Technology

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March 1, 2018 

Business Leaders Getting More Serious About Security

One defense strategy in particular is gaining popularity: Two-thirds (66 percent) of CIOs reported using multifactor authentication processes, such as tokens and biometrics. This is up 25 percentage points from a similar survey in 2015.

Firm Automation

February 28, 2018 

CFOs Say Automation is Negating Need for Excel Skills

CFOs are embracing automation across various areas of finance, driven in large part by a requirement to be more strategic and provide better analyses. That's according to the latest global CFO Indicator report from Adaptive Insights, which explores ...

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February 26, 2018 

Why Tech Adoption Should Matter to Your Firm

Technology is everywhere and it’s being adopted at rapid rates. Most likely, your clients are using the latest technology. Being informed and “in-the-know” could be important to retaining and acquiring clients, whether they’ve said so or not.

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February 26, 2018 

Six Major U.S. Banks Take Steps on Gender Pay Gap

Six of the nine banks and financial companies targeted by Arjuna Capital have now taken action, measuring and ameliorating pay practices on key measures to the vicinity of 99 percent since facing shareholder pressure.

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February 21, 2018 

Apps We Love – Time Management

If you’re interested in trying an app for time tracking, PCWorld recommends Harvest, an app that lets you record time for multiple clients and also log your expenses. Scan receipts and enter notes to accompany expenses. The app has been around for ...

Gail Perry

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February 20, 2018 

2018 Readers’ Choice Awards

The CPA Practice Advisor Readers' Choice Awards give accounting and tax pros the chance to share the technologies and vendors that help them be more productive and profitable in their own firms, as well as the tech tools and programs that help their ...

Isaac M. O'Bannon

 Will Congress Just Fund the IRS Already?

February 20, 2018 

Will Congress Just Fund the IRS Already?

And here we are. Again the IRS, is getting the shaft. The president wants to cut the IRS’s, already thin budget, by $234 million. You would think that a tax accountant would be happy about this. However, I have been here since 1994, I have seen the ...

Craig Smalley

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February 20, 2018 

Sage Sets Out to Transform the Accounting Practice Model

Sage has designed each of the pillars as a separate learning process, and Sage is offering training in each of these specific areas. While these pillars build logically on each other, practitioners can select the pillars that are the most relevant to ...

Gail Perry