Dustin Wheeler is a tax manager at Hawkins Cloward & Simister in Orem, Utah, where he provides accounting and business advisory services. He blogs about technology and accounting at www.dustinwheelercpa.com.
December 5, 2014
Checkpoint is the online tax and accounting research solution offered by Thomson Reuters. Its most recent search enhancement, Intuitive Search, returns the most relevant results after recognizing whether a user has entered Terms & Connectors, a ...
December 5, 2014
Bloomberg BNA offers a comprehensive online research tool with expert-written portfolios and a mobile app with access to its popular content including Federal tax, state tax, international tax, estate tax, and
December 5, 2014
Wolters Kluwer, CCH provides tax and accounting professionals with a versatile web-based research product line called IntelliConnect accessible through web browsers and mobile apps.
December 5, 2014
As a young boy, I once accompanied my parents on a visit to their CPA’s office. I curiously looked around at the thick black books that lined the bookshelves, noticing that the tax court cases and internal revenue code went back to the early 1900s.
September 5, 2014
Practice management software has evolved over the years from programs that did little more than time and billing to completely integrated technologies providing firm partners and managers with real-time data related to productivity and financial performance. As comprehensive systems, they give firm owners tools to perform a detailed analysis in their practices in terms of...…
September 5, 2014
800.968.8900 CS.ThomsonReuters.com 2011 Overall Rating 4.75 Best Firm Fit Firms wanting strong dashboards and Outlook integration, particularly those using other Thomson Reuters CS Professional Suite applications. Strengths SaaS version available Powerful integration with the rest of the CS Professional Suite Useful dashboards with drilldown capability Can internally process credit card payments & ACH...…
September 5, 2014
661-951-9200 www.officetoolspro.com 2011 Overall Rating 4.5 Best Firm Fit Small to mid-sized firms not currently using a completely integrated suite of tax and accounting products. Strengths Integration with Lacerte, QuickBooks & Outlook Interface is easy to navigate & is focused on the client Strong contact management capabilities, including social media The only practice...…
September 5, 2014
800-739-9998 opt. 1 www.cchgroup.com 2011 Overall Rating 4.25 Best Firm Fit Firms wanting powerful time, project, marketing and client management features, particularly those using other components of the ProSystem fx Suite. Strengths Strong integration with ProSystem fx Suite, Sage Abra Payroll, and Sage MAS 90, 200 and 500 Great features for tracking marketing...…
September 5, 2014
800-267-1317 www.caseware.com 2011 Overall Rating 4.25 Best Firm Fit Firms currently using CaseWare Working Papers. Strengths Integration with CaseWare Working Papers Scalable & works well for multi-partner and multi-location firms Layout & Windows Explorer-like Document Manager will be familiar to CaseWare Working Papers users Potential Limitations Does not track accruable employee benefits No complete...…
November 29, 2013
2013 Review of Tax Research Software
September 8, 2013
On the conference room shelf of a CPA’s office I visited recently, I noticed a Magic 8-Ball with the label “free tax answers.” When turned, the die floating in colored liquid inside the ball presses against the window to reveal an affirmative, negative, or non-committal answer such as “cannot predict now.”
July 28, 2012
Very few accountants have the technological skills and artistic gifts to create an effective website. Hexadecimal color codes, meta tags and HTML are like a foreign language in a profession with its own cryptic lingo that includes insubstance defeasance and alternative minimum tax.
