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Nominations Open for Innovation Awards and 40 Under 40 Awards
Nominations are currently being accepted for CPA Practice Advisor's 40 Under 40, 20 Under 40, and Tax & Accounting Tech Innovation Awards.
March 14, 2016
2016 Review of Cougar Mountain Denali Point-of-Sale
Cougar Mountain Software is an easily navigated point of sale product that offers small to mid-sized retailer businesses excellent front/back office capability along with e-Commerce integration.
March 14, 2016
2016 Review of QuickBooks Point of Sale Desktop
The latest version of QuickBooks Point of Sale offers users enhanced start up speed, improved function windows and quicker list opening. Users can now also open multiple windows simultaneously, so users can view information in multiple locations ...
March 14, 2016
The Sticky Business of Excise and Sales Tax Requirements
There are a variety of industries that find themselves with a unique tax conundrum…they are required to calculate and file both sales and excise taxes to run their day-to-day business. So, what’s the big deal?
March 14, 2016
Why Are Products “Sometimes” Taxable?
Just when you thought you had a handle on the rules for taxing goods and services, you come face to face with the new compliance bully on the block: “sometimes taxable.” Businesses must correctly deal with these sometimes exempt and sometimes subject ...
March 14, 2016
The People You Meet & The Books You Read
If you look around our profession at the most successful individuals, they all have two things in common: they are well connected and are lifelong readers. The late author and speaker, Charlie “Tremendous” Jones, used to always say ...
March 11, 2016
What’s Your Firm’s Microsoft Strategy?
We have three primary technology ecosystems to support our computing needs: Microsoft Windows, Apple OS & iOS, and Linux & Android. With SaaS products improving, the operating systems make less difference and future mobile versions of the products ...
March 10, 2016
5 Reasons Accounting Firms Should Have Formal Mentoring Programs
Prior to the recession, young leader training and formal mentoring programs to support recruitment and retention were all the rage. Well, mentoring is more critical than ever, but for different reasons and in slightly different forms.
March 4, 2016
Dotting the I’s and Crossing the T’s — Employment Records You Must Retain
Many different state and federal laws govern which records companies need to create, how long records need to be kept, and even how those records must be disposed of.
March 4, 2016
How Firms Can Develop Compensation Packages to Land Top Talent
With public accounting firms facing increased competition for skilled staff, it’s more important than ever that companies take a strategic approach to recruiting and hiring. Above-average compensation packages can go a long way in helping your ...
February 26, 2016
CES 2016: Future Gadgets
The year started off with a bang as we cruised the aisles at the annual consumer electronics show in Las Vegas with 170,000 other technology adventurists. CES is the largest consumer electronics show in the world where the latest gadgets are launched ...
February 20, 2016
Sales Tax Issues for Nonprofits
We tend to think of nonprofits – the places where we worship, adopt our pets, receive our cultural stimulation, and so on—as completely tax exempt organizations. But many of these groups do face sales tax issues, both when they purchase items and when the
February 19, 2016
2016 Readers Choice Awards
Technology is at the core of professional accounting firms, and since 1990, this publication has covered the evolution of not on the technology, but also the dramatic changes in workflow processes and productivity.