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July 5, 2011
Client Service Should be a CPA Firm’s Top Priority
Anyone who reads my posts on CPATechViews or my own blog, AbsoluteCytron.com, is probably tired of one of my recurring themes. I know I am … I am as tired of writing about it as John Irving is of writing about passing open windows! However, there’s still room for growth, so I am once again...…
July 1, 2011
Amazon Fights California Sales Tax Law
Not too long ago, I wrote about “the problem with online sales tax” here on this blog. There’s a long-reaching history with states wanting to get reveunes from sales to their residents when the merchant isn’t in that state. It started long before the internet (think mail order catalogues), but e-commerce has certainly aggravated the...…
July 1, 2011
CyberPay Suite
Our core product, CyberPay, is a powerful, yet flexible payroll software solution. It is jam-packed with revenue generating integrations such as Timekeeping, ACA Compliance, Employee Onboarding, Benefits Management, QB Integration, just to name a few. Other great timesaving features include: tax impounding, client billing options, third party payment options, direct deposit, and much more. CyberPay...…
June 24, 2011
Corporate Hacking Is Getting Worse
Some sobering news from the Ponemon Institute this month indicates that the perception of those who try to safegaurd corporate networks is that we are losing the war against hackers. In a surevy of 583 IT security practitioners in the US, more than half of them employed by organizations with more than 5,000 employees, finds...…
June 24, 2011
Cornering the Market on Premium Outsourced Accounting Services
From Finding Their Legs to Finding a Distinct Niche Jennifer Katrulya, CPA, and owner of BMRG admits that there was a harsh learning curve to get her firm where it is today. And where is that exactly? The bright lights of Supa-Successville! Katrulya, like many firm owners, did her time in the world of public…
June 24, 2011
How Value Pricing Built a Practice & Saved a Father-Son Relationship
Sometimes, things need mixing up. Chris Farmand, who grew up in a Florida family centered around the accounting practice led by his father and two uncles, was destined for a career in accounting. His parents knew it, the rest of his family knew it, and his teachers knew it. But even though he’d been in...…
June 24, 2011
Tax Document Automation Tools Come of Age
This is our first annual review of tax document automation tools. While we have presented feature articles on this topic in the past, this category is rapidly maturing to include some common feature sets. Internal estimates from vendors based on data provided to CPA Practice Advisor suggest that around 1% of all individual income...…
June 24, 2011
The Right Tool for the Right Job
One of the things that is hard to get across in tough times is that a well-timed investment in the right tool for a tough job makes all the difference between struggling and thriving. During the summers in college, I always had jobs that involved getting very dirty using my hands and tools to get...…
June 22, 2011
Thomson Reuters’ Checkpoint Gets a Makeover – Plenty of Muscle to Go Along With Its Hot New Look!
As much as we try, we can’t be experts at everything. When we need to find the right answer and find it quick, the updated version of Thomson Reuters’ Checkpoint research system makes the task substantially easier. With its contemporary, fresh new design, piloting through Checkpoint is a breeze. You have access to all the...…
June 21, 2011
6 Steps to Effective, Painless & Low-Cost Backup
Another Article on Backups! Backup has not been cool since 2005. Office automation is cool. ERP is cool. Even mobile accounting apps are cool. Backup is about as cool as your 8-track tape of KC and the Sunshine Band. And yet, as the folks over at Gillware Data Services were kind enough to point out,...…
June 17, 2011
Not Quite A Great Tax Season
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...…
June 14, 2011
What Happens in Vegas… Helps Professional Accountants and Their Clients
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...…