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 Eight Tips to Help You Write for the Web

March 7, 2011 

Eight Tips to Help You Write for the Web

Writing for the Web is WAY different than writing a newsletter article, speech, e-mail and just about everything else – except for a blog, which is also based on brevity. I think most of us get carried away when it comes to writing for our web pages and other online forums. I recently ran across...…

Scott Cytron

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March 1, 2011 

CheckMate Document Tracking With Barcodes

Designed to answer two questions: Who took what item? and Where is that Item?        » Identifies files that are overdue and the users that have them.        » Reports locations of files, whether in circulation, storage or archives.        » Keeps a complete history of all transactions, when and where a file has been...…

 A ScanSnap Surprise

March 1, 2011 

A ScanSnap Surprise

Over the past year or so, Fujitsu has been very active in its communications with tax and accounting professionals, attending conferences and tradeshows and reaching out to better understand the market, which has helped it better serve professionals, too. (Our own Scott Cytron recently wrote about the ScanSnap at www.cpata.com/go/2731.) I was surprised the other...…

Isaac M. O'Bannon

 Paycor Payroll Wins 2011 People’s Choice Stevie Award for Favorite Customer Service

March 1, 2011 

Paycor Payroll Wins 2011 People’s Choice Stevie Award for Favorite Customer Service

CINCINNATI, Ohio – March 1, 2011 – Cincinnati-based Paycor Payroll Services has won the People’s Choice Stevie Award for Favorite Customer Service in the Financial Services category in the fifth annual Stevie Awards for Sales & Customer Service. This award was determined by Paycor clients, CPAs and the general public through popular vote. “Receiving a...…

 Thomson Enhancements Focus on a Paperless Tax Workflow

February 28, 2011 

Thomson Enhancements Focus on a Paperless Tax Workflow

With new upgrades and system enhancements within the UltraTax CS and NetClient portal products, Thomson Reuters continues to forge a path down the paperless trail. In recent months we’ve seen many changes, and they all point to creating a true paperless tax process. Consider what Thomson is doing to make this happen: ·         Collapsed multiple...…

Darren Root, CPA, CITP, CGMA

 What ScanSnap & Fujitsu are doing for Accountants

February 28, 2011 

What ScanSnap & Fujitsu are doing for Accountants

Over the past year Fujitsu ScanSnap has teamed up with SpeedTax, a provider of SaaS, fully-automated sales tax management solutions, in a strategic alliance aimed at educating and informing CPAs and accounting professionals about paperless, document management, cloud and SaaS solutions. Last June, Jim Bourke of WithumSmith+Brown authored a white paper titled “3 Key Tech...…

 CCH Appoints Christian Wolfe as Vice President of Business Intelligence & Strategy

February 28, 2011 

CCH Appoints Christian Wolfe as Vice President of Business Intelligence & Strategy

(RIVERWOODS, ILL., February 28, 2011) – CCH, a Wolters Kluwer business and a leading global provider of tax, accounting and audit information, software and services (CCHGroup.com), announced today that Christian Wolfe has been appointed Vice President of Business Intelligence & Strategy, effective February 28, 2011. As an agile, innovative and customer-focused company, CCH places special...…

 The Boutique Practice

February 26, 2011 

The Boutique Practice

8392 characters In a time when it seems as though many small and mid-sized accounting practices are being bought out or conglomerating into large national firms, the light of business independence still burns bright for some professionals. Glenn Aldridge, a CPA in Lawrenceville, Georgia, is one such entrepreneurial hero. Undeterred by the rough economy, actually...…