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June 17, 2011 

It is not often that I disagree with the esteemed Darren Root.  He is, after all, the Executive Editor here.  And in truth I can’t much disagree with the premise of his post, in that CCH had a banner year this tax season.  They were not alone.Most of the tax prep providers had a good...…

Dave McClure

June 14, 2011 

Annual AICPA convention draws professionals for topical education Nearly 1,000 CPAs from across the country have gathered at the Aria Casino and Convention Center in Las Vegas for the American Institute of Public Accountants’ annual Practitioners Symposium and Tech+ Conference. The main keynote speaker for the Monday opening session of the conference was inspirational speaker...…

June 9, 2011 

A CPA Trendlines article reported earlier this year that tax professionals were showing an increased concern for the 2010 tax season, as the result of ill-prepared clients, a scurry of tax code modifications, and the IRS’s general performance. As the door has closed on another busy season, one industry giant is claiming victory over the...…

Darren Root, CPA, CITP, CGMA

June 6, 2011 

When you go to accounting conferences, whether they are national or state conferences, or even meetings in your local area, how do you go about meeting the “right” people? Now I don’t mean “right” in terms of discriminating one person from another; what I really mean is meeting the kind of people who can offer...…

Scott Cytron

June 6, 2011 

CPA Practice Advisor Presents 8th Annual Awards in Los Angeles LOS ANGELES – June 6, 2011 – Accountants, tax professionals and their clients are increasingly turning to the cloud and SaaS-based technologies, and this year’s Tax & Accounting Technology Innovation Awards highlighted many new workflow tools, programs and devices that aid in professional and business...…

Isaac M. O'Bannon

June 6, 2011 

I think it’s fair to say that just about every accounting and tax practice in the country has given consideration to deploying a client portal in recent years. In fact, current estimates are that the number of firms that have a client portal in place is somewhere in the range of 20% to 40%.

John Higgins

June 6, 2011 

Imagine an accounting practice where you rarely met your clients, didn’t market to the local business community or belong to chambers of commerce … and don’t even have a sign on the office. You worked pretty much when you wanted to and tried to focus on anything but tax returns. This is probably nearly impossible...…

June 5, 2011 

Approved by the Illinois Department of Revenue Choice of e-file or Paper File Automatically calculates and validates the return QuickBooks Import option Option to import ST-2 from a text file Illinois Sales & Use Tax forms supported: ST-1, ST-2, PST-2, ST-1x, and ST-2x Business owners – it’s easy and fast, most users file in under...…

June 5, 2011 

June 1, 2011 

Column: Technology in Practice June 2011 Online Exclusive In most firms, the internal administrative department is among the last to adopt less paper technologies because the focus of most firms is on tax and audit production. Having said that, there are a lot of opportunities to update administrative processes to take advantage of today’s “less...…

Roman Kepczyk

May 26, 2011 

The term workflow as it relates to tax, accounting and other segments of information administration, is not new to business professionals. The use of technology tools to aid in the control of workflow is, however, on the rise and is helping many organizations of all sizes improve their back office operations. A basic definition of...…

Karl Egnatoff

May 25, 2011 

When it comes to work-life balance, family-friendly employers and general professional satisfaction, some companies are much better than others to work for. In a list of the top 25 corporations that have these attributes, Intuit ranked #24. Technology firms placed well on the list, including MITRE Consulting, SAS, Autodesk, Agilent and National Instruments. Other recognizable...…

Isaac M. O'Bannon