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July 21, 2011
For years, the profession has thought of practice management as simply time and billing. This is no longer a sufficient definition. True practice management encompasses the flow of all data in a firm—including contact information, scheduling, project due dates, document management, phone messages, and, yes, time and billing. Today’s leading solutions are designed to help...…
July 14, 2011
You may think that the decision by Verizon to remove tethering capabilities from their most popular smartphones is no big deal, but it is.Tethering is the ability to use your smartphone — and its data plan of $50 or so each month — as a modem to connect your laptop to the Internet. It came...…
July 5, 2011
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
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...…
June 24, 2011
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 22, 2011
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 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...…
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...…
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...…
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...…
May 24, 2011
It is amazing how the technology of computing has evolved in the past decade. The microprocessors, following Moore’s law, have doubled in capacity while halving in price with each generation. Screens have become flatter, larger and substantially better in presentation quality. Keyboards have become ergonomic, mice are wireless, cameras are sharper and more capable. And...…
May 16, 2011
July 9-15 Gaylord National in Washington DC. For the first time, Sage is offering unprecedented interaction between partners, customers, product experts, Sage executives, exhibitors, and industry thought leaders—all under one roof, at one time. Conference attendees will be privy to insightful dialogue and interactive discussion on current industry trends and key issues facing the accounting...…