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February 26, 2019 

7831 By Scott Cytron, ABC Just reading the few words that make up this story’s headline, branding purists have already made up their minds that I don’t know what I’m talking about. After all, doesn’t branding take months to accomplish through a bevy of paid consultants who want you to spend a lot of money...…

February 26, 2019 

Innovation is his middle name… Well, actually it’s Jason Blumer’s middle title. He is the Chief Innovation Officer for Blumer & Associates, CPAs, PC.   The iPhones have it. More of this year’s 40 Under 40 Honorees use iPhones (17) than any other brand. BlackBerrys are second in popularity with 13. The new Android platform...…

February 26, 2019 

In our September 2010 issue, the pricing for two of the vendor products reviews were incorrectly listed for clarification purposes, we have included those below. On page 10 of the issue, Intuit Online Payroll pricing was listed incorrectly. Additional employees costs 50 cents each. Red Wing Software’s CenterPoint Payroll pricing begins at $1.39 and includes...…

February 26, 2019 

4338 Over the past several months, I’ve been addressing issues involving “information overload” and how to more strategically use the communication tools and other technologies that seem to be increasingly controlling us and our time. From email to smartphones, general Internet usage, social media and instant communications like chat and text, we are seemingly inundated...…

February 26, 2019 

7984 Search engine optimization (SEO) is about marketing your accounting practice on the Internet by improving the volume and quality of traffic to your website from search engine results pages. In other words, it’s about getting your website found on the Internet when someone is hunting for your services by going to Google, Yahoo! or...…

February 26, 2019 

From the December 2010 Issue From iPhones and iPods to iPads and MacBooks, Apple’s lines of computers and other electronic devices continue to grow in popularity. While consumer technology publications have noted the increased adoption of Macintosh systems for personal use, the pages of this magazine have also occasionally delved into the Mac side of...…

February 26, 2019 

6108 The Power of PCPS in 2010 In 2010, the power of the AICPA Private Companies Practice Section (PCPS) was once again put to work to help make thousands of practitioners more successful. CPAs and accounting firms turn to PCPS for the strategic resources and information they need to better manage their practices, tackle their...…

February 26, 2019 

6062   RHONDA — These don’t have to go in this order… just what works best for the layout. About BQE Software Inc. BQE Software Inc. was founded in 1995, and has grown into the leading developer of time and expense tracking, billing and project management solutions for professional services firms. Its flagship BillQuick system...…

February 26, 2019 

4780 Teresa Mackintosh, CPA.CITP Senior Vice President and General Manager, Americas — Professional, Tax & Accounting, Thomson Reuters Teresa joined Thomson Reuters in 1996, and is responsible for driving profitable growth of all software and services for the professional accounting market across the United States, Canada, and Latin America. Prior to her promotion to Senior...…

February 26, 2019 

7009 CCH 2010 Year in Review Across the entire suite of our solutions, CCH in 2010 invested in new and enhanced products, with great customer adoption and industry recognition. We continued to deliver innovative solutions to tax and accounting professionals, enabling firms to work anytime, anywhere. We delivered these new capabilities by building on our...…

February 26, 2019 

  It’s late January, which, for many accounting professionals (particularly those in public practice), means you’re ramping up for the busiest time of the year — 1040 season. Although not all firms focus equally on individual tax compliance services, there are few who are immune to this annual uptick in workload, since even those with...…

February 26, 2019 

5115 characters Fix it or replace it? Every day, we face this question. As business owners and advisors to our clients, we could make an infinite number of things better. The choice is ours. For some, the answer is “intuitive;” and for others, it involves detailed analysis. The risk, of course, is the time and...…