Accounting can be an exciting business. Finding the latest tax write-offs, telling your clients how much money you saved them, and teaching friends and family how to best handle their money all make your accounting degree worthwhile. But, no accountant is an island, and networking with and learning from peers and experienced accounting professionals will help you stay on top of your game. Here are the Top Ten Accounting Blogs worth subscribing to.

  1. Number Insights is a blog about taxes, written by a CPA in Omaha who has an excellent grasp of how politics affect taxes, and has a few things to say on the finer points of filling out Iowa tax forms. He also has good general advice for anyone interested in making the most of their IRS forms, like record keeping.
  2. Understanding Accounting is like Cliff’s Notes for accountants. The page is full of “mercifully brief” paragraphs of wisdom on accounting and money.
  3. Accounting for What’s Next looks at the political and economic climate and analyzes the likely affects on the incoming tax season for all states. The blog covers news, financial commentary, small business issues, and tax announcements among others.
  4. AccMan is the “creative accounting” blog of an IT accountant with over 30 years of experience. Now he advises software developers on how to increase customer satisfaction and shape strategy, but the blog is mainly a place of interesting accounting-related well-written articles. This is one of the most fun accounting blogs on the web, enough to even hold a non-accountant’s attention.
  5. CPA Marketing Blog does exactly what the title says – helps accountants market themselves and their businesses to gain more clients. Don’t be put off by the too-wide PR grin on the man in the picture, the information on his blog is actually quite good.
  6. TaxProf is a blog by a tax law professor at the University of Cincinnati who writes about the latest news, court rulings, amendments and tax laws. The posts are frequent enough to keep you on top of the most recent stories.
  7. Exam Cram is written for students preparing for their CPA Exams by students who are studying for theirs. There are helpful exam tips, first-hand accounts of CPA testing, insights and humor. If you want to know how other people are preparing for the CPA exam, then this blog is a gold mine. You are not alone!
  8. Tax Tips Blog by CPA Gina Gwodz has many tips for individuals and small businesses on getting the most money back from the government. She also posts general tax articles and answers to tax questions.
  9. Roth & Company, P.C. Tax Updates Blog is run by an accounting firm kind enough to post the latest tax updates available, along with interesting articles.
  10. Accounting Coach was developed by Harold Averkamp, a CPA and university lecturer, and has much of what any budding accountant might need to know about US accounting practices. Terminology is explained, there is a Q&A section, discussion of challenges in business accounting, and thousands of pages of information.The field of accounting grows and changes with every tax season and every fiscal year. Stay current and keep connected online so you and your clients can see what’s coming and take advantage of it.