Practice Management

8am™ CPACharge

August 19, 2025 

8am™ CPACharge

Online payments designed for CPA firms.Easily accept credit, debit, and ACH payments. Finally, there's a professional online payment solution made just for CPAs, giving you an affordable way to accept credit, debit, and ACH payments in your office or...

Featured Articles

caseware_10307207

September 5, 2014 

CaseWare International Inc — CaseWare Working Papers 2011

800-267-1317 www.caseware.com   2011 Overall Rating 4   Best Firm Fit: Firms that are looking to gain significant efficiencies in their financial reporting (no matter the size of the firm). Strengths User interface & intuitive workflow Strong financial reporting module SmartSync’s fast “real-time” collaboration Potential Limitations: No web hosted version currently available Summary & Pricing...…

Marty McCutchen

graphic_10290535

September 5, 2014 

The Insecurities of Email

Email has been around a long time and has evolved into a mission-critical resource to deliver documents and communicate with clients. It’s the default for most businesses — convenient, easy and mature — and has all but replaced time-consuming faxing and manual delivery of documents. However, while email has been a trusted delivery tool for...…

Eric Pulaski

darren_10286864

September 5, 2014 

How to Become a Firm of the Future

Join Executive Editor Darren Root as he shows you how to create success  In just a few short weeks, CPA Practice Advisor Executive Editor, Darren Root, CPA.CITP, will be presenting a full-day workshop in our nation’s capital entitled, “Tomorrow is Today: The Accounting Firm of 2011,” — an in-depth and interactive discussion around value-based pricing...…

Melody Steelman

randyjohnston2010_10285126

September 5, 2014 

Improve Your Practice With SaaS

There are ample articles trying to convince you of the value of Cloud Computing. There are three primary application approaches for the cloud: 1) Backup, which we have reviewed in prior columns covering products like NetRescue, Gillware and eFolder, 2) Hosting, including companies like CPAASP InsynQ, Awensa, Cloud 9 and Real Time Data Services, Thomson...…

Randy Johnston

short0811_10284878

September 5, 2014 

Staying on the Good Side of Growth

Here’s the reality. Most accounting professionals, when it comes to marketing, are highly reactive. They’ve developed some good content, have a few pieces of collateral on hand, and are sending out communications here and there. The reactive environment can be deceptive because things consistently appear to be moving along. And if things are moving, that’s...…

Kristy Short, Ed.D.

imaginetimeheader_10284809

September 5, 2014 

ImagineTime, Inc. — ImagineTime Office Manager

877-520-1525 www.ImagineTime.com   ImagineTime consists of four integrated modules: time and billing, due date monitoring, contact management and document management. The document management module is an extension of the core practice management and due date monitoring module, and as such, that is where the primary value of the document management component is based — in...…

John Higgins

01cpapa0811_10307985

September 5, 2014 

Going, Going, Gone … Mobile

Freed Maxick & Battaglia (FMB) didn’t become a Top 100 firm by avoiding change. In fact, the firm can best be described as the most rapid of rapid adopters — just all in good time. This is not meant to confuse anyone, but is testament to FMB’s stance on staying ahead of change by first…

Kristy Short, Ed.D.

johnhiggins_notie_10281539

September 5, 2014 

10 Products to Investigate for Document Storage

One of the challenges in writing these reviews is to explain the delineation between document management and document storage solutions. I don’t think it is worth dwelling on this too much because the distinction will become apparent as you dig deeper into the different solutions in both categories. At the end of the day, it…

John Higgins

aw_10285210

September 5, 2014 

AccountantsWorld — CyberCabinet

888-999-1366 www.accountantsworld.com    2011 Overall Rating 4.5   Best Firm Fit: CyberCabinet is best suited for sole practitioners and small firms who provide accounting, payroll and tax services. If your practice can use the Accountants Relief and Payroll Relief applications, you can have a solid online platform for running your practice without the hassle of...…

John Higgins