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April 22, 2014 

2014 Innovation Award Nominee: Acumatica for BPO Acumatica Acumatica for BPO enables accounting firms to serve many individual clients using a single deployment of Acumatica cloud ERP—taking advantage of Acumatica’s multi-tenancy to benefit from lower deployment costs while still retaining administrative control over individual clients. With powerful capabilities available anywhere, anytime, on any web-enabled device,...…

April 22, 2014 

2014 Innovation Award Nominee: TrustFile Avalara Avalara pioneered a web-based compliance platform for sales tax automation nearly a decade ago and now provides a complete set of transactional tax compliance services for businesses of all sizes. With the release of its newest product Avalara TrustFile, it is looking to add a new level of sales...…

April 22, 2014 

2014 Innovation Award Nominee: Acumatica Acumatica Acumatica is the only secure, cloud- and browser-based Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) solution that adapts to the needs of SMBs, allowing them to enjoy all the benefits of the cloud without the drawbacks. The flexible licensing and deployment options Acumatica offers gives customers true choice in the marketplace. Additionally,...…

April 22, 2014 

2014 Innovation Award Nominee: SmartVault for Intuit Lacerte and ProSeries Tax SmartVault and Intuit Professional Tax Group Intuit Professional Tax teamed with SmartVault to provide tax customers a cloud document management service and secure client portal that they can access right from Lacerte or ProSeries.  This solution provides accountants the opportunity to store files online...…

April 22, 2014 

2014 Innovation Award Nominee: CCH eSign CCH, part of Wolters Kluwer Since 1990, taxpayers have e-filed more than one billion Form 1040 series tax returns. Many accountants and taxpayers who initially resisted e-filing now embrace its efficiency.  However the e-filing process was not completely paperless – taxpayers were still required to physically sign Form 8879....…

April 22, 2014 

2014 Innovation Award Nominee: CCH Mobile CCH, part of Wolters Kluwer Ask any tax professional and they’ll tell you two things that challenge them day in and day out…they have to be right all of the time and they never seem to have enough time in their day.  They’ll also tell you that how they...…

April 22, 2014 

2014 Innovation Award Nominee: Bill.com App Center Bill.com Launched in September 2013, the Bill.com App Center is uniquely innovative for its data discrepancy resolution. The release of the App Center is evidence of Bill.com’s perpetual commitment to the profession and helping practitioners, resulting in improved efficiency, productivity and profitability. Bill.com App Center is the one...…

April 22, 2014 

2014 Innovation Award Nominee: Epson WorkForce DS-510 Color Document Scanner Epson The Epson WorkForce DS-510 color document scanner is the ultimate digital imaging solution ideal for tax and accounting professionals, offering advanced features such as scan-to-cloud capabilities with an intuitive one-touch button, fast scan speeds and innovative, advanced color and image adjustment capabilities. Moreover the...…

April 22, 2014 

2014 Innovation Award Nominee: PPC’s SMART Practice Aids – Audit Essential Thomson Reuters SMART Audit Essential brings an entirely new level of efficiency to audit engagements without sacrificing quality.  It is a new, innovative and simplified version of the widely used SMART Practice Aids suite of products.  In an environment where firms are facing more...…

April 22, 2014 

2014 Innovation Award Nominee: Checkpoint Pocket Assistant (Mobile App for iPhones) Thomson Reuters Checkpoint Pocket Assistant — Perform routine tasks from anywhere with this new free iPhone app! Checkpoint Pocket Assistant includes the 2013 Tax Rate Guide (with Federal income, gift and estate tax rates) plus the COLA Profit-Sharing Plans. Now selected as a finalist...…

April 22, 2014 

2014 Innovation Award Nominee: Checkpoint Credits and Incentives Pinpointer Thomson Reuters As the U.S. economy continues to recover from the Great Recession, governments are incentivizing investment and job creation to stimulate economic growth, resulting in approximately $60 billion in available federal, state and local credits and incentives. Claiming these credits can be difficult and evidence...…

April 22, 2014 

2014 Innovation Award Nominee: GoFileRoom Workflow Manager Thomson Reuters A completely new workflow management system for the GoFileRoom platform, GoFileRoom Workflow Manager brings new possibilities and new efficiencies to document and workflow management for tax and accounting firms. It enables firms to create sophisticated workflow arrangements that reduce turnaround times and allow administrative employees to...…