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September 21, 2016 

Is Your Firm Real-Time?

If you’re a CPA and you are serious about being the firm of the future, you should read Rob Nixon’s Remaining Relevant:The Future of the Accounting Profession. Rob is CEO of Panalitix, an Australian-based firm that uses cloud software to enable ...

 Three Tips On Retirement Income

September 21, 2016 

Three Tips On Retirement Income

Financial advisors might be able to get those Gallup numbers moving in a more optimistic direction if they didn’t focus so much on “income,” and paid more attention to “outcome,” Carter says.

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September 20, 2016 

Finalists Named for $100,000 Small Biz App Showdown

For the last several months, developers who entered the Small Biz App Showdown have been busy engaging their social networks to promote and gain attention for these new Apps.com apps. Intuit said it saw all kinds of tactics used, from daily emails to ...

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September 20, 2016 

IRS Announces Disaster Relief For Louisiana Flood Victims

Employees may exchange the value of their accrued vacation, sick or personal leave for employer payments to tax-exempt relief organizations. The value of the exchanged leave isn't included in employees' income, doesn't need to be reported on employees ...

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September 20, 2016 

QuickBooks Online Bundles is One More Reason to Move to the Cloud

Tracking sales and inventory just got a lot simpler with QuickBooks Online Bundles. Bundles are a collection of products and services with a designated quantity for each item that goes into the bundle. This feature might sound familiar to QuickBooks ...

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September 20, 2016 

New System Streamlines Working Papers for Nonprofits

The accounting technology company Validis has released a new system for managing working papers specific to nonprofit audits. The working papers are configured to reflect the additional granularity required for nonprofit clients and include the ...

retirement

September 19, 2016 

Small Businesses Focus More On Retirement Benefits

Small business owners are finding that the implementation of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) has decreased the appeal of health care benefits to employees and increased retirement plans' importance as a tool to recruit and retain employees.