today’s firms come in two flavors: growth-driven or maintenance-mode.
teresa mackintosh, president & ceo of cch us, describes what it takes to be a progressive accounting firm these days.
separately, she fielded a few more questions: read more →
and the two professional remedies you already know.
by frank stitely, cpa
stitely & karstetter pllc
cloud accounting software revolutionizes our relationships with our clients, enhancing our ability to provide real-time and forward-looking tax and accounting services. at the recently concluded sleeter conference in las vegas, cloud vendors promised zero data entry, the editing of transactions in spreadsheet format and seamless integration with best of breed third-party applications.
they didn’t mention, however, that their programmers redefine accounting principles by sacrificing sound internal control at the ease of use altar. before launching your clients into the accounting cloud, evaluate the risks currently ignored by many, if not most, cloud vendors. read more →
will xero give quickbooks a run for it’s money? cpa jason blumer of blumer cpas thinks so. here he evangelizes for xero, a small-business cloud-based accounting solution from new zealand, and for “social” accounting. more about jason blumer on cpa … continued
intuit shouldn’t worry… yet. but cloud-based collaboration suite maker zoho is joining the likes of less accounting, outright, and freshbooks at the low-end accounting software party. here, the ceo talks to technology sage robert scoble. worried yet?
quickbooks, oracle and sap dominate the want ads.
after tabulating about 500 job listings for accountants, new research shows that quickbooks skills are most in demand today, followed by oracle and sap.
not listed here, of course, is excel, which is a prerequisite for nearly all open accounting jobs today, according to softwareadvice.com/accounting.
in the charts below, the big pie chart in the middle ranks the overall most-popular software packages:
but cch’s prosystem fx and intuit’s lacerte lead in market share. via www.journalofaccountancy.com of the 17 products identified for the survey, drake and thomson reuters’ ultratax cs were in a virtual tie for first place for the highest overall rating. … continued
and four reasons why you should too. perhaps more surprisingly, according to a copanion survey of 850 accountants, only 10% had no plans to scan tax documents at all, with the remaining 20% are still just considering it.
professional tax practitioners should be bracing for a difficult but potentially highly profitable tax season. john sapp, vice president of sales, marketing and education at drake tax software, provides two reasons: taxpayers never needed a professional’s services more and professionals … continued