welcome to the post-pc world.
by brian tankersley, cpa.citp
for intuit accountants news central
welcome to the post-pc era. the (desktop) computer as king of the technology kingdom is now officially dead!
over the last five years, we have largely moved from desktop computers running locally installed purchased software to running mobile apps, and subscribing to services ranging from office 365 to quickbooks® online. read more →
tasty tips from a lousy cook.
by drew west
@deltekdrew
you know why i like writing articles? it keeps me out of the kitchen, where from bachelorhood through fatherhood, i still make any culinary task a bumbling trip down a path of missed ingredients and inaccurate measurements – right to the doorstep of “didn’t-turn-out-like-i-expected.”
why is our local pizzeria on the speed-dial? for those (thankfully infrequent) times when my wife is traveling, and i’m on the hook to keep my two youngsters relatively nourished.
unlike my cooking endeavors, yours in public accounting surely go beyond the simplicity of cold cereal or the occasional peanut-butter sandwich.
today’s modern engagements require delicate management of people, their work, the client’s demands and the firm’s expectations.
beyond paperless: cpa firms launch a new arms race for cloud and mobile technologies.
by rick telberg
卡塔尔世界杯常规比赛时间 research
leading cpa firms have clearly broken the going-paperless barrier and are adopting cloud and mobile technologies at a record pace, according to new data obtained by 卡塔尔世界杯常规比赛时间 research.
indeed, the question for practitioners is no longer “have you gone paperless yet?” or even “how paperless have you gone?” it is now “how much of your workflows have you moved to the cloud and made mobile and accessible everywhere and any time?” and the rest of the firms are asking themselves, “can i catch up?”
the trend is, of course, a daily challenge for the profession, which 卡塔尔世界杯常规比赛时间 covers in depth: 卡塔尔世界杯常规比赛时间 analysis: 40% of firms going to the cloud | how apple is changing your business | accounting firm leaders agree: the cloud is here | 11 things you take for granted today that technology will kill within six years | top 10 tech predictions for your business clients | cloud & mobile technologies drive change in tax and accounting | five questions to ask before going to the cloud | “the cloud is real” | the powerful mega-trends behind the upheaval at sage software | cpas in top 100 accounting firms get an “a” for adoption of cloud, portable document scanners and workflow management technologies | top tech habits of high-performing firms | seven tech lessons for busy season |
but the pace is astonishing. a new survey of 115 of some of the best-managed firms in the business shows:
the survey shows, for instance: read more →
will this be remembered as another “tax season from hell?”
join the survey; get the updates.
by rick telberg
卡塔尔世界杯常规比赛时间 research
the last time tax professionals slogged through a tax season from hell, it was 2008, the financial world was crashing into a million little pieces, and 1 in 4 accountants was reporting disastrous operations.
before that, long-timers might recall 1995, when the irs deployed a filing fraud crackdown that delayed millions of refunds.
more tax season research: tax pro’s turn negative on busy season | busy season outlook 2013 | top tax season trends, issues and opportunities
this year, with the irs opening the filing gates not until march 4, could 2013 become another one for the record books?
in the latest update to the 卡塔尔世界杯常规比赛时间 busy season barometer, topline findings include:
insurance company beats accountant in court over lost client data. how to make sure it doesn’t happen to you.
卡塔尔世界杯常规比赛时间 research
in yet another warning to firms about safeguarding client databases, insurance policies won’t necessarily protect you if the data gets lost or stolen, according to a 卡塔尔世界杯常规比赛时间 reading of a new legal case.
the highly influential u.s. court of appeals for the seventh has ruled that nationwide insurance co. has no duty to defend or indemnify an accountant who lost sensitive personal information from client files.
here’s the case, analysis and comment: read more →