Accounting June 28, 2025
Nominations Open for 2025 Innovation Awards
The Innovation Awards highlight technologies that are shaping the profession and small businesses through increased collaboration and productivity.
April 8, 2014
How Men and Women Use Social Media & Devices Differently
How we use them, however, varies greatly not only between people of different generations, but also by gender. A new study shows that men and women definitely use social media and their mobile smart phones for different activities.
April 8, 2014
5 Ways to Measure Your Firm’s Social Media Efforts
Professionals who participate in social media, and certainly most accountants I know, want to measure what they’re doing, in order to know if they should increase or decrease the time they spend on non-billable activities. Seldom do I find anyone who tweets or networks with colleagues on LinkedIn just because it takes up valuable time…
April 4, 2014
Report: IRS Software Management Practices Don’t Meet Government Requirements
The IRS Isn't maintaining its computer infrastructure adequately, according to a new report by the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration (TIGTA), a part of the Department of the Treasury that is tasked with overseeing the nation's tax agency.
April 2, 2014
College Professor Convicted of Defrauding National Science Foundation, Students
A Morgan State University professor was convicted Tuesday in connection with a scheme to defraud the National Science Foundation and his students.
April 2, 2014
Deductible Medical Expenses – From A to Z
It’s even more difficult than before for most taxpayers to qualify for medical expense deductions now that the “floor” has been raised to 10 percent of adjusted gross income (AGI) from 7.5 percent of AGI.
April 2, 2014
Cloud Audit & Compliance System Achieves Milestones
Since cloud-based audit, compliance, and risk management provider ACL first introduced its ACL GRC system in May 2013, the company has achieved several major milestones, including the expansion of its global footprint, rapid increase of new customer engagements, and recognition by industry leaders.
April 1, 2014
Nonprofit Accounting Software Resellers Honored
The most productive resellers and partners of nonprofit and government accounting software vendor AccuFund, Inc. were recently recognized with the company's Partner Leadership Awards for sales and marketing success in 2013.
March 31, 2014
Square Expands Partner Program, Integration with Xero & QuickBooks
Mobile credit card acceptance vendor Square has launched a new software partner platform that includes integration with Xero and QuickBooks. The collaboration is focused on building new applications that complement Square’s set of business services.
March 28, 2014
Survey: 87% of Small Businesses Expect Strong Finish to Q1
The first quarter of 2014 is looking strong for small businesses, according to the March 2014 Small Business Scorecard, a monthly survey conducted by payroll and human resources technology provider SurePayroll. According to the survey, 87 percent of business respondents expect a strong or steady end to the first quarter.
March 28, 2014
80 Percent of SMBs Say Cloud Computing Helps Them Thrive
New research shows that cloud computing is viewed by 80 percent of U.S. small businesses as a solution that contributes to business growth. Conducted by Techaisle, the SMB Cloud Computing Adoption Trend survey shows a significant departure in the views of small businesses from previous years, when reducing cost used to be the overarching objective.
March 26, 2014
New Integration Solution Connects SAP ERP Software with Thomson Reuters Indirect Tax
The new new global integration framework can give businesses more accurate and efficient process for ensuring tax policies and reports are maintained and easily accessible everywhere they do business.
March 25, 2014
Why Accounting Firms Shouldn’t Move from XP to Windows 7 or 8 During Tax Season
So Microsoft announces the end of support for the one-third of the computing world that still uses Windows XP…and magically announces that on the same date they will release an update to Windows 8 that makes it look and work almost exactly like Windows 7. Along with a hint that they may give the update…