Firm Management September 9, 2026
Financial Engineer or Operator? How to Choose the Right Buyer
Almost half of the top 30 U.S. CPA firms had some form of private-equity investment or alternative practice structure.
November 12, 2015
2015 Review of AccountantsWorld Client Portals
AccountantsWorld Client Portals are a central part of AccountantsWorld’s suite of web-based solutions for accounting professionals, allowing firm staff and clients to interact and share files and data. The portals, included with Power Practice, Cloud ...
November 12, 2015
Client Portals Increase Efficiency, Provide Greater Convenience
While portals have been around for a while, their features have evolved over time. No longer just a place to exchange documents, portals offers a variety of related tools including the ability to be notified when a client accesses a document in the portal
November 11, 2015
2015 Review of SmartVault
Ideal for QuickBooks users, SmartVault offers accounting firms and other businesses both a fully-functional portal, as well as online document storage capability. A free plug-in allows QuickBooks users to attach documents and notes to QuickBooks ...
November 11, 2015
2015 Review of Thomson Reuters -NetClient CS Portals
NetClient CS Portals, from Thomson Reuters, is a good fit for accounting firms using other applications from Thomson Reuters CS Suite, and is designed to offer clients easy access to invoices, payroll, and tax information.
November 11, 2015
2015 Review of Citrix ShareFile
Citrix FileShare is designed to work with businesses of all kinds, including accounting firms. The product offers AES 256-bit encryption, and offers multiple data storage locations across the globe. Files can be easily uploaded and shared using the ...
November 11, 2015
Tenenz Enhances Email Marketing Tools for Accounting Firms
This practice tool is engineered to help practitioners maintain and grow their practices through the delivery of content that clients expect and appreciate from their accountant, tax and/or bookkeeping professional. The Marketing Resource Center ...
November 11, 2015
AICPA Scores Victory Over IRS Regulatory Program
As part of the ongoing battle between the AICPA and the IRS over the right to impose continuing education (CE) and other requirements on tax return preparers, an appellate court in our nation’s capital has overturned the district court’s decision ...
November 10, 2015
Hosting Options Offer Many Benefits for Accounting Firms – 2015 Review of Hosting Providers
A terrific idea for businesses for a lot of reasons, application hosting allowed users to have online access to desktop versions of their software from any location – a win-win in the business world, where more and more employees are working from ...
November 5, 2015
New Onvio Suite From Thomson Reuters Gives Accountants More Power in the Cloud
Thomson Reuters Onvio is a suite of integrated tax and accounting applications delivered across a single platform, providing accounting firm staff and clients with anytime, anywhere access via any device.
November 4, 2015
AICPA Honors Professionals with Awards in Area of Taxation
Germano is president and general counsel of Actuarial Benefits & Design Company, which she co-founded in 1989. The company, based in Midlothian, Va., helps business owners assess retirement needs for themselves and their employees, as well as to set up r
November 3, 2015
5 Questions for Nonprofit Leaders
The most valuable assets of any organization with a purpose – whether it’s for-profit or not-for-profit – are its people, and that’s why hiring is so important. When screening candidates, who may become part of your work culture, however, there are ...
November 3, 2015
Why Do Accountants Love Their Jobs?
The top reasons survey respondents originally chose to pursue an accounting career is the nature of the work and job duties (45 percent), the positive employment outlook (21 percent) and the variety of career paths within the field (20 percent).