Technology

 Review of Practice Management Software — 2005

December 1, 2008 

Review of Practice Management Software — 2005

In this day and age, many people are looking for various signs, and some even think, “The end is near.” While I won’t speculate as to what they think is coming to an end, it appears that some software vendors in this lineup believe that their end is near by the signs of their software.

 CCH To Host First User Conference

December 1, 2008 

CCH To Host First User Conference

Users of CCH Tax and Accounting applications will have the opportunity to learn from industry leaders and their peers at the software vendor’s inaugural user’s conference

 Tips & Tricks

December 1, 2008 

Tips & Tricks

Even as professional accountants continue to move toward the ideal of the paperless office, printers remain an integral component of all practices. Try as we might, some things still need to be on paper, whether because various local, state or federal entities haven’t quite gotten everything set up to receive electronically, or because a contract…

 A Conversation With Microsoft’s Bob Lewis

December 1, 2008 

A Conversation With Microsoft’s Bob Lewis

At the California Accounting and Business Show & Conference in Los Angeles, I caught up with Bob Lewis, Microsoft U.S. Small Business Group’s Senior Marketing Manager, Accounting Professionals, and we visited about his new role in representing the soon-to-be-released Small Business Accounting product to the accounting profession. Here are some excerpts from that conversation.

 The 2005 Innovation Awards

December 1, 2008 

The 2005 Innovation Awards

Technologies focusing on data security, productivity enhancement and client convenience took top honors at the 2005 Tax and Accounting Technology Innovation Awards, which were announced at a special reception on June 6, at the California Accounting and Business Show & Conference in Los Angeles.

 Engagement & Trial Balance Software — 2005

December 1, 2008 

Engagement & Trial Balance Software — 2005

It’s near the end of summer, and you’ve probably been spending a lot of time thinking about your practice model: How can I be more profitable? Serve my clients better? Recapture some personal time? Prepare my firm for future succession? If you’re like most practitioners, the list goes on and on.

 Thomson Creative Solutions ‘ UltraTax CS

December 1, 2008 

Thomson Creative Solutions ‘ UltraTax CS

Notice the name change? Thomson Creative Solutions rebranded its UltraTax product. With more than 200 modules available for 1040, 1041, 1065, 1120, 1120S, 706, 709, 990, 5500 and state and municipal equivalents of these forms, UltraTax CS provides a comprehensive tax compliance system that can integrate with Thomson Creative Solutions’ suite of tax planning, asset...…

 AccountantsWorld ‘ Payroll Relief AC

December 1, 2008 

AccountantsWorld ‘ Payroll Relief AC

Payroll Relief AC from AccountantsWorld is a web-based payroll service bureau offering, offered through an ASP (Application Service Provider) model. This gives you the benefits of anytime, anywhere access and the ability to outsource the IT infrastructure and system administration responsibilities as a part of the solution. The charges for the sample firm defined on...…

 Creative Solutions ‘ UltraTax

December 1, 2008 

Creative Solutions ‘ UltraTax

UltraTax is the professional tax compliance suite from Creative Solutions (CSI), which also offers professional and client accounting applications, digital document management, practice management and an extensive array of web site services. All of CSI’s products feed to and from a common database, helping to ensure data consistency and automatically transferring it between various applications...…