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 How to Make Next Busy Season Less Busy

May 12, 2014 

How to Make Next Busy Season Less Busy

Late nights of tax filings and days dispensing client advice are easily worth your fees. But how about valueless hours spent tracking down documents, exchanging e-mails, or educating staff? Compounded across all your clients, engagements, and staff, imagine how it adds up. Is this what’s (literally) keeping you up at night?

Drew West

 Training Trumps Tools

May 12, 2014 

Training Trumps Tools

Most of the time in this column, discussion of the best or most promising technology tools is a primary source of interest. However, every once in a while a return to fundamentals is needed. One fundamental that has been consistently problematic for all size of firms is training. Frequently the need for training is either…

Randy Johnston

 Intuit Acquires Lettuce App

May 9, 2014 

Intuit Acquires Lettuce App

Intuit has entered into an agreement to acquire Lettuce, a start-up focused on helping product-based small businesses succeed by providing easy to use cloud-based solutions, including a robust inventory and order management system.

Scott Cytron

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May 7, 2014 

New Cloud System Streamlines AP Management

A new, cloud-based system for streamlining accounts payable is now available to U.S. businesses. Yooz, which is designed and built for medium to large businesses is meant to help enterprises capture, manage and process financial documents without up-front investments or the need for IT experts.

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May 7, 2014 

The Net Generation: A Look at the Future of CPAs

The next generation of CPAs, or *net* generation, will think differently, work differently and have a new and different set of expectations as they complete school and enter into the professional workforce as accountants. See what their employers will need to know to ensure their successful integration into the workplace of the future. This video…

 Partner Summits Kick Off in Minneapolis

May 7, 2014 

Partner Summits Kick Off in Minneapolis

The Tax & Accounting business of Thomson Reuters kicked off its seventh annual Partner Summits series today in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The two-day strategic planning event is aimed at principals from tax and accounting firms nationwide. The Minneapolis Partner Summit is the first of six events that will be held in cities across the United States.