June 13, 2009

The Power of the Portal

Congrats go to Thomson Reuters for the significant milestone it hit in the most recent tax season: UltraTax CS™ customers preparing 2008 returns created more than 100,000 portals to serve their clients. This is important to our profession for several reasons. First, it demonstrates how the accounting profession is using technology not only to speed... Read more »

Darren Root, CPA, CITP, CGMA

Congrats go to Thomson Reuters for the significant milestone it hit in the most recent tax season: UltraTax CS™ customers preparing 2008 returns created more than 100,000 portals to serve their clients.

This is important to our profession for several reasons.

First, it demonstrates how the accounting profession is using technology not only to speed processing, but to save its clients time and resources they would have spent by physically bringing files to our offices in person. Second, using portals helps position us as thought-leaders by using technology to get the job done.

However, portals are just one piece of technology in an entire cadre of tools.

When I meet our colleagues at conferences and speak to groups, I’m amazed how many are still behind the curve. Although most everyone is using some kind of accounting software program to process returns, financial statements and more, firms are not using technology to its full potential.

Now is the time to learn to explore your options. Check with your software provider for guidance. Chances are you can improve your integration for even more efficiency.

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Darren Root, CPA, CITP, CGMA

Darren Root, CPA, CITP, CGMA

Growth Strategist

Darren Root, CPA, CITP, CGMA, is Growth Strategist for Rightworks, where he delivers value to accounting firms every day via current, relevant thought leadership. Having managed his own CPA firm for more than 30 years, Darren’s vast accounting experience is rivaled only by his passion for helping firm owners modernize and transform their practices into thriving, sustainable enterprises. Darren’s real-world experience and innovative ideas incite both clarity and excitement among our customers as they work to build their own modern, highly profitable and technologically savvy firms. Over the years, Darren has earned numerous awards as an influencer and continues to add to the profession’s broad knowledge base via books and podcasts: Top 100 Most Influential People award Top 25 Thought Leader award Author of The Intentional Accountant Co-author of The E-Myth Accountant