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.
December 1, 2008
2007 Review of Payroll Systems
Keeping Ownership Of The Client Payroll Relationship
December 1, 2008
40 Under 40 Honoree: Brian Tankersley, CPA.CITP — 38
Principal, Brian F. Tankersley CPA, Knoxville, TN
December 1, 2008
40 Under 40 Honoree: William (Bill) Gerber — 36
Managing Director of Sales & Marketing, OutSource It Business Services, LLC, Pompton Plains, NJ
December 1, 2008
40 Under 40 Honoree: Brian Steinert — 33
Product Manager, CCH, a Wolters Kluwer business, McPherson, KS
December 1, 2008
2007 Review of Engagement & Trial Balance Systems
Engagement and Trial Balance systems can be the heart of a full-service accounting firm, and advanced systems can help a practice improve efficiency. In any engagement, there are specific workflow processes, which can be streamlined using Engagement management systems. On the Trial Balance side, increased efficiency and productivity can be achieved by doing more than…
December 1, 2008
Technology’s Role In Client Communications
The universe of accounting and accountants continues to undergo major shifts. One of those shifts is the recognition that every-one can choose when and where they are willing to conduct business. This includes the 24 hour, 7 days per week model. Supermarkets are always open. Gas stations and bank ATM machines are always accessible. Customer…
December 1, 2008
2007 Review of Document Management Systems
If you’re young enough, think back to the period starting in the early 1980s. In the accounting technology world, we were making the gargantuan leap from the VisiCalc spreadsheet and WordStar word processing software to Lotus 1-2-3 and WordPerfect.
December 1, 2008
Review of Tax Preparation Systems — 2007
The past 12 months have been the most dynamic period for the professional tax preparation market in several years. We’ve seen new technology developments in many of the programs, as well as blockbuster business deals that have left three major companies in charge of the tax software used by more than 80 percent of tax…
December 1, 2008
Review of Construction Accounting Systems — 2007
have worked on an enormous array of software products over the years, including standard accounting programs, products for nonprofits and property managers, and specialty products for the music industry. But one of the more difficult specialty genres I’ve encountered is construction.