Accounting February 28, 2026
Voting Opens for 2026 Readers’ Choice Awards!
Voting in the 2026 Readers’ Choice Awards is now open. Readers can vote for the programs, hardware, services, and other technologies they use and trust.
January 20, 2014
MAG-FILER
MAG-FILER is your year-end solution to E-file your 1099s and W2s. Data can be entered or imported, printed to blank forms for your recipients, and e-filed according to the IRS or SSA specifications. A TCC #(Transmitter Control Code) is required for...
January 20, 2014
Does Your Firm Have a Data Breach Response Plan?
Accounting firms are repositories of personal information and have become targets for criminal hackers. They are like an auto accident waiting to happen.
January 20, 2014
One Accounting Firm’s Journey to a Hybrid Cloud
Our accounting firm, like many others is fully networked. All of our desktop PCs, printers and desktop scanners as well as two full size printers/scanners/copiers are connected. We have a dedicated fax line, a fax to email account, several automated email servers that are automated to send and receive emails from clients.
January 20, 2014
Five Tech Battles for Businesses to Watch in 2014
One of the more interesting aspects of blogging, as opposed to filing hard news stories each day, is that I have a little more time to watch battle lines being drawn. And if the lines being drawn now are any indication, 2014 should be a fun year to watch as companies and politicians enter the…
January 20, 2014
Tax Preparers Unprepared for Data Loss, ID Theft Incidents
I visited Arizona last summer, where the temperatures hit 119 degrees in the afternoon and didn’t much cool at night. They call it “dry heat.” I called it Apache Territory.
January 20, 2014
Does Mentoring Really Work for Accounting Firms?
As an avid reader and educator on talent development within our profession, I have long been an advocate of mentoring in order to develop future talent in our firms. The ideal is for firms to develop a program that pairs current leaders with future leaders to transfer knowledge and wisdom from one person to another.
January 19, 2014
IRS Releases Documents on How it Treats Tax Exempt Political Groups
Responding to a Freedom of Information Act request, the IRS has released a series of documents, including training materials used by agents relating to how it recognizes and treats exempt organizations like nonprofits.
January 18, 2014
The Income Tax Return Race Begins for Free Filers
The IRS recently said that the 2014 tax filing season for individual returns won’t kick off until January 31, a delay of ten days due to the government shutdown last October. But taxpayers using the IRS’ Free File program can still get a head start.
January 18, 2014
Founder and CEO of The Rainmaker Companies Steps Down
The Rainmaker Companies recently announced that founder and CEO Troy Waugh, CPA, MBA will transition leadership to newly appointed CEO Dan Brooks, CPA, President Angie Grissom. Scott Bradbary, Patrick Pruett and Adelaide Ness.
January 18, 2014
Three Florida Men Plead Guilty to $7 Million Tax Refund Fraud, ID Theft
Three more suspects pleaded guilty in federal court in Miami Friday for their roles in a $7 million scheme that used the identities of dead people to file fraudulent income tax refund claims, U.S. Attorney Wifredo A. Ferrer said.
January 17, 2014
CPE Link
CPE Link is a CPE provider committed to providing exceptional continuing professional education to accounting and finance professionals. Because we specialize in web-based training methods, we can offer the absolute easiest way for today's practitioners to meet all their mandatory CPE requirements and keep up with the latest industry changes.
January 17, 2014
Saving for Retirement: What You Should Be Doing Now
You’ve heard the mantra a thousand times: It’s never too early to start saving and planning for retirement. Whether you’ve heeded that advice closely or have let time slip by, it’s also not usually too late to have a positive effect on your retirement finances.