Firm Management

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January 28, 2013 

2013 Review of Client Write-Up Systems

Whatever you call internet-based programs (cloud, web-based, online systems), the technology is significantly changing many aspects of the modern practice and how firms offer services to clients. With tax prep, the changes are noticeable in the move to paperless engagements, online tax organizers, portals and tax research. Perhaps the next most noticeable change the technology...…

Isaac M. O'Bannon

 Working More, Less or Just Different?

January 28, 2013 

Working More, Less or Just Different?

It was Christmas Eve and all the meteorologists were talking about the impending blizzard. They were calling for 10 inches of snow starting early morning on the day after Christmas. I just so happened to have flight reservations at the same time the storm was forecasted to hit. Great.

Darren Root, CPA, CITP, CGMA

 Time To Disable Java

January 24, 2013 

Time To Disable Java

This is late January, that awkward period when tax season looms but is not quite here that is very similar to watching the afternoon sky as a snowstorm approaches. And much like the approach of a winter storm, the approach of tax season calls for some last minute preparations to make life easier in the…

Dave McClure

 Senior accounting positions hard to fill

January 23, 2013 

Senior accounting positions hard to fill

In the recent fourth-quarter hiring season – when many firms beef up in anticipation of tax season – Long Island firms found that while there is a decent availability of talent in the marketplace, filling certain specific requirements can be a challenge.