June 29, 2016
While there seems to be very positive trends in both supply and demand across the report, many small and mid-sized firms are having trouble finding qualified applicants. If we dig a bit deeper, we begin to see why.
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January 16, 2012
As of today, the controversies over the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) in the House of Representatives, and PIPA, the companion bill in the Senate, are on hold.
January 10, 2012
One of our readers emailed me today asking how they could easily (and I assume inexpensively) start accepting credit cards from their clients. This is also a good thing to know for when your small business clients want to accept credit/debit cards from their customers. The good news is, there are several options that are...…
January 10, 2012
don’t want to grinch on your holiday spirit, but the sad fact is that Tax Season kicks up in less than three weeks. And chances are very good that you are not prepared. So as you are bouncing around trying to figure out what to do with yourself this week (assuming you are not on...…
January 10, 2012
There are few messages from the IT department that I dislike more than the monthly reminder to change my network password. Frankly, I would rather slam my hand in a car door ten or twelve times. It’s not that I don’t understand network security, or don’t want to keep my data secure. It’s just that...…
January 10, 2012
Here’s an idea for a franchise-based business I came up with, initially as a bit of a joke, but then I thought it had some real potential: Retirement community call centers. Not to be confused with nursing homes, retirement communities are often filled with younger and more active seniors, many of whom have uprooted from...…
January 10, 2012
You have to take a break. Even those of us who labor each day, reviewing software, hardware and industry news to help keep you informed, must at some point pay homage to the impending holidays. Regardless of your religious belief, it will be a time of reflection, of gathering with family and friends, and of...…
January 10, 2012
We’ve already chronicled on these pages how the proliferation of printers is a bad idea for accounting firms from both the standpoints of effective management and cost. To these we can now add a third problem — the ability of hackers to use printers to successfully invade your network. It is especially a problem for...…
November 29, 2011
New River Innovation, developers of the IRS response solution Beyond415, recently announced major enhancements to the system. Among the long list of upgrades are a new user interface and built-in CPE-certified courses. Other powerful new features were implemented based on user feedback and the company’s focus on offering a solution that supports better year-round service...…
November 18, 2011
I know a lot of professionals who are frequently mobile, whether it’s accountants like Jason Blumer, CPA, who prefer to sit in a coffee shop all day, those who are audit experts like Tim Gavin, CPA, and are more likely at a client’s than their own office, or those like Joyce Washington, CPA, who work...…
November 14, 2011
Results Software was in attendance at the recently wrapped Sleeter Conference in Las Vegas…and there was much to tell. Within the past few days, the company released the 2012 version of their CRM (client relationship management) Business Suite—both the desktop and web-based versions. The application is an exceptionally robust CRM tool that integrates with several...…
November 14, 2011
I say Crest, you think toothpaste. But as an accounting professional, there’s another Crest you might want to check out. Crest Payroll, offered by New Jersey-based Paramount Software , received one of our highest scores in our most recent review of payroll systems for professionals. The completely web-based system doesn’t nickle and dime firms, but...…
November 10, 2011
For all of the wailing and gnashing of teeth before it happened, you may have thought that the first nationwide test of the Emergency Alert System was something spectacular. And it was. A spectacular failure. Some television and radio stations carried it; some did not. Some cable channels aired it, while their over-the-air counterparts failed...…