Gail Perry, CPA, is the editor-in-chief of CPA Practice Advisor. She also speaks at many accounting events, trade shows, and webinars. She is the author of over 30 books (including Mint.com For Dummies and QuickBooks 2014 On Demand), and she maintains a small tax practice. Gail is a graduate of Indiana University where she earned a bachelors degree in journalism. She returned to school to study accounting at Illinois State University, earned her CPA, and worked for Deloitte in the firm's Chicago tax department. She has taught college-level accounting principles and personal finance, and was on staff for 10 years at the Indiana CPA Society as a computer applications instructor. Gail was the publisher and editor-in-chief of AccountingWEB before joining the CPA Practice Advisor team.
March 22, 2018
Our niche practice focus this month is Eldercare, so the time is right to consider how technology is helping us care for our parents, grandparents, and other elderly people in our lives. We culled the CPA Practice Advisor community for recommendations ...
March 21, 2018
When the transition occurred in mid-2017, anyone who signed up for FreshBooks as a new customer got the new product. “We started inviting our existing customers to try out and switch to the new version. They would receive the invite, log into their ...
March 19, 2018
Joe Woodard, CEO of Woodard Events and manager of the annual Scaling New Heights event has shared some updated information with CPA Practice Advisor regarding the 2018 conference scheduled for June 17-20 in Atlanta. Update: Scaling New Heights 2018 will be located at the Georgia World Congress Center in Atlanta. The dates are June 17-20....…
March 9, 2018
Update: Scaling New Heights 2018 is located at the Georgia World Congress Center in Atlanta. The dates are June 17-20. More information can be found at https://woodard.com/2018-scaling-new-heights-home/ Reported March 9, 2018: Joe Woodard, CEO and manager of Woodard Events, LLC, the organization behind the annual accounting technology conference Scaling New Heights, is encouraging conference registrants...…
February 21, 2018
We hope your busy season is a good one. Before long, it will be in the record books. In the meantime, we’ll do our best to keep you up-to-date on the latest developments that impact your accounting practice.
February 21, 2018
If you’re interested in trying an app for time tracking, PCWorld recommends Harvest, an app that lets you record time for multiple clients and also log your expenses. Scan receipts and enter notes to accompany expenses. The app has been around for ...
February 20, 2018
Sage has designed each of the pillars as a separate learning process, and Sage is offering training in each of these specific areas. While these pillars build logically on each other, practitioners can select the pillars that are the most relevant to ...
December 18, 2017
Many of us will be taking some time away from the office during the holidays, but that doesn’t mean we won’t want to stay connected with what’s happening in the world. We surveyed members of the CPA Practice Advisor community to find out how they ...
December 18, 2017
This month we announced the winners of the 25 Most Powerful Women in Accounting awards. This annual celebration recognizes women throughout the profession who are making a measurable difference in the success of the accounting profession itself as ...
November 21, 2017
From tracking KPIs or managing client communications, or even digging them out of a financial hole while cruising at 35,000 feet, these business apps keep busy professionals tuned into their firm and client needs, which definitely helps productivity.
November 20, 2017
Thurs. Dec 7 - Tune in for an hour or two, or settle in and spend the entire day with us. Wear your pajamas if you like – we won’t judge. Starting at 9 a.m. Eastern time and for the next 10 hours you can collect up to 10 CPE credits, we’ll ...
October 20, 2017
There was a time when I wanted all my passwords to be the same, but that was way way back when we weren’t so worried about identity theft and hackers. So it’s time to move into the 21st century and learn about options for password management.
