Daniel Hood

New York

Editor-in-Chief at Accounting Today

Host at Accounting Today Podcast

Daniel Hood is editor-in-chief of @AccountingToday

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Articles

Baker Tilly and Moss Adams: M&A to get better, not bigger

5 days ago | accountingtoday.com | Daniel Hood

While there's certainly no question that the merger of Top 25 Firms Baker Tilly and Moss Adams will create one of the biggest accounting firms in the country, the role of M&A for the combined organization isn't about size at all. "M&A is important going forward in how it makes us better, not how it makes us bigger," Moss Adams chairman and CEO Eric Miles told Accounting Today, Miles will become CEO of the combined firm on Jan. 1, 2026.
Passion, vision and hard work: Inside Jeff Weiner and Marcum's success

5 days ago | accountingtoday.com | Daniel Hood

The longtime leader of Top 10 Firm Marcum, Jeff Weiner, shares the secrets behind his remarkable career, and the equally remarkable firm he ran. Transcription: Transcripts are generated using a combination of speech recognition software and human transcribers, and may contain errors. Please check the corresponding audio for the authoritative record. Dan Hood (00:02):Welcome to On the Air with Accounting Today; I'm editor-in-chief Dan Hood.
Accounting in an era of disruption

1 week ago | accountingtoday.com | Daniel Hood

AICPA chair Lexy Kessler looks ahead at the challenges and opportunities —often one and the same — that are facing the profession, and what accountants need to do to be ready for them. Transcription: Transcripts are generated using a combination of speech recognition software and human transcribers, and may contain errors. Please check the corresponding audio for the authoritative record. Dan Hood (00:03):Welcome to On the Air with Accounting Today I'm editor-in-chief Dan Hood.
The AICPA's Mark Koziel: More upside than downside for accountants

2 weeks ago | accountingtoday.com | Daniel Hood

Even as accountants worry about a host of pressing issues, there are strong reasons to be optimistic about the future of the profession, according to Mark Koziel the president and CEO of the American Institute of CPAs."We've had issues coming at us for decades, and in each and every instance we've tended to thrive," he added.
The state of the 'Big Beautiful Bill' and more

2 weeks ago | accountingtoday.com | Daniel Hood

As the Senate takes up the Trump administration's tax bill, Neil Fishman, the president of the National Conference of CPA Practitioners, dives into the details of the House bill and some of the possibilities in the Senate, as well as other issues from Washington that accountants should be keeping in mind. Transcription: Transcripts are generated using a combination of speech recognition software and human transcribers, and may contain errors.
M&A Watch: PE fuels deals for CRI, UHY, Prosperity

3 weeks ago | accountingtoday.com | Daniel Hood

Three private equity-backed firms have made deals: Carr, Riggs & Ingram has expanded into East Texas by merging in Axley & Rode; UHY is continuing its expansion in St. Louis by adding Sabino & Co.; and Prosperity Partners moved into Vermont by adding Danaher, Attig & Plante. Meanwhile, Top 100 Firm Sensiba has acquired Australia-based cybersecurity audit and risk assurance firm AssuranceLab.
The 2025 Wealth Magnets: Mastering the puzzle

3 weeks ago | accountingtoday.com | Daniel Hood

Few puzzles are more complex that running a wealth management practice, which combines all the usual challenges of an accounting firm — from staff shortages and succession issues to the introduction of disruptive technologies like artificial intelligence — with volatile markets, skittish clients whose expectations change at the drop of a hat, an uncertain regulatory environment and an ever-fluctuating economy, and a constant flow of new and confusing investment options.
The 2025 Wealth Magnets

3 weeks ago | accountingtoday.com | Daniel Hood

Every year, Accounting Today ranks the top CPA firms by assets under management, highlighting the key players in this major service niches for accountantsFor our 19th annual ranking, we received submissions from more than 200 firms. Such a large number of firms means, among other things, wide diversity in practice structure and in the information submitted. To start, in most cases — but not all — firm names are those of the financial planning subsidiary, not the affiliated CPA firm.
Want to grow your accounting firm? Change your mindset

3 weeks ago | accountingtoday.com | Daniel Hood

To move beyond being a scrappy small firm, you have to change the way you think about a host of things, suggests Brannon Poe of Poe Group Advisors. Transcription: Transcripts are generated using a combination of speech recognition software and human transcribers, and may contain errors. Please check the corresponding audio for the authoritative record. Dan Hood (00:03):Welcome to On the Air With Accounting. Today I'm editor-in-chief Dan Hood.
A great time to cheat (but please don't)

1 month ago | accountingtoday.com | Daniel Hood

I didn't want to say this before tax season ended, but my guess is this has to be the best time in all the history of the income tax and the Internal Revenue Service to cheat on your taxes. (Not that anyone should cheat, of course.