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December 17, 2015 

Bloomberg BNA 2016 Tax Guide Now Available

The Federal Tax Guide offers coverage of a wide range of timely topics most important to tax practitioners as they prepare 2015 returns and plan for the year ahead with new content on health care reform, including individual and employer mandates ...

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December 17, 2015 

2015 Review of Bill4Time

The cloud-based Bill4Time system offers flexible web-based management of time and expenses, which can be tracked against hourly billing, flat fee billing, projects, or staff. The program also includes accounts receivables management and invoicing ...

Mary Girsch-Bock

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December 17, 2015 

2015 Review of TPS Time & Billing Software

TPS Software was designed for professional accountants and includes industry specific terminology throughout the product. TPS uses a Microsoft Access database, which is ideal for small to mid-sized firms, with larger firms opting for the Microsoft SQL d

Mary Girsch-Bock

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December 17, 2015 

AICPA Announces Scholarships for Non-Business Backgrounds

Five outstanding students have been named recipients of the 2015-2016 AICPA John L. Carey Scholarship Award. The one-year scholarship award, part of the AICPA’s Legacy Scholars Program, is bestowed upon students from liberal arts and other ...

 Accounting Firms Increase Reliance on Technology

December 17, 2015 

Accounting Firms Increase Reliance on Technology

Information-intense professional services firms in accounting, law and marketing are increasing their reliance on technology solutions to meet their business objectives, new research from CompTIA, the IT industry association, reveals.

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December 16, 2015 

2015 Review of Chrometa Time and Billing Software

Chrometa offers a passive timekeeping system, recording everything that is being worked on when the computer is active. Tracking can be completed on both computer and mobile devices, with Chrometa recording information such as application, file name ...

Mary Girsch-Bock

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December 16, 2015 

Ex-Baseball Star Strikes Out on Tax Appeal

The former All-Star ballplayer, who was named MVP of the American League in 1995, was appealing the decision against him by an Ohio district court. It isn’t known yet if Vaughn will pursue the matter any further.

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December 16, 2015 

2015 Review of BillQuick

BillQuick offers customization options to accounting firms, as well as architectural firms and engineering offices. The latest version of BillQuick offers several product enhancements including improved accounting capability, such as the availability of p

Mary Girsch-Bock

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December 15, 2015 

IRS Tries To Require SSNs for Charitable Donations, Congress Acts

New proposed regulations that would permit nonprofit organizations to request Social Security numbers for donations of $250 or more could be stopped dead in their tracks. A new bill introduced in Congress by Senator Pat Roberts (Rep.-KA) would stop ...

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December 15, 2015 

Nearly Half Of Americans Return Christmas Gifts

The survey also found that adults with higher annual household incomes (more than $100,000) were more likely to return their holiday gifts than those earning less than $75,000 (52 percent vs. 42 percent, respectively).