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November 18, 2019 

2019 Review of Avalara TrustFile

Avalara TrustFile Avalara www.trustfile.avalara.com From the 2019 reviews of sales tax compliance systems. Designed for ecommerce sellers, Avalara TrustFile helps automate the sales tax preparation process, and can be used in all 45 states that currently impose sales tax. TrustFile syncs with popular online selling platforms to reduce the amount of data entry needed in...…

Mary Girsch-Bock

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November 18, 2019 

2019 Review of CA and NY Sales Tax Preparer

CA Sales Tax Preparer NY Sales Tax Preparer CFS Tax Software Inc. www.taxtools.com From the 2019 reviews of sales tax compliance systems. CFS Tax Software Inc. offers sales tax software for accounting professionals that need to calculate, print, and file California and/or New York state sales and use tax returns for their clients. In fact,...…

Mary Girsch-Bock

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November 18, 2019 

2019 Review of Hosting Providers for Accounting Firms

As the industry moves more towards cloud-based solutions, there remains a core group of users who maintain loyalty to on-premise applications. While this loyalty is admirable, in this day of remote workers and the desire for anytime/anywhere access, adhering to an onsite application can be limiting. Which is why application hosting can be so important....…

Mary Girsch-Bock

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November 18, 2019 

2019 Review of Abacus Private Cloud

Abacus Private Cloud Abacus Next www.abacusnext.com From the 2019 reviews of hosting services for accounting firms. Abacus Private Cloud from AbacusNext (APC) is a good fit for accounting firms with 10 or more employees that are in the market for a private hosting solution that offers top level security. Once available only to legal firms,...…

Mary Girsch-Bock

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November 18, 2019 

2019 Review of Cetrom CPA Cloud

Cetrom CPA Cloud Cetrom Information Technology Inc. www.cetrom.net From the 2019 reviews of hosting services for accounting firms. Cetrom is a cloud hosting provider specializing in providing reliable and customizable IT hosting services to CPA firms. Cetrom was been named K2 Enterprises’ Top Hosting Provider for the 5th consecutive year (2015-2019). Cetrom has deployed multiple...…

Mary Girsch-Bock

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November 18, 2019 

2019 Review of Cloudvara

Cloudvara Cloudvara LLC www.Cloudvara.com 855-601-2821 From the 2019 reviews of hosting services for accounting firms. Cloudvara is a hosting application well suited for both accounting and legal firms, as well as other types of businesses looking for QuickBooks hosting. Though Cloudvara specializes in QuickBooks Hosting, it can also host a variety of other legal, accounting,...…

Mary Girsch-Bock

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November 18, 2019 

2019 Review of Right Networks Hosting

Right Networks Hosting Right Networks www.Rightnetworks.com From the 2019 reviews of hosting services for accounting firms. Right Networks cloud hosting offers application integration for accounting firms, accounting and tax professionals and small business owners. Although Right Networks specializes in QuickBooks Desktop cloud-hosting, more than 250 additional applications can be supported in the hosted environment. The...…

Mary Girsch-Bock

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November 17, 2019 

The Change We Can Control

“Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself.” ~ Leo Tolstoy In the accounting world these days, we are inundated with news about change, innovation, disruption, or whatever else you want to call it. Terminology aside, the bottom line is that our jobs our changing at an ever-increasing rate. We...…

Amy Vetter

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November 17, 2019 

Trump Tax Case Moves to Supreme Court

The New York prosecutors who sought the tax returns are expected to file a response within 10 days. Meanwhile, Trump’s lawyers are expected to move quickly to appeal the ruling involving House investigators. The justices may take some time to decide ...

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November 17, 2019 

IRS Updates Rules for Vehicle Mileage Rate Deductions

Revenue Procedure 2019-46 updates the rules for using the optional standard mileage rates in computing the deductible costs of operating an automobile for business, charitable, medical or moving expense purposes.