Technology

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November 12, 2015 

2015 Review of AccountantsWorld Client Portals

AccountantsWorld Client Portals are a central part of AccountantsWorld’s suite of web-based solutions for accounting professionals, allowing firm staff and clients to interact and share files and data. The portals, included with Power Practice, Cloud ...

Mary Girsch-Bock

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November 11, 2015 

2015 Review of SmartVault

Ideal for QuickBooks users, SmartVault offers accounting firms and other businesses both a fully-functional portal, as well as online document storage capability. A free plug-in allows QuickBooks users to attach documents and notes to QuickBooks ...

Mary Girsch-Bock

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November 11, 2015 

2015 Review of Citrix ShareFile

Citrix FileShare is designed to work with businesses of all kinds, including accounting firms. The product offers AES 256-bit encryption, and offers multiple data storage locations across the globe. Files can be easily uploaded and shared using the ...

Mary Girsch-Bock

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November 11, 2015 

AICPA Scores Victory Over IRS Regulatory Program

As part of the ongoing battle between the AICPA and the IRS over the right to impose continuing education (CE) and other requirements on tax return preparers, an appellate court in our nation’s capital has overturned the district court’s decision ...

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November 8, 2015 

If SaaS Won’t Do It, What About Cloud Hosting?

Software as a Service (SaaS) is making great progress. However, if you can’t solve your business needs with all SaaS tools, and you want to live in the cloud, how do you do that? We’ve discussed in prior columns the advantages of private cloud and ...

Randy Johnston

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November 6, 2015 

3 Tactics to Reduce Tax Season Stress

Tired of 80-hour work weeks? Frustrated that your staff doesn’t want to be held accountable? Stressed about stressing next tax season? As part 1 of a series on “Building your Tax Season,” I wanted to share with you a couple of steps you can take today ...