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April 29, 2013 

TaxSlayer Pro Premium(888) 420-1040www.TaxSlayerPro.com From the May 2013 review of Professional Tax Preparation systems. Best Firm Fit Firms who focus on preparing individual income tax returns with a limited number of business returns Professionals who need a solution with a low price for unlimited users and support for bank products and in-application invoicing Strengths Supports...…

April 29, 2013 

Intuit ProSeries Professional(800) 934-1040www.proseries.com From the May 2013 review of Professional Tax Preparation systems. Best Firm Fit Small to mid-sized firms who need a tool to prepare a high volume of individual returns as well as some business returns Firms who need integrated solutions for Scan and Organize, tax research, fixed assets, data download from...…

April 29, 2013 

Intuit Tax Online(866) 676-9674Accountants.intuit.com/tax/online From the May 2013 review of Professional Tax Preparation systems. Best Firm Fit Startup firms who are either short on cash or unsure how many returns they expect to prepare. Firms who need built-in online collaboration or work with part-time preparers in remote locations. Strengths ITO has no “per user” charges...…

April 29, 2013 

AgileTax by Thomson Reuters(855) 244-5382www.AgileTax.com From the May 2013 review of Professional Tax Preparation systems. Best Firm Fit Startup firms who need to pay over time or are unsure how many returns they expect to prepare. Firms who need built-in online collaboration or work with part-time preparers or preparers in remote locations. Strengths No installation...…

April 29, 2013 

Drake Software(800) 890-9500www.DrakeSoftware.com From the May 2013 review of Professional Tax Preparation systems. Best Firm Fit: Firms who prepare primarily 1040’s (including multiple locations) who need to also prepare returns for other kinds of entities. Users who want a value-oriented application with a comprehensive suite of solutions for a single price. The company’s most popular...…

Technology April 29, 2013 

From the May 2013 issue. Accountants who have ever lost a computer, smartphone, or tablet know how frustrating it is to try to locate it, especially if the item was lost during business travel. There are a number of tracking applications which, if installed and activated, will let you locate where your device last connected...…

Brian Tankersley

Accounting April 29, 2013 

I’ve been immersed in our profession every since I was a kid. I practically grew up in my father’s public accounting firm in Bloomington, Indiana. On Saturday mornings, I would drive with Dad to his office. Being the 1960s, business was done much differently than it is today. Core ‘workflow’ tools consisted of pencils, paper,…

Darren Root, CPA, CITP, CGMA

April 29, 2013 

KPMG, the accounting giant, recently took the pulse of the market and learned that hearts apparently aren’t skipping a beat for cloud migration. The overriding emotion in The Cloud Takes Shape, the new KPMG survey, is ambivalence.

April 28, 2013 

Bipartisan Majority Overwhelmingly Supports a Level Playing Field for Main St. Retailers

Isaac M. O'Bannon

April 28, 2013 

Albuquerque real-estate developer Vincent J. Garcia, prominent for his projects and money-driven civil disputes, was sentenced Friday to spend 27 months in federal prison for bank fraud and to pay more than $700,000 in restitution.

April 28, 2013 

Small Back Bay businesses affected by the Boston Marathon bombings now have access to low-interest federal disaster loans to help cover their losses.

April 26, 2013 

A roundup of professionals in the tax and accounting profession that have changed jobs and/or been promoted.

Taija Sparkman