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Technology March 13, 2015
Understanding Your Firm’s Brand
Of all the assets your business owns, your brand is one of the most valuable and the most elusive. Without a strong brand identity, your firm is like a wallflower at the prom, sitting in the margins without a story or a voice to tell it.
March 13, 2015
2015 Review of CCH iFirm – Small Firm Manager
iFirm is actually a cloud-based practice management system for small firms. So it goes well beyond the typical scope of CRM. iFirm is a project / engagement centric application that can be used to manage a client engagement from beginning to end. iFirm fi
March 13, 2015
Promising Accounting Technology from CES
Many consultants to the profession attend the annual Consumer Electronic Show (CES) to look for the latest gadget and gizmo for themselves and their clients. The 2015 version of the show did not have sufficient reporting on useful business tools for ...
March 13, 2015
How to Respond to IRS Tax Notices
Tax notices may be sent for many reasons and are almost inevitable. Perhaps there was an error in filing, or your client was missing some documents. Maybe there was an issue on the IRS’ side. Whatever the case, it should be handled quickly and with care.
March 13, 2015
Intuit Prepares Accountants for ACA Provisions
It’s the height of tax season and the Affordable Care Act is on everyone’s mind as they try to figure out what that means for their taxes. For many Intuit customers and their clients, there’s help.
March 13, 2015
Find a Little Extra Time for Your Clients, Even in the Middle of the Tax Season
It’s the middle of income tax season and the last thing on most practitioners’ minds is how to engage even more with even more clients. Not that you don’t want to. But with the usual chaos surrounding this the busy season, plus the added stress of new laws, courtesy of the Affordable Care Act, time...…
March 12, 2015
Manfacturers Facing Severe Labor Shortage
The research shows that 84 percent of manufacturing executives agree there is a talent shortage in US manufacturing, and this gap will be exacerbated by more than 2.7 million professionals exiting the manufacturing workforce through retirement over ...
March 12, 2015
New ABLE Accounts Offer Tax-Free Savings for Disabled Americans
An ABLE account will work pretty much like a Section 529 plan account for higher education expenses. In fact, the accounts are authorized by Section 529A of the tax code. After you establish the account and contribute to it, any earnings inside ...
March 12, 2015
Ohio CPA Society Offers New Micro-CPE Courses; CPAs Can Earn 10 Minutes of CPE at a Time
The Ohio Society of CPAs has launched a series of micro learning courses for certified public accountants that provide timely knowledge packaged in 10-minute modules. Called Quick Byte, these courses are the first micro learning resources developed ...
March 11, 2015
Study Shows Top Concerns for CFOs
What keeps CFOs awake at night? In addition to keeping a close eye on key performance indicators such as capital expenditures and taxes, many cite less-expected concerns such as infectious diseases, severe weather and global political unrest, all of which
March 10, 2015
IRS Looking for Volunteers for Taxpayer Advocacy Panel
The Internal Revenue Service says it is seeking civic-minded volunteers to serve on the Taxpayer Advocacy Panel (TAP), a federal advisory committee that listens to taxpayers, identifies major taxpayer concerns and makes recommendations for improving IRS s
March 10, 2015
Thomson Reuters ONESOURCE Indirect Tax Now Integrates with Microsoft Dynamics GP
Thomson Reuters has announced the integration of the Microsoft Dynamics GP business solution with the ONESOURCE™ Indirect Tax solution.