyer, accounting faculty (seems about half for cpas, half for public)

STUDENT

  • Exam Cram is a student blog sponsored by NJ Society of CPAs

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STATE/NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY and ASSOCIATION BLOGS (non-profit only)

MARYLAND - by Tom Hood, CPA and Bill Sheridon

NEW YORK

TEXAS

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Accountants, many "competitors" (lawyers and non-CPAs) are blogging on your topics!
There are scores of them. (I am not adding to this list at this time.) Here is a sampling so you can see with whom you might be competing...

SOME EXCELLENT TAX LAW BLOGS

A comprehensive list of law blogs, by specialty, is found at the 3LEphiphany site.

OTHER NON-CPAs/CAs WHO ARE BLOGGING (AND QUITE WELL, TOO!)

  • 1-800-HART blog by Hartley Singer of Winnipeg, Canada
  • Don't Mess With Taxes by Kay Bell, a journalist with "one of the Internet's 10 best tax sites."
  • Mercer on Value Steve Mercer, CFA and ASA, is CEO of Mercer Capital writing on valuation, investment banking and financial advisory services
  • Tax Mama's Tax Quips by Eva Rosenberg, MBA, EA
  • Taxable Talk by Russ Fox, EA, pres of Clayton Financial and Tax
  • Our Taxing Times by Trish MacIntyre, EA, on the US tax system and the business of doing taxes

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*due to the continually changing nature of the Web, this list may not complete or accurate (though we shall do our best to keep it current)

We reserve the right to decide if the accounting blogs our readers suggest match our criteria for being listed above.