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November 11, 2015
2015 Review of SmartVault
Ideal for QuickBooks users, SmartVault offers accounting firms and other businesses both a fully-functional portal, as well as online document storage capability. A free plug-in allows QuickBooks users to attach documents and notes to QuickBooks ...
November 11, 2015
2015 Review of Thomson Reuters -NetClient CS Portals
NetClient CS Portals, from Thomson Reuters, is a good fit for accounting firms using other applications from Thomson Reuters CS Suite, and is designed to offer clients easy access to invoices, payroll, and tax information.
November 11, 2015
2015 Review of Citrix ShareFile
Citrix FileShare is designed to work with businesses of all kinds, including accounting firms. The product offers AES 256-bit encryption, and offers multiple data storage locations across the globe. Files can be easily uploaded and shared using the ...
November 11, 2015
Tenenz Enhances Email Marketing Tools for Accounting Firms
This practice tool is engineered to help practitioners maintain and grow their practices through the delivery of content that clients expect and appreciate from their accountant, tax and/or bookkeeping professional. The Marketing Resource Center ...
November 11, 2015
AICPA Scores Victory Over IRS Regulatory Program
As part of the ongoing battle between the AICPA and the IRS over the right to impose continuing education (CE) and other requirements on tax return preparers, an appellate court in our nation’s capital has overturned the district court’s decision ...
November 10, 2015
Hosting Options Offer Many Benefits for Accounting Firms – 2015 Review of Hosting Providers
A terrific idea for businesses for a lot of reasons, application hosting allowed users to have online access to desktop versions of their software from any location – a win-win in the business world, where more and more employees are working from ...
November 10, 2015
Start Planning for the Year Ahead
The end of the year is a busy season for payroll practitioners, but it’s a good time to start planning your year ahead.
November 9, 2015
It’s National Security Month, But Payroll Security Is An Everyday Effort
As you prepare to safeguard your clients’ information against potential cyber threats, it’s important to consider where your payroll information is being stored. Is it on a laptop, the Cloud, hosted on a server? Each comes with its own set of risks ...
November 9, 2015
U.S. Business Optimism Nears Record Highs
Optimism for the nation’s economic outlook among U.S. business leaders rose 20 percentage points in third quarter 2015 to a net balance of 74 percent, marking only the second time since 2004 it had eclipsed net 70 percent, according to data from ...
November 8, 2015
If SaaS Won’t Do It, What About Cloud Hosting?
Software as a Service (SaaS) is making great progress. However, if you can’t solve your business needs with all SaaS tools, and you want to live in the cloud, how do you do that? We’ve discussed in prior columns the advantages of private cloud and ...
November 6, 2015
70% of Companies Not Maximizing Use of Free Trade Agreements
Survey respondents said the biggest challenges facing their companies’ trade-related activities are manual processes and disparate systems and managing complex and changing regulatory requirements.
November 6, 2015
3 Tactics to Reduce Tax Season Stress
Tired of 80-hour work weeks? Frustrated that your staff doesn’t want to be held accountable? Stressed about stressing next tax season? As part 1 of a series on “Building your Tax Season,” I wanted to share with you a couple of steps you can take today ...