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April 22, 2014 

2014 Innovation Award Nominee: Intuit Tax Online Intuit Inc. Intuit Tax Online lets you work from anywhere — and save time everywhere. It is a 100 percent cloud based product that lets tax professionals prepare and file 1040 and business forms up to 25 percent faster. This time-savings results from an innovative, easy-to-use, entry and...…

April 22, 2014 

2014 Innovation Award Nominee: Checkpoint Learning Mobile CPE Courses Thomson Reuters Tax and accounting business and technology leaders are still finding unarticulated uses for today’s exemplary innovative solutions. Combining the need for continuing education with technology that supports mobile interactive learning is just such an application; a relevant solution—learning on the go.  With a growing...…

April 22, 2014 

2014 Innovation Award Nominee: Exact Online Software Exact Online Accountants are constantly looking for new ways to provide more value to their clients, grow their business and increase revenue streams. Software from business software provider Exact Online helps its accounting partners to do just that. In short, the software enables accountants to differentiate themselves and...…

April 22, 2014 

2014 Innovation Award Nominee: SurePayroll for Accountants SurePayroll A nip and a tuck – a technology make-over makes SurePayroll for Accountants a CPA favorite!  Changing the face of online payroll for accountants in 2012 through an innovative technology tweak proved a catalyst for explosive growth and a new world of opportunity for literally tens of...…

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...…