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October 30, 2013 

Overview TPS Time and Billing is an application used to manage accounting firms across the US and Canada. The application has been rewritten with modern development tools in the last few years, and can be run on either the Microsoft Access database (which should be adequate for small firms) or the Microsoft SQL database platform...…

October 30, 2013 

The IRS designed its Correspondence Imaging System (CIS) to automate the scanning of taxpayer correspondence. The Image Control Team units in IRS submission processing sites scanned more than 8.1 million pieces of paper correspondence into the CIS during Fiscal Year 2012.

Isaac M. O'Bannon

October 30, 2013 

Intuit President and CEO Brad Smith shares with Executive Editor Darren Root, CPA, an overview of the company's strategy and new product releases at the Intuit VIP Summit.

October 30, 2013 

Thomson Reuters Checkpoint has released an updated special report, Tax Changes in Health Care Reform Legislation, which is designed to help tax practitioners understand the tax provisions of health care reform that take effect now through 2018.

October 30, 2013 

Looking at the net profit margins of financial statements from September 2012 to September 2013, accounting firms were the second most profitable industry in the Sageworks database.

October 30, 2013 

Clients value your services, not your invoice. But effective billing is critical for the cash needed to pay yourself and everyone else. So if you're like me with my newspapers, you want your firm’s billing to be accurate and disciplined, yet easy and efficient.

October 30, 2013 

On day two of CCH's annual user conference, attendees continued participating in the "Hit the Wall," survey- a way for accounting firms to answer a different question each day of the event, with attendees sticking decals to a large wall.

October 30, 2013 

2013 Overview of W-2/1099 Preparation Software

Taija Sparkman

October 29, 2013 

From cloud computing and mobile to the next generation of leader/employee, change is all around us. How firms manage this change is a major determinant of future success.

Jim Boomer

October 29, 2013 

Instead of a form, app or website, the conference organizers created a way for accounting firms to answer a different question each day of the event, with attendees sticking decals to a large wall. On day one, the question was, "What group of staff are you looking to expand within your firm?"

Isaac M. O'Bannon

October 29, 2013 

A server authentication issue was the cause of a few headaches last Friday, as some users of Thomson Reuters' Virtual Office CS and SaaS for CS Professional Suite had difficulty logging into their cloud-based accounting solutions.

October 29, 2013 

San Francisco city supervisor Scott Wiener plans this week to introduce a ballot measure that would set a tax on sugary beverages. The proceeds would fund health, nutrition and activity programs for city youth.