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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...…

April 22, 2014 

House Republicans merged two pension bills Monday in a late effort to salvage House Speaker Will Weatherford's long-sought effort to close the Florida Retirement System to new employees and move them into a 401(k)-style investment plan.

April 22, 2014 

As the space for practice management applications has changed over the last year, we have changed the applications which we cover as part of this review to reflect the desire of many mid-sized and large firms to implement staff scheduling tools.

Brian Tankersley

April 21, 2014 

The nominees for the 2014 CPA Practice Advisor Tax & Accounting Technology Innovation Awards have been chosen. As the pinnacle of recognition for technology vendors serving the tax and accounting profession, the awards recognize exceptional product development, breakthrough technologies, state of the art design and implementation, and cutting edge concepts that help accounting professionals and…

April 21, 2014 

The tax season may be over now, with most Americans having filed their returns before last week's April 15 deadline, but federal and state income taxes are just one part of the myriad of taxes that people pay.

April 21, 2014 

Now that tax season is over for almost all individual filers, except those who filed returns, it's a good time to look at how small businesses fared with their taxes.

Isaac M. O'Bannon

April 21, 2014 

Small business owners are pressed with constantly changing competition and are looking for ways to get ahead and stay there, and they expect their accountant to help them meet this challenge.

April 21, 2014 

Registration for the 2014 IRS Nationwide Tax Forums is now open for enrolled agents, certified public accountants, certified financial planners and other tax professionals. Those who sign up by the pre-registration date will save $130 per attendee off the on-site price.

April 21, 2014 

Enforcement letters going to more than 82,000 Ohioans this month mark the latest step in a crackdown on abuse of a federal program that provides free cellphone service to low-income individuals.