Technology

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February 17, 2017 

CES 2017: Laptops For Mobility

With CES Showcasing 3,800 vendors spread out over 2.8 Million square feet of show floor (43 football fields), it was impossible to see everything, so our efforts focused this year on hardware that could improve mobility. For most accountants ...

Roman Kepczyk

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February 15, 2017 

Xero Partners with Banks to Help Automate Customer Experience

Xero and Silicon Valley Bank customers will now benefit from a more automated banking experience for their mutual customers. This direct integration, with a seamless do-it-yourself set up process so entrepreneurs, startups and small business owners ...

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February 15, 2017 

2017 Readers’ Choice Awards

The accounting and tax profession relies on technology as much as almost any other (aside from rocket science, perhaps), which makes finding the right tech imperative to the productivity of a firm, and the small businesses that rely on it.

Isaac M. O'Bannon

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February 14, 2017 

Petty Cash Tips & Tricks

The best way to determine the proper amount of petty cash is to look historically at what your business spends cash on and how often you have "emergency" needs. Most small businesses do well with around two hundred dollars as a good ...

Kristy Monahan

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February 14, 2017 

Florida Firm Markham Norton Joins PrimeGlobal

The accounting firm of Markham Norton Mosteller Wright & Company, P.A. has joined PrimeGlobal's North American Region. PrimeGlobal is one of the top five largest associations of independent accounting firms in the world, comprised of approximately ...

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February 14, 2017 

AICPA President Discusses Trade, Taxation, and Trump

The AICPA leader discussed potential change in the form of workplace demographics (four generations in the workforce simultaneously!), cybersecurity (yes, companies should expect to be audited for their compliance in this area), and blockchain ...

 Are You Over-Confident on Cyber Security Risks?

February 13, 2017 

Are You Over-Confident on Cyber Security Risks?

Every day, more than a million people become a victim of cybercrime, according to Microsoft. I the U.S. alone, $15 billion was stolen from 13.1 million American consumers in 2015, prompting the question of why are Americans so overconfident about ...

 Wave Partners with Small Business Lender

February 13, 2017 

Wave Partners with Small Business Lender

Wave will now offer OnDeck business loans and lines of credit to its customers in the United States and Canada through an offering called “Lending by Wave.”

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February 10, 2017 

System Uses Artificial Intelligence to Find Accounting Errors

A new web-based system called Crush Errors is helping accounting professionals find errors and discrepancies in bank statements, invoices and other financial documents within seconds. And new features add artificial intelligence capabilities.

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February 9, 2017 

Is it Legal to Track Employees with Cell Phone GPS?

With employer-supplied phones, that means it's easy to track where the phone is--and by extension, the location of the employee carrying it. Is this legal? Ethical? Practical? When company cars and trucks are equipped with dedicated GPS devices, it's ...