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January 11, 2012
CCH Small Firm Services — Trial Balance
www.atxinc.com ; 877-728-9776 www.taxwise.com; 800-755-9473 CCH Small Firm Services (SFS) produces a Trial Balance solution designed to integrate with their two flagship brands, ATX and TaxWise. The product acts and works in identical ways and integrates interchangeably with the respective tax and accounting suite offerings. Titled simply “Trial Balance” SFS developed the product with...…
January 10, 2012
Two Easy Options for Accepting Credit Cards
One of our readers emailed me today asking how they could easily (and I assume inexpensively) start accepting credit cards from their clients. This is also a good thing to know for when your small business clients want to accept credit/debit cards from their customers. The good news is, there are several options that are...…
January 10, 2012
Two Easy Options for Accepting Credit Cards
One of our readers emailed me today asking how they could easily (and I assume inexpensively) start accepting credit cards from their clients. This is also a good thing to know for when your small business clients want to accept credit/debit cards from their customers. The good news is, there are several options that are...…
January 10, 2012
The 10-Step Tech Checklist
don’t want to grinch on your holiday spirit, but the sad fact is that Tax Season kicks up in less than three weeks. And chances are very good that you are not prepared. So as you are bouncing around trying to figure out what to do with yourself this week (assuming you are not on...…
January 10, 2012
“Please Change Your Password…”
There are few messages from the IT department that I dislike more than the monthly reminder to change my network password. Frankly, I would rather slam my hand in a car door ten or twelve times. It’s not that I don’t understand network security, or don’t want to keep my data secure. It’s just that...…
January 10, 2012
Franchisee Trends for 2012
Here’s an idea for a franchise-based business I came up with, initially as a bit of a joke, but then I thought it had some real potential: Retirement community call centers. Not to be confused with nursing homes, retirement communities are often filled with younger and more active seniors, many of whom have uprooted from...…
January 10, 2012
A Note For The Holidays
You have to take a break. Even those of us who labor each day, reviewing software, hardware and industry news to help keep you informed, must at some point pay homage to the impending holidays. Regardless of your religious belief, it will be a time of reflection, of gathering with family and friends, and of...…
January 10, 2012
Ghost In The Machine
We’ve already chronicled on these pages how the proliferation of printers is a bad idea for accounting firms from both the standpoints of effective management and cost. To these we can now add a third problem — the ability of hackers to use printers to successfully invade your network. It is especially a problem for...…
January 10, 2012
Thomson Reuters – Engagement CS
800-968-8900 cs.thomsonreuters.com/engagement 5.0 overall BEST FIT Small to medium sized accounting firms with a focus on audit engagements, especially those currently relying on PPC Practice Aids for guidance. STRENGTHS Strong integration with PPC Practice Aids and other Thomson Reuters products Ability to manage engagement without network connectivity Available as a fully hosted solution POTENTIAL...…
January 10, 2012
CCH, a Wolters Kluwer business – ProSystem fx Trial Balance
800-PFX-9998 www.cchgroup.com ProSystem fx Trial Balance is the stand-alone trial balance offering within the ProSystem fx product lineup. ProSystem fx Trial Balance is geared toward smaller accounting firms and sole-practitioners with a focus on tax return compliance and small bookkeeping and audit engagements. With strong import capabilities and reporting options as well as tight integration...…
January 9, 2012
CCH, a Wolters Kluwer business – ProSystem fx Engagement
800-PFX-9998 www.cchgroup.com 4.75 overall BEST FIT Any accounting firm that is currently in or converting to a paperless workflow environment STRENGTHS Strong integration with ProSystem fx product lineup Intuitive interface based on Microsoft Windows and Office functionality High level of security from both user and data standpoints POTENTIAL LIMITATIONS Limited integration with PPC...…
January 7, 2012
AccuFund Adds New Web-Based Employee Portal Features
Non-profit accounting suite will include module for employees to enter time and manage time sheet histories.