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how accountants work best when out of the office.
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by 卡塔尔世界杯常规比赛时间<\/em><\/p>\n

accountants have come to rely on their iphones and tablets as essential tools of the trade, with more than 90% terming the devices “important” or “very important,” according to a new 卡塔尔世界杯常规比赛时间 survey.\u00a0join the survey; get the updates<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/span>.<\/p>\n

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accountants crave mobility<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

with the allure of the summer slow-down, accountants say it takes a mix of discipline and technology to stay in touch and\u00a0work out of the office. but the vast preponderance of accountants say new mobile technologies are helping to solve the pernicious work\/life balance issues that have long plagued the profession.<\/p>\n

to be sure, about 10% of accountants insist they use neither smartphones nor tablets for work. but they are a distinct and shrinking minority.<\/p>\n

otherwise the new technologies are increasing accountants’ personal productivity, improving client service and satisfaction, boosting billable hours, and streamlining coordination with clients and colleagues.<\/p>\n

no wonder then that half of all accountants are work at least 11 hours per week out of the office, including 17% who are booking 20 to 40 hours per week away from their desks.<\/p>\n

in choosing their mobile devices, the primary consideration is the ability to connect with office applications. but, oh, they love their iphones. accountants prefer apple over android devices by margins of two to one.<\/p>\n

and looking into the future beyond phone, voicemail, email and web surfing, a significant number of accountants are planning to add time & billing systems and client relationship management databases to their handhelds.<\/p>\n

in off-the-cuff comments, 卡塔尔世界杯常规比赛时间 respondents gave a bevy of tips and strategies to make the best of working office-less. they go beyond the basics (stay out of the kitchen, go as electronic as possible, and keep to-do lists organized by where work can be done) to give us their hard-won lessons on staying on task, whether it\u2019s at home, on the road or even at the beach.<\/p>\n

\u201chave your phone forwarded to your cell to avoid the necessity of returning calls at a later time and playing phone tag,\u201d says solo practitioner michael edson.<\/p>\n

\u201ctake a break every couple hours to check smart phone for emails from clients that can be dealt with quickly,\u201d says cynthia c. reid, a cpa in peoria, ariz. \u201chelps to come back to work a little fresher and lessens email tasks to handle when back in the office.\u201d<\/p>\n

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mobile accountants happier, more productive<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

howard b. shatz, cpa, of mcguckin, shatz & white, llc,<\/a> in little silver, n.j., disagrees. \u201cdon\u2019t answer the phone \u2013 return calls later. it will be much more efficient.\u201d<\/p>\n

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mcgookey<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

technology setups often were cited.<\/p>\n

\u201chaving mirrored setups at home and office with info in the cloud to access data anywhere\u201d helps carl mcgookey of payne nickles & company cpas & business advisors<\/a> in sandusky, ohio.<\/p>\n

\u201ci have a vpn connection to the office network that i can’t live without,\u201d says sheri kagan, cpa, of kagan & associates, ltd., in rolling meadows, ill. \u201csince we scan everything, i can access almost anything i want from home. this setup allows me to work when i want, and to avoid driving to the office in 8″ of snow!!!\u201d<\/p>\n

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half of all accountants work at least 11 hours per week out of the office<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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michael paul murray in shreveport, la., called atom<\/a> \u2013 automated tax office manager \u2013 \u201cthe must-have technology for managing your business at home or out of the office.\u201d\u00a0 the software handles employee and appointment scheduling, workflow and document management, customer portals for your customers; appointment scheduling, bulk emails, accounts receivable and other functions, he notes. \u201cit completely changed the way i do business as i am now able to see valuable metrics real-time across all office locations.\u201d<\/p>\n

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office connectivity tops list of buying criteria<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

earline la buy,\u00a0antioch, calif.,\u00a0 tried using a program that allowed her to use her office computer from home, \u201cbut it was too slow and cumbersome,\u201d she says. \u201cwhen i work at home i am more relaxed and seem to get more done. i transfer my clients\u2019 files to a flash drive, take it and their paperwork home, transfer it to my home computer, do the work and reverse the process to get the info on my office computer.\u201d<\/p>\n

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accountants favor apple over android by wide margins<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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allgood<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

paula allgood, a partner with beaird harris & co., pc,<\/a> in dallas, texas, says it is tough to find time for her compliance responsibilities, which are final global review before returns go out the door. keeping one day a week free of meetings helps, but so does working at home:\u00a0\u201ctake one day a week out of the office (usually wednesday) to catch up on email.\u00a0 also, seeing sunlight, catching up on home laundry and working in shorts is a huge morale boost.\u201d<\/p>\n

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time & billing and crm top the wish lists for future plans<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n