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February 15, 2012
SmartVault Adds Plug-In for Outlook
Feature lets users stay in Outlook while securely sharing and managing files.
February 14, 2012
2012 Review of Sage Timberline Office
Sage Timberline Office 800-628-6583 www.sagetimberlineoffice.com Best Fit: Sage Timberline Office is best-suited for mid-sized to large contractors and real estate management businesses looking for a scalable solution for residential, commercial, industrial, government and specialty construction enterprises, including heavy construction as well as real estate developers. Strengths: Totally customizable user interface Broad user-defined data fields for...…
February 10, 2012
Are You Ready for the iPad3?
Yesterday, Apple announced they will hold an event in early March 2012 to launch and debut the iPad 3. As with the initial version and the iPad 2, the products likely won’t be available until April or shortly thereafter. I am not an Apple person, but I had an original version of the iPad, and...…
February 8, 2012
Five Reasons Cloud-Based Backup is Better
Five Reasons Cloud-Based Backup is Better than Local.
January 26, 2012
Nomination Period Opens for Innovation Awards
Awards honor advances in technologies that aid tax and accounting professionals.
January 24, 2012
5 Tips to Optimize Your Internet Use
From the Nov. 2010 Issue. Over the past several months, I’ve been addressing issues involving “information overload” and how to more strategically use the communication tools and other technologies that seem to be increasingly controlling us and our time. From email to smartphones, general Internet usage, social media and instant communications like chat and text,...…
January 24, 2012
Ten Tax Benefits for Parents to Remember
How much is that little bundle of joy worth? Junior or your Princess may be priceless to you, but when it comes to taxes, there can be several very tangible monetary benefits.
January 12, 2012
Thomson Reuters Acquires Largest Canadian-Owned Tax Compliance Vendor
Acquisition shows an emerging global perspective on professional tax compliance, and makes Thomson Reuters one of the top three pro-tax providers in Canada, behind CCH, a Wolters Kluwer business, and Intuit.
January 10, 2012
Two Easy Options for Accepting Credit Cards
One of our readers emailed me today asking how they could easily (and I assume inexpensively) start accepting credit cards from their clients. This is also a good thing to know for when your small business clients want to accept credit/debit cards from their customers. The good news is, there are several options that are...…
January 10, 2012
Two Easy Options for Accepting Credit Cards
One of our readers emailed me today asking how they could easily (and I assume inexpensively) start accepting credit cards from their clients. This is also a good thing to know for when your small business clients want to accept credit/debit cards from their customers. The good news is, there are several options that are...…
January 10, 2012
Franchisee Trends for 2012
Here’s an idea for a franchise-based business I came up with, initially as a bit of a joke, but then I thought it had some real potential: Retirement community call centers. Not to be confused with nursing homes, retirement communities are often filled with younger and more active seniors, many of whom have uprooted from...…
January 7, 2012
Eide Bailly to Merge with Wipfli
Combined, the firms will rank in top 15 firms in U.S with more than 41 offices, 2,300 staff, 70,000 clients and annual revenues over $314 million.
Contributors
Amy Vetter
CPA, CITP, CGMA
Becky Livingston
Accounting & AI Marketing Consultant
Brian Tankersley
CPA, CITP, CGMA
Garrett Wagner
CPA, CITP, CEO and Founder of C3 Evolution Group
Jim Boomer
CPA, CITP, CEO
Ken Berry, JD
CPA Practice Advisor Tax Correspondent
Kristy Short, Ed.D.
Accounting Content Specialist
Mary Girsch-Bock
Contributing Writer
Randy Johnston
MCS, MCP
Roman Kepczyk
CPA, CITP, CGMA
