Technology

February 14, 2018 

Today’s security protocols perform cryptography in all kinds of electronic networks, from sound to SMS texting to Internet web pages: but none of them use Gilbert’s OTP! So why doesn’t cryptography use this perfect Unbreakable cipher?

February 14, 2018 

Many companies have not performed a formal cyber risk assessment, which makes it difficult to develop an appropriate response to those risks. What kind of data is being protected? What cyber threats will the client face? Every dollar spent on ...

February 13, 2018 

Show me the money! A new report suggests job seekers have a little more heft when it comes to their salaries. Continuing a recent trend, the most recent analysis in Randstad's U.S. Salary Guides show that salaries have risen an average of three percent...

February 13, 2018 

Over the last two to three years we have watched pundits and consultants promote ideas around emerging technologies. Some of the claims are ludicrous, loony, and ill-informed. Others are trying to position, parlay and learn. You’ve seen this column ...

Randy Johnston

February 12, 2018 

While businesses across the U.S. are increasing their focus on emerging technologies to help transform how they work and serve clients and customers, many are not assessing the risks that come with their adoption, according to KPMG LLP’s Tech Risk ...

February 9, 2018 

Though many recognize that implementing a modern cloud enterprise resource planning (ERP) system is an obvious answer — many that take start the transition are surprised by marginal improvements, slow user adoption, and unchanged processes that still ...

Tom Kelly

February 9, 2018 

The DAVO Sales Tax app automatically sets aside the exact amount of sales tax a merchant collects daily and then files and pays it to the state when due. DAVO’s two new apps, DAVO Sweep & Save and DAVO Savings Club use the same innovative proprietary ...

February 9, 2018 

Has your firm started the transformation to advisory services? If not, in the not so distant future you will be too behind to catch up. That sounds harsh, but it’s better to face the reality that soon the gap will be so wide that your options for ...

Arianna Campbell

February 8, 2018 

While standard financial accounting is essential for the health of your business, project accounting helps drive the success of individual engagements. Project accounting is more about the details – and viability – of every single active and inactive ...

February 8, 2018 

Two conferences have been added to the AICPA ENGAGE lineup this year – the EDGE Career Development Conference, designed for standout young CPAs, and the CPA Firm Management Association’s National Practice Management Conference – bringing the total ...

February 8, 2018 

The EY Americas Tax practice today launched EY Interact, the firm’s new program that provides real-time access and visibility to tax engagements. While collaboration portals exist, EY Interact gives clients one site to access all of their work products and engagement data, and to receive personalized alerts and secure document sharing across their EY tax...…

February 7, 2018 

According to the annual year-end tax rate study issued by Vertex Inc., a tax technology provider, there were 721 total US sales tax rate changes in 2017, a substantial increase of 29.21 percent from the 558 changes that occurred in 2016.