10 Questions Every Partner Should Ask Their IT Team

Column: Technology In Practice

From the July 2011 Issue

The majority of tax and accounting firm partners spent the last few months focused on tax, audit and accounting production, but with the busy season behind us, there is an opportunity to take a look at how processes can be improved during the slower summer months. Partners should use this time to meet with IT and production personnel to ascertain what opportunities lie before the firm and can be implemented before the October filings. Here are 10 questions partners should pose to their IT personnel along with some notes on the direction some firms are going in these areas.