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November 18, 2019 

CCH Sales Tax Office Wolters Kluwer www.cchgroup.com From the 2019 reviews of sales tax compliance systems. CCH Sales Tax Office from Wolters Kluwer is a stand-alone system well-suited for larger corporations that need to manage sales and use tax for business entities in a variety of locations. CCH Sales Tax Office is deployed as an...…

Mary Girsch-Bock

November 18, 2019 

TaxJar www.taxjar.com From the 2019 reviews of sales tax compliance systems. TaxJar is designed for businesses that sell products online; it integrates with a variety of popular ecommerce platforms. TaxJar also offers a Tax Advisor plan that is aimed at accounting professionals that offer sales and use tax management to their clients. Top-notch integration with...…

Mary Girsch-Bock

November 18, 2019 

Sales & Use Tax Rates Finder Bloomberg Tax State Tax https://pro.bloombergtax.com/state-tax-resources/ From the 2019 reviews of sales tax compliance systems. Bloomberg Tax’s Sales & Use Tax Rates Finder provides access to real-time tax rates online. The Sales & Use Tax Rates Finder is a feature of Bloomberg Tax’s State Tax offering, combining accurate, up-to-the-date state...…

Mary Girsch-Bock

November 18, 2019 

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

November 18, 2019 

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

November 18, 2019 

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

November 18, 2019 

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

November 18, 2019 

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

November 18, 2019 

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

November 18, 2019 

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

November 18, 2019 

Eligible employees of companies that offer a health flexible spending arrangement (FSA) need to act before their medical plan year begins to take advantage of an FSA during 2020. Self-employed individuals are not eligible.

November 17, 2019 

“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