Firm Management

 Secure Communications Provider Ziptr to Cease Operations on September 27th

September 26, 2013 

Secure Communications Provider Ziptr to Cease Operations on September 27th

Secure communications provider Ziptr, who we covered in our April 2013 review of Client Portal Products, has notified customers that they will cease operations at noon on Friday, September 27th. Founder and CEO Firdaus Bhathena sent a message earlier this week to users, which included the following message:

 Thomson Reuters Expands CPE Courses and Management Tools

September 26, 2013 

Thomson Reuters Expands CPE Courses and Management Tools

Thomson Reuters recently released Checkpoint Learning’s enhanced Premier Plus CPE Package for tax, accounting, audit, and finance professionals. It offers more than 500 Webinars and 450 online/downloadable courses covering legislative and industry changes in a cost-effective bundled subscription package

sageprivateco

September 24, 2013 

Report Shows Slow Growth for Private Companies

Privately held companies are growing sales at an annual rate of less than 4 percent in 2013, according to financial statements, according to preliminary estimates in the latest Sageworks Private Company Report today, a quarterly update on the health and state of privately held U.S. companies.

Isaac M. O'Bannon

 WTP Advisors Merges with N.Y. Forensic Accounting Firm BSG

September 23, 2013 

WTP Advisors Merges with N.Y. Forensic Accounting Firm BSG

The New York-based forensic accounting and litigation support firm, Boucher Stickley Group (BSG), has merged with WTP Advisors, a global tax and business advisory firm. BSG is known for its pioneering systems used to perform complicated quantitative analysis related to controversy resolution.

 Thomson Reuters Launches New Online Marketplace for Tax & Accounting Pros

September 18, 2013 

Thomson Reuters Launches New Online Marketplace for Tax & Accounting Pros

The Tax & Accounting business of Thomson Reuters has launched an enhanced online marketplace at Tax.ThomsonReuters.com/Store. It is designed to help tax and accounting practitioners and corporate tax professionals more easily find and purchase the products they need, access news and insightful articles, join online communities of their peers, and more.