Stories Collection

  1. When visitors show up at the Columbus, Ohio, offices of Delphia Consulting, they get ...
  2. In this issue, CPA Wealth Provider presents the third annual financial planning award...
  3. Intuit QuickBooks ProAdvisor Program Participants: 30,000 Cost: $449, initial membe...
  4. Wi-Fi, short for wireless fidelity, has become one of the most popular terms in discu...
  5. Sometimes it's difficult to measure the effectiveness of CPA programs. How well do th...
  6. The American Institute of CPAs has named information security as the No. 1 technology...
  7. Where there is a will there is a way,' is an old and true saying. But Samuel Smiles, ...
  8. Ever since Bill Clinton, the first baby boomer president, was elected, more and more ...
  9. In what is touted to be the largest and perhaps most comprehensive study of those Ame...
  10. MAS 90/200 ERP 4.1 Sage MAS 90/200 ERP 4.1 integrates sales order and job costing t...
  11. Intuit announced that it's increasing its commitment to accountants by rolling out a ...
  12. At Convergence 2004, the Microsoft software users' conference, Satya Nadella asked wh...
  13. Open source may mean a lot of things to a lot of people. But one thing that it doesn'...
  14. While many firms worry about the data and physical security in their offices, many ha...
  15. Right now, being a reseller for eFileKeeper, the paperless document management system...
  16. In his 1993 book, The Virtual Community, Howard Rheingold anticipated, well before th...
  17. KRAFTCPAS INVESTS IN AXIA Kraft CPAs has agreed to purchase an interest in Axis Acc...
  18. When it comes to marketing, there's one thing vendors and accounting resellers agree ...
  19. PayCycle, the leader in on-demand payroll, has significantly increased its commitment...
  20. How many hurricanes does it take to put the lights out? One.So with the recent string...
  21. At least Hurricane Katrina may have done something good for a few people: Smith, Turn...
  22. The small business accounting market has heated up with the Microsoft's launch of Sma...
  23. The author of a recent best-seller suggests that we all need a network of friends and...
  24. MBS SLASHES LOSS Microsoft Business Solutions cut its operating loss by 62 percent ...
  25. Mountain View, Calif.-based Intuit is always on the quest to help its ProAdvisors rea...
  26. There is a lot more to small business accounting software than just technology, says ...
  27. THOMSON UNIT REALIGNS Thomson Tax & Accounting has reorganized into three operating...
  28. Fort Worth, Texas-based PPC's goal is to help professionals identify, communicate, an...
  29. Vendors are offering a variety of marketing programs to help partners stretch their m...
  30. Shakopee, Minn.-based Open Systems stopped offering a co-op marketing program in 1999...
  31. Vendors and CPAs go hand-in-hand. Take this example. A particular software system ann...
  32. Disaster A-Plenty Does anybody have any questions about the need for disaster plann...
  33. The fact that one employee had to drive around in his car while charging a PDA so tha...
  34. Although discussions about open source often focus on the Linux operating system, the...
  35. MICROSOFT REORGANIZES Microsoft will collapse seven divisions into three, with Micr...
  36. Michael Gaines sees online CPE courses as a strong supplement to live classes. "Onl...
  37. I heard a story recently about a major pizza chain that was faced with not having eno...
  38. Great ideas and entrepreneurial skills get a business started. Good financial managem...
  39. Despite what many in the industry say about accountants influencing their clients' pu...
  40. WiseGuides has seen 30 percent of its CPE business come from enrolled agents. That ma...
  41. Originally viewed as a way to relieve domestic staffing shortages, outsourcing is evo...
  42. Some of the services your clients request are more tedious and less convenient for yo...
  43. Software needs to be easier to access remotely. This could be via the Internet, a WAN...
  44. When it comes to CPE, most people think of the required courses focusing on accountin...
  45. If viewed on a balance sheet, the number of accounting professionals versus the deman...
  46. While many companies are outsourcing to cut costs, many outsource and have discovered...
  47. INTUIT TO LAUNCH SMALL BIZ TAX Intuit plans an aggressive product launch of tax sof...
  48. The leading brands of fixed asset software have been continually enhanced to meet the...
  49. Outsourcing your accounting function at some level makes sense, regardless of the siz...
  50. Godrej Global Solutions (GGS) offers customized business process outsourcing solution...
  51. Microsoft's introduction of Small Business Accounting 2006 is the company's fourth ef...
  52. For Tectura, there is a direct relationship between happy clients and its project man...
  53. Have you ever sat back in the middle of the busy season surrounded by piles of files,...
  54. If you haven't jumped on the payroll bandwagon yet, think again. With the increasing ...
  55. Companies that outgrow Intuit's QuickBooks and Sage's Peachtree are major sources of ...
  56. "True project management involves scope and risk. Most partners experience 'scope cre...
  57. Outsourcing the payroll function can appear as a simple task-at least on the surface....
  58. Nominations are now open for CPA Wealth Provider's Third Annual Financial Planning Aw...
  59. Few business application areas are getting more attention right now than low-cost acc...
  60. There is not much room in a market in which the leader, QuickBooks, has 85 percent ma...
  61. The Information Technology Alliance saw a need. Project management is important to ...
  62. The Black Book of Outsourcing has ranked MphasiS as the fourth best managed outsourci...
  63. Disaster A-Plenty Does anybody have any questions about the need for disaster plann...
  64. Sage Software has a wide number of products for the low-cost accounting software mark...
  65. TURNINGPOINT 4.0 TurningPoint Version 4.0 has expanded reporting capabilities and e...
  66. The term "outsourcing" has created lots of debates among economists, politicians, and...
  67. NEXTLEVEL PARTNERS SPLIT Manny Buigas, the vice president of marketing of Miami-bas...
  68. While Sage says it has not significantly changed pricing for its MAS 500 software, it...
  69. ICode's Channel Partner Program has been transformed. Not even the name remains, as t...
  70. With all the buzz around Web-based software, more accounting firms are migrating from...
  71. Someone who is very familiar with an annual show put on for a state CPA society recen...
  72. Drake Software, based in Franklin, N.C., has not raised prices over the last 10 years...
  73. Microsoft has made two major decisions involving Microsoft Business Solutions. It ado...
  74. ADP reports that 84 percent of those surveyed believe that outsourcing of human resou...
  75. An effort to link the member databases of the AICPA (which uses an Oracle system) wit...
  76. Arranging daily transmission of returns for efiling can be a headache for office mana...
  77. Fidelity Charitable Tops $5 Billion Mark The Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund, the natio...
  78. Part of the great American dream of many people is to own their own business. What mu...
  79. This could be the year of the small firm in tax preparation; the year in which the no...
  80. Tax preparation companies that have multiple offices need to be on watch. Petz Enterp...
  81. Wealthy Also Have Many Problems A new study from PNC Advisors, the wealth managemen...
  82. Many CPAs today are looking to broaden the services they offer to clients. According ...
  83. In a move to bring the best value to its 55,000 customers, ATX simplified its tax pre...
  84. Links between GoSystem Tax RS and document management applications are at the top of ...
  85. FPA Partnering with TUGX The Financial Planning Association and the Ultimate Gift Ex...
  86. Everything in life involves risk, and investing for retirement is certainly no except...
  87. CCH PLANS FOR GLOBAL PLATFORM CCH Tax and Accounting is engaged in a multi-year rol...
  88. With its full line of individual and business software available online, the features...
  89. Developing Forecasts With New Horizon Technologies' PlanGuru, users can develop for...
  90. Ease of use is still a big concern for CCH during tax season 2005. Last year, the c...
  91. While adding more tools to its integrated tax software package, TaxWise has dropped t...
  92. XBRL Extends to Investment Companies The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission sa...
  93. For Creative Solutions, the goal for the upcoming tax season is simple: to make it ea...
  94. TaxWorks' big effort this year does not directly involve its tax preparation software...
  95. Six decades ago, William J. O'Malley, Jr. hung out his shingle as a public accountant...
  96. Now the battle has begun-the battle for command of the low-cost accounting software m...
  97. Planning and paper rank among the major issues Drake Software is addressing in its 20...
  98. FRONTLINE SYSTEMS SDK Frontline Systems' Solver Platform Software Development Kit p...
  99. Mariette, in addition to being a CPA, also has a J.D. (Tax), and is a teaching Certif...
  100. That headline may describe how many people feel about federal and state governments-t...
  101. Security is on the mind of Greatland, the company that markets the Great Tax line of ...
  102. The margins offered by Avalara's Infinity Partner Program may not be as large as thos...
  103. Charles K. O'Malley, managing partner of O'Malley & O'Malley in Cinnaminson, N.J., po...
  104. DUFFY OUT AT EPARTNERS Chairman Howard Diamond has taken over the position of CEO a...
  105. Intuit's goal with this tax season's edition of Pro-Series is to save professionals o...
  106. Using accounting software to assist the Port of New Orleans in tracking thousands of ...
  107. Does a client ever face more difficult decisions while less able to think clearly tha...
  108. KINTERA CUTS STAFF Kintera, which markets the FundWare line of not-for-profit accou...
  109. Simplification is key for Lacerte this tax season. And the company has three areas in...
  110. A family is a unit composed not only of children but also of men, women, an occasiona...
  111. Below, in their order of importance, is a list of documents that should be located an...
  112. The buzz about "paperless" gets louder every day. The technology is proven, and it is...
  113. MBS LOSSES RISE Operating losses for Microsoft Business Solutions rose to $76 milli...
  114. The newfound independence at AccountMate Software Corporation is good for its hundred...
  115. Often, when firms decide it's time to start implementing a paperless office, their fi...
  116. Paperless payroll is rapidly gaining acceptance among accounting professionals seekin...
  117. Paperless is really a misnomer, but I'm ok with it if we use it as an idea. It's the ...
  118. Going paperless is no longer an option, but a must for CPAs today. With the trend mov...
  119. TAXWISE TO MARKET BASIC ACCOUNTING TaxWise, a Rome, Ga.-based company that has hist...
  120. Finding the right fit between a company and its customer isn't always as easy as it m...
  121. Few things are more challenging than staying abreast of sales and use taxes.Levies ar...
  122. Document management has become a very attractive tool for small firms to improve effi...
  123. With a stronger economy and technologies such as Customer Relationship Management tak...
  124. While mid-market users pay thousands of dollars to keep their maintenance contracts u...
  125. Audit workflow today is governed by the generation, sharing, and compilation of infor...
  126. By reducing the inefficiencies inherent in paper based processes, "paperless engageme...
  127. As technology increases, so too do the opportunities to operate in a paperless office...
  128. The "paperless office," today's buzzword for Electronic Document Storage and Sharing ...
  129. The hottest technology topic in our industry today is "going paperless" or "digital."...
  130. MICROSOFT LAUNCHES SBA Microsoft is scheduled to launch its Microsoft Office Small ...
  131. (part 1 of 2) Company Period Ended June 30 Blackbaud Q2 Epicor Q2 Exact H1 Micr...
  132. Death Care Seminars might not sound like the most appealing activity that a CPA could...
  133. The Streamlined Sales and Use Tax Agreement will come into effect on October 1 after ...
  134. ContactEase ContactEase, a Web-based customer relationship management application, ...
  135. Michael Dickson has been spreading the word about technology and business in the CPA ...
  136. For three consecutive years the "paperless office" has appeared on the AICPA's Top 10...
  137. "I hated filing, and finding anything quickly was worse," says Michael Spewak, founde...
  138. During the next tax season, Robert Goodman does not plan to outsource the preparation...
  139. In today's practice environment, successful firms use technology for competitive adva...
  140. At the height of one particular tax season, a CPA and his three employees helped upwa...
  141. September 18-19 Information Technology Alliance Fall Collaborative. Westin Kierla...
  142. For most organizations, more dollars are spent reimbursing employee expenses than in ...
  143. In the "which came first" question, perhaps money is the egg and trained support pers...
  144. Type in "Paperless" or "Paperless Office" in the subject box of many search engines o...
  145. Everyone knows that paper costs money. But how much? In a recent survey done in Londo...
  146. INTUIT NAMES VP Intuit has named Alex Lintner, a former director and vice president...
  147. A recent presentation by California CPA Dave Cieslak bears the title, "IT Security-Ar...
  148. Increasing regulation and a complex business environment make tax planning more impor...
  149. I believe the biggest challenge is the psychological change in going from a piece of ...
  150. Document management systems have caught the market's attention. Associate Editor Car...
  151. Successful partnering doesn't just happen; it takes plenty of work and a process, acc...
  152. From the moment it launched Business One into the U.S. market three years ago, SAP ha...
  153. A paperless office may be the promised land. Getting there can take a lot of wanderin...
  154. Rick Sexauer approaches partnering in a unique way. He has no choice: Sexauer is the ...
  155. Hate being the last to know about a hot new case or ruling? Tired of wasting time try...
  156. If you think accounting software is mission-critical, think about how critical a poin...
  157. A wave of opportunity is washing over the financial services industry. An estimated 4...
  158. Above all else, Ronald Kranzler wanted consistency throughout Held, Kranzler, McCoske...
  159. For Kevin M. Martin, CPA, having the Certified Information Technology Professional cr...
  160. There are many good reasons-three major ones, to be precise-for an accounting firm to...
  161. MICROSOFT TO PRICE HOSTED CRM Microsoft is introducing subscription pricing with ne...
  162. For years, the number of accounting graduates declined, causing great concern among t...
  163. It's been a long time since POS specialist Synchronics competed at the low end of the...
  164. Sage Software has a successful 30-year history of helping public accountants succeed ...
  165. It's 7:00 p.m., the last few employees are making their way out the door to go home f...
  166. AUGUST 11-12 Red Wing Software Reseller Conference. Red Wing, Minn. www.redwing...
  167. Accpac POS Enhancements to Accpac ePOS 5.3, for small to midsized retailers, includ...
  168. In a world where information is power and management of risk is paramount, finance pr...
  169. The most aggressive effort to help resellers hire and develop new talent has been Sag...
  170. Many accounting resellers are realizing they can't go it alone. The fewer, but bigger...
  171. SAP believes the fewer VARS it has, the better, when it comes to selling its SAP Busi...
  172. Clients are asking for additional information and services beyond the preparation of ...
  173. Due to the Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2001 (EGTRRA), even s...
  174. August 11-12 Annual Reseller Conference, Red Wing Software. Red Wing headquarters, ...
  175. Accountants worried about putting their data on the Internet fail to identify the ori...
  176. The education and training available to Sage Software's VARs is akin to enrolling in ...
  177. When someone meets you for the first time, here's the scoop, good or bad: * In one-...
  178. We survived the hype and the dot-bombs, and, guess what, the Internet is gaining trac...
  179. For tax season 2005, software vendors, like the automakers, are touting speed. Many n...
  180. With the change in company names, the Best Software Accountants Network is becoming t...
  181. Messrs. Heller and Kohite are considered experts on CPAs delivering wealth management...
  182. Back in the 1980s, local governments in New Jersey were concerned about the impact of...
  183. It's been a while since there has been a new professional tax package introduced to t...
  184. Three years ago, Tony Munns was the only person employed in what has become the risk ...
  185. When entrepreneurs consider their personal finances, it is critical they understand t...
  186. Microsoft Launches Accountant Program Microsoft has established the Microsoft Profe...
  187. Imagine this scenario: You could close an additional $275,000 in revenue in just one ...
  188. We make a living by what we get, we make a life by what we give." The words come from...
  189. Golden Gate University in San Francisco has shattered the financial education mold wi...
  190. We are considering hosted Exchange so we can have a common mailbox for desktop, Web, ...
  191. Enhancing a firm's credibility and differentiating the firm are just two benefits of ...
  192. New Online Resource The Financial Planning Association has an updated version of FP...
  193. The American Institute of Certified Public Accountants has launched a financial liter...
  194. Time to Go Paperless The market has been burning with talk of paperless products. O...
  195. Dave Bilbrey is taking his show on the road. "Everyone in the Detroit area knows us. ...
  196. Joint Ventures on Rise According to a KPMG survey, some 64 percent of U.S. executives...
  197. RIA Inks SurePrep RIA has reached an agreement with SurePrep, a Newport Beach, Cali...
  198. The trickle-down theory has been linked to the Republican Party's view of economics. ...
  199. FPA Challenges SEC The Financial Planning Association filed a petition in a District...