From the Tech Views blog . Perhaps your firm's management isn't concerned that much with hackers targeting their firm. After all, if a hacker has the expertise to do it, wouldn't they target much larger enterprises like banks? That's not necessarily the case, and the recent data breach at a local accounting firm in Connecticut should serve as a warning to firms who take the threat risk too...

From the Bleeding Edge blog : I’ve been doing a lot of work writing and consulting on the topics of document management and workflow, and had seriously written off the hardware side of those critical accounting functions. After all, what more could be said about buying printers and scanners. Mike O’Leary at Ambir Technologies changed my mind. Ambir makes scanners and software for...

By Alan Vitberg, Owner, VitbergLLC . Today, there are more opportunities than ever before for partners or subject matter experts to become online superstars. Even your firm’s reluctant rainmakers now have the chance of a lifetime to showcase their thought leadership, and in the process, to help the firm build new business. The fact is that when prospects search on line for solutions to...

" Productivity and sharing of wisdom will be sacrificed if we allow our staff to work from home. We need everyone in the office, working together physically." ~ A Managing Partner, Public Accounting Firm, California Say what? Productivity and sharing wisdom will be lost if we allow our team to work from home? I would place my bet that right now if you are a firm that has allowed their...

From the IRS Inside blog. Because of last-minute tax changes this year, 31 IRS forms needed for filing were delayed. Some taxpayers who had to wait for these delayed forms may file an extension. When filing extensions, taxpayers are required to estimate and pay 90% of their tax liability (Treas. Reg. 301.6651-1(c)(3) and (4)). However, some taxpayers may not have had the benefit of the forms...

From Darren's "My Perspective" blog. SmartVault is the first to offer integrated online document management for QuickBooks Online customers, which is now available in the Intuit AppCenter. The integration allows QuickBooks Online users to attach and view source documents (such as receipts, bills, and invoices) directly from within QuickBooks Online—supporting a completely digital and...

I know a lot of professionals who are frequently mobile, whether it's accountants like Jason Blumer, CPA, who prefer to sit in a coffee shop all day, those who are audit experts like Tim Gavin, CPA, and are more likely at a client's than their own office, or those like Joyce Washington, CPA, who work from everywhere with a laptop. One of their biggest productivity challenges comes from growing...