Firm Management

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October 30, 2013 

2013 Review of TPS Time and Billing

Overview TPS Time and Billing is an application used to manage accounting firms across the US and Canada. The application has been rewritten with modern development tools in the last few years, and can be run on either the Microsoft Access database (which should be adequate for small firms) or the Microsoft SQL database platform...…

 Report Recommends IRS Improve Paper Audit Automation

October 30, 2013 

Report Recommends IRS Improve Paper Audit Automation

The IRS designed its Correspondence Imaging System (CIS) to automate the scanning of taxpayer correspondence. The Image Control Team units in IRS submission processing sites scanned more than 8.1 million pieces of paper correspondence into the CIS during Fiscal Year 2012.

Isaac M. O'Bannon

 A Path to Better Billing

October 30, 2013 

A Path to Better Billing

Clients value your services, not your invoice. But effective billing is critical for the cash needed to pay yourself and everyone else. So if you're like me with my newspapers, you want your firm’s billing to be accurate and disciplined, yet easy and efficient.

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October 28, 2013 

Capturing Clients on LinkedIn? Yes…You…Can!

From the Nov. 2013 issue. The ongoing confusion within the profession about how social media effectively supports marketing and sales efforts is valid. While there is ample high-level educational content on the topic of social media, there are few strategies that are proven and tested. And even for those programs that do exist, it’s likely...…

Kristy Short, Ed.D.

 Kim Hogan Joins Intuit Accountant & Advisor Program

October 28, 2013 

Kim Hogan Joins Intuit Accountant & Advisor Program

Accounting marketing expert Kim Hogan has joined the Intuit Accountant and Advisor Group, effective immediately. She joins Ray Barlow and David Bergstein, CPA.CITP, who Intuit announced joined the team earlier this month.