Firm Management November 4, 2026
How Small CPA Firms Can Create Polished Marketing on a Budget
For small accounting firms, marketing often becomes the thing that gets squeezed between client work and deadlines.
December 15, 2016
The Lure of Technology
There was also the luxury of moving at a leisurely pace. I was studying computer science, learning programming languages, solving problems too complex for paper and pencil and (non-handheld) calculators, but I had days and even weeks to solve a ...
December 15, 2016
The Human Element of Change
Process improvement requires a change of routines and habits that have been formed over time. While it is important to appeal to logic, feelings and emotions ultimately influence the decision to comply or resist. However, we often overlook or ...
December 14, 2016
Businesses More likely to Pay Ransomware than Consumers
70 percent of businesses infected with ransomware have paid ransom to regain access to business data and systems, according to a new study from IBM Security. In comparison, over 50 percent of consumers surveyed said they would not pay to regain access...
December 14, 2016
2016 Review of Tax Research Systems
While most tax systems have the capability to handle standard returns for clients, the way people earn and invest their money has changed dramatically in recent years. While there are numerous clients who receive a standard W-2 at the end of the year ...
December 14, 2016
FASB Issues Changes to Accounting Guidance
The amendments in the ASU apply to all reporting organizations—including public companies, private companies, and not-for-profit organizations—within the scope of the affected accounting guidance. For that reason, reporting organizations should review...
December 14, 2016
2016 Review of TheTaxBook – WebLibrary Plus
TheTaxBook offers a variety of tools designed to streamline research activities for tax accountants. Their top seller is the WebLibrary Plus, which offers access to the research system from anywhere. WebLibrary is an abbreviated versus of the same ...
December 14, 2016
2016 Review of Thomson Reuters Checkpoint Research Platform
Checkpoint Research Platform is an online research system from Thomson Reuters. Checkpoint provides easy access to recent tax laws and primary source materials for federal, state, and international tax, as well as access to tax planning, corporate ...
December 14, 2016
2016 Review of CCH IntelliConnect Tax Research
IntelliConnect, from CCH/Wolters Kluwer offers a web-based research application accessible through common web browsers as well as mobile devices. This year’s release offers a series of product enhancements which include an updated user interface for ...
December 14, 2016
2016 Review of BNA Tax & Accounting Center and Financial Resource Center
Bloomberg BNA offers users a variety of information, including accounting policy and practice, compensation planning portfolios, estates, gifts, and trusts portfolios, along with sales and use tax library, and an international tax library.
December 14, 2016
The 5 Best State Sales Tax Websites
The sad truth is that for the majority of state sales tax sites, it isn’t easy to get the essential information that you need. Many of them are riddled with outdated design, perplexing navigation and unclear wording that can turn finding simple ...
December 14, 2016
Florida Case Could Change U.S. Online Sales Tax Laws
Courts to date have disagreed on this matter. An administrative law judgment initially upheld the department’s audit findings in March 2013. The Fourth District Court of Appeals then found the state to have “impermissibly burdened interstate commerce ...
December 14, 2016
10 Tax Tips to Close Out 2016
Now that we're in the closing weeks of 2016, it's time to finalize year-end tax saving strategies. Accounting firm Grant Thornton LLP has released a collection of Year-End Tax Guides for 2016 to help individual taxpayers and small business owners prepare.