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November 22, 2011 

CCH a Wolters Kluwer business — ProSystem fx Scan

800-739-9998 CCHGroup.com   2012 Overall Rating 4.75 Best Firm Fit Firms using other ProSystem fx applications to prepare individual income tax returns, as well as firms that want the OCR and organizing processes to run on premise with a fast turnaround time. Strengths With the right hardware and recommended scanning procedures, the OCR processing should...…

Dustin Wheeler

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November 22, 2011 

Building a Practice for the Future

Tax and accounting professionals who start their own firms from scratch face benefits and significant challenges. On the pro side, they have the opportunity to build the firm as they wish, from internal practices to staffing and management styles. Of course, there can be significant startup costs, and the firm starts with a client roster…

Isaac M. O'Bannon

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October 17, 2011 

Giving Back to the Community

The Watkins team brings anti-bullying program, Operation Nice, to local schools. This month’s Great Practice profile is unlike any other. Our spotlighted firm was selected based not on innovation in technology, branding or website (though they certainly exhibit all this in spades), but rather for the firm’s commendable effort to give back to the community.

Kristy Short, Ed.D.

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October 10, 2011 

A New Perspective on Client Service:

How optimism and remote technologies paved the way to one firm's success. The accounting profession has often been stereotyped as curmudgeonly, grumpy, stodgy, and fiscally dour, and, well … there were probably good reasons for those descriptions at one time.

Isaac M. O'Bannon

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October 7, 2011 

New Skills Required for Taking Your Firm Digital

It never ceases to amaze me how quickly things change in my office. And as you know, it requires a steady vigilance to stay in front of change. I spend a great deal of time evaluating the efficiency of my staff and the consistency of strategies implemented across my firm. Both of these areas must...…

Darren Root, CPA, CITP, CGMA

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October 6, 2011 

The ABCs of Capturing Best Practices

We’ve all seen the statistics that point to the incredible brain drain that will occur in the accounting profession over the next decade, and most firms have experienced the loss of a key person that left the firm, taking with them key knowledge or experience that the firm wishes they would have captured. Without a...…

Roman Kepczyk

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October 6, 2011 

How Creative Service Begets Proper Pricing

Last month, we dove into Daniel Pink’s book, “A Whole New Mind: Why Right-Brainers Will Rule the Future.” We learned how six new senses he identified in his book are changing how the Western world does their work. As a refresher, these six new senses are Design, Story, Symphony, Empathy, Play and Meaning. Employing our...…

Jason Blumer

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October 6, 2011 

Accountant Programs That Can Help You Plan

Now that extensions are behind us, and we are helping clients with tax planning, some of you are beginning to look ahead to the coming year and your own personal and business plans. Although a single article won’t necessarily help you build an entire business plan, a few ideas that are incorporated and well executed…

Randy Johnston