April 30, 2014
The Tax & Accounting business of Thomson Reuters has released the first integrated Federal Depreciation Handbook and Calculator for CPA firms and corporate tax professionals.
April 21, 2014
The nominees for the 2014 CPA Practice Advisor Tax & Accounting Technology Innovation Awards have been chosen. As the pinnacle of recognition for technology vendors serving the tax and accounting profession, the awards recognize exceptional product development, breakthrough technologies, state of the art design and implementation, and cutting edge concepts that help accounting professionals and…
April 21, 2014
Small business owners are pressed with constantly changing competition and are looking for ways to get ahead and stay there, and they expect their accountant to help them meet this challenge.
April 21, 2014
How often do you talk on the phone, look at email messages, check the news or weather, read or composts text messages while you're driving? We take pride in our ability to multi-task, but at what cost? Centuries of accountants managed to drive from point A to point B without phones in their hands. Today,…
April 17, 2014
With the potential of a national sales tax coming, the prospect of trying to comply with many states and local sales tax regulations could be a nightmare for small companies who sell things over the internet. Fortunately, small online businesses and ecommerce sellers now have access to a free sales tax reporting system from Avalara.
April 17, 2014
The key, according to Basware, is to help companies minimize their carbon footprint through financial process automation and e-invoicing. These guidelines were developed for the growing number of companies that are concerned about corporate compliance with green initiatives, and at the same time are looking to streamline processes and gain business benefits.
April 16, 2014
Late last year, Intuit unveiled its app depot designed to make it easier for small business owners to manage their business. Since its debut, it has seen huge growth in the number of developers creating apps, with new apps being added regularly. In addition, the number of QuickBooks subscribers outside the U.S. has nearly doubled…
April 9, 2014
The Financial Accounting Foundation (FAF) today announced the release of a version of the GASB Governmental Accounting Research System that has been designed for use on tablet devices.
April 8, 2014
How we use them, however, varies greatly not only between people of different generations, but also by gender. A new study shows that men and women definitely use social media and their mobile smart phones for different activities.
April 8, 2014
Professionals who participate in social media, and certainly most accountants I know, want to measure what they’re doing, in order to know if they should increase or decrease the time they spend on non-billable activities. Seldom do I find anyone who tweets or networks with colleagues on LinkedIn just because it takes up valuable time…
March 25, 2014
So Microsoft announces the end of support for the one-third of the computing world that still uses Windows XP…and magically announces that on the same date they will release an update to Windows 8 that makes it look and work almost exactly like Windows 7. Along with a hint that they may give the update…
March 22, 2014
Effective March 11, 2014, the IRS approved e-signatures on Form 8879 through an online revision to Publication 1345.