Small Business July 7, 2026
When No One Has the Full Picture, the Gaps Fill Themselves
The way most SMBs manage travel expenses looks almost exactly the way it did when they had ten employees instead of thirty.
June 6, 2014
Tools for Helping Shoebox Clients Get Organized
These applications are low cost or free, and are supported with in-application ads and other special offers provided based on the user’s personal profile. Since they are stored online, the data can be shared with outside advisors, including the individual’s accounting firm.
June 6, 2014
Growing an Ecosystem for Small Businesses & Accounting Firms
When Intuit introduced a new design for its products, it was aiming for a harmonic look and feel across its solutions that made it easier for users to use. But, it didn’t just stop there. The maker of financial management solution decided they wanted to make business easier for small business owners.
June 6, 2014
2014 Review of Xero
Xero is a micro-business SaaS accounting platform which is well established in Australia and New Zealand, and was launched in the U.S. in 2012. The company has made significant investments in personnel to compete with other small business accounting software providers in the U.S. market, and has hired a long list of industry veterans to…
June 6, 2014
2014 Review of Wave Accounting
Wave Accounting is part of Wave Apps, which is a suite of free or low-cost apps for self-employed individuals and micro-businesses to accomplish traditional accounting tasks like billing customers, recording payments, writing checks, and downloading transactions from financial institutions.
June 6, 2014
2014 Review of QuickBooks Online
Intuit QuickBooks Online was one of the first online small business financial management applications when it was launched in 2000. The application has expanded to include many new features over the years, and it is now available in more than 10 languages and 100 countries.
June 6, 2014
How Xero Sees the Small Business Accounting Market
CPA Practice Advisor's Editor-inChief spoke with cloud accounting vendor Xero's top executives, Global CEO Rod Drury and North American CEO Peter Karpas on how they perceive the evolution of the small business accounting space.
June 6, 2014
Kashoo CEO Sees the World as the Marketplace for Small Businesses
CPA Practice Advisor's Editor-inChief spoke with cloud accounting vendor Jim Secord, the CEO of small business accounting developer Kashoo on the evolution of online accounting systems.
June 6, 2014
2014 Review of QuickBooks Premier
Intuit’s QuickBooks is a product most accounting professionals encounter during their careers, and there are a wide range of available versions of this solution.
June 6, 2014
2014 Review of Acclivity AccountEdge Pro 2014
Acclivity’s AccountEdge Pro 2014 is a U.S. small business accounting software application for both Windows and MacOS which originated as the U.S. version of global small business management system MYOB. AccountEdge is now available in three versions (AccountEdge Basic, AccountEdge Pro, and AccountEdge Cloud) with three localizations (U.S., Canada, and a generic international version). Acclivity…
June 6, 2014
2014 Review of Sage 50 Premium Accounting
Sage 50 Premium Accounting (U.S. Edition) is one of the most well developed accounting products included in this review. The application is more debit and credit oriented than some competitors, but retains forms for simple, quick data entry. Templated charts of accounts are available for more than 50 different industries, users can create their own…
June 6, 2014
Automation is Key to Wave’s View of Accounting for Small Business
CPA Practice Advisor's Editor-inChief spoke with Scott Zandbergen, the V.P. of cloud accounting vendor Wave, about how the company views the evolution of the small business accounting space.
June 6, 2014
FreshBooks Seeks to Reimagine Small Business Accounting
CPA Practice Advisor's Editor-inChief spoke with Mike McDerment, the CEO and Co-Founder of FreshBooks, about how the company views the evolution of the small business accounting space.