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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May 11, 2011
Estate tax professionals, whether CPAs, tax attorneys or other financial advisors, have long honed their skills at finding the most beneficial wealth transfer strategies. The goal in most cases is to reduce or eliminate tax liabilities, while also ensuring for other distributions such as charitable giving. There are many such strategies and the result is...…
May 10, 2011
For those who follow my various writings here and in the magazine, I am seriously concerned about the way in which we are being tracked, monitored, studied and captured by various kinds of Internet sites. Virtually all of the search engines and browsers. All the Social Networking sites. And about half of the ecommerce sites....…
May 3, 2011
Just last weekend, I was reminded about the importance of details. I went to see a new documentary about the career of Bill Cunningham. If you don’t know who he is, don’t fret; I didn’t either until I did a little research to find out more about him. Cunningham is a fashion photographer who has...…
April 28, 2011
I don't mean to seem cruel here, but if this is the greatest that the PC industry can produce, I fear for the future of computing.
April 27, 2011
New River Innovation is a new entrant into the accounting space, offering SaaS technology that promises to change how firms handle IRS issues and notices after the April 15th deadline. The application, Beyond415, is SaaS-based and designed to help accounting professionals quickly address IRS issues and respond to notices for clients. Beyond415 automates post-filing...…
April 15, 2011
For those who might have missed our not-so-subtle hints over the past month, starting on Monday, The CPA Technology Advisor will become… CPA Practice Advisor. The biggest changes on Monday will be with our April/May print issue- which will showcase our new brand, as well as our new print size (a more traditional magazine size...…
April 13, 2011
Whether they are born procrastinators, have been waiting for some of their supporting tax documentation to arrive, or they have other reasons, many individual tax filers wait until the last week, even the last day, to file their annual returns or an extension. Because of a peculiar Washington D.C. holiday, filers were granted a 3-day...…
April 12, 2011
Bill.com, a premier online bill payment service, recently announced the official release of Bill.com Mobile. The mobile app enables users review and approve bills, schedule payments from authorized institutions, and access their Bill.com accounts from a single dashboard on their smart phone or other web-based mobile device. As with any mobile version, users will appreciate...…
April 8, 2011
The Sleeter Group announced today that they’ve opened the application period for their Awesome Add-On Awards, with a focus this year on developer consulting. This is the seventh year of the awards, which recognize products that help small businesses by integrating with QuickBooks or complementing the most widely-used accounting program. Since The Sleeter Group is...…
April 4, 2011
“Radar” is a very interesting thing. When something or someone is on your “radar,” you are much more likely to encounter that something or someone in your daily life. For example, if you begin to think more about a certain topic in accounting, it’s quite likely you’ll see this topic right before your eyes. This...…
March 29, 2011
The idea of taxing online sales and services has long been thrown around as a potential revenue source. In this time of belt tightening and budget cutting, states are especially eager to find ways to fill some of their fiscal shortfalls, and the loss of sales tax revenues to online sources is an appealing target....…
March 28, 2011
So here you are happily running Microsoft Windows 7 for months, backing up daily to an external hard drive, and everything runs smoothly. Until, that is, backup stops backing up and instead issues a cryptic message:”The backup was not successful. The error is: Windows Backup failed while trying to read from the shadow copy on...…