July 18, 2013
Tapping into a Raging Payroll Revenue Stream
How one CPA turned the ‘headache’ of payroll into a highly profitable service by building the right model
July 18, 2013
Intuit builds on its new Practice Management system with acquisition
Intuit announced earlier this week that it has aquired Fifo, a cloud-based workpaper management system for accounting and tax professionals. The system is a part of Intuit's continuing development of it's Practice Management Suite,
July 15, 2013
Avalara partners with accounting firm alliance
Avalara and AGN International-North America have announced the formation of a new strategic alliance that will enable AGN-NA member firms to access critical sales and use tax (SUT) and value added tax (VAT) information and related resources to better meet member firm clients’ needs.
July 15, 2013
Men and women look for different things when choosing an employer
Employer survey examines gender differences around what makes an employer attractive
July 14, 2013
How Chunkification is Helping Firms be More Productive
Doug Sleeter, President of The Sleeter Group, explains “Chunkification” and how his national network of small business consultants help both accounting professionals and technology developers. From CPA Practice Advisor’s 2013 Thought Leader Symposium.
July 11, 2013
Ohio CPA Society introduces women’s initiative
Program kicked off with five receptions to raise awareness, spark discussion
July 9, 2013
How Entrepreneurs Should Use Their Accountants
Being entrepreneurial doesn’t end at starting a business; it means constantly striving to perfect your business model and quickly and continually adapting to change.
July 8, 2013
AICPA to host summit on leadership strategies for women accounting professionals
Making partner or winning a seat on a corporate board can be a capstone to a successful career, yet too few women in accounting or finance attain these goals.
July 7, 2013
CCH releases new tools for ProSystem fx Practice Management
Newly released resource forecasting tools now available in the latest version of CCH ProSystem fx Practice Management make it possible for firms to plan their client work in weekly increments and easy for partners and billing managers to quickly see client work planned for the upcoming week or for weeks in advance.
June 28, 2013
Strategic Partner Retreats … It All Starts with a Vision
We just completed the first Strategic Partner Retreat as I write this. This was the first in our series of three, and was hosted in balmy Tampa, Florida. I’m happy to report that we presented to a room full of firm partners and several of their trusted administrators—al eager to learn how to elevate their…
June 28, 2013
Document Management – Should You Think Again?
From the July 2013 Issue. Document management seems to be a recurring theme for my practice this year. It may be because there are so many improvements in products. It could be that document management can be resource intensive to implement and that it raises so many procedural and cultural issues. It could be that...…
June 28, 2013
A Successful Practice is Built on a Solid Foundation of Knowledge, Service and Technology
The key is finding new ways to work more productively, of course. To do that requires constant evaluation and oversight of firm workflow and finding the right tools and best practices that meet the needs of the firm and its clients.