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Accounting Firm Confidence Improves in April

The April edition of Accounting Today’s monthly Accountants Confidence Index reversed a two-month decline, showing positive expectations for the short- and mid-term for the first time in 2012. Responding to a survey taken in March, the panelists on our Executive Research ERC foresaw a short-term contraction for small firms — only the second they’ve predicted…

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Accounting Clouds Are Changing Industries

How Cloud Computing Is Changing The Accounting Industry Accountants must begin to see change as opportunity. With the present financial that all businesses are dealing with, accountants can offer better value-priced services to small and medium-sized enterprises. Instead of the annual client meetings at tax time, accountants must be better equipped to provide more real time and…

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Finance and Accounting Benefits from Cloud Computing

The Benefits of Cloud Computing to Finance and Accounting What exactly is the ‘Cloud?’  Many people now use the term “cloud computing” to describe many varied technologies and services. Cloud computing is not new per’se. What that simply means is that software applications are delivered using Web infrastructure where the client side is a web…

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CPA Survey: Building Better Firms & Greater Life Balance*

*Source: CPA Trendlines Bookkeepers, CPAs and tax preparers are making their New Year’s resolutions with excellent intent, vowing to research and use new tools, technologies, and increased attention to marketing to facilitate a more balanced  business and personal life, and to provide important new service benefits to their clients. In step with our previous post about ‘chunkified’ cloud…

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Cloud Computing Benefits for Finance and Accounting

The Benefits of Cloud Computing to Finance and Accounting What Is Cloud Computing?  Many people now use the term “cloud computing” to describe many varied technologies and services things. Cloud computing is not new per’se. What that simply means is that software applications are delivered using Web infrastructure where the client side is a web…

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Cloud Computing: What’s all the Buzz?

You’ve seen it on the IBM commercials, you’ve read about it in tech magazines – so what exactly is “cloud computing” and does my business need it? Cloud is used as a metaphor for the Internet, combined with Computing – you have virtual servers hosting all of your services and software online. Virtual servers allow…

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Increase Revenues Through Outsourcing

What is Outsourcing? The contracting, sub-contracting or externalizing of non-core activities to free up cash, personnel, time and facilities for activities where the firm holds a competitive advantage. Outsourcing allows for companies to concentrate on higher-end services and what they do best thus reducing the average unit cost. ~ BusinessDictionary.com (2009) The Benefits • Cost…

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10 Essentials of Online Accounting

1.     Software as a Service (SaaS) – This is a model of software deployment that allows the consumer or business owner to access information on-demand. SaaS is a low cost way for businesses to obtain and store information without having to manage software applications or expensive servers. You and your client can have access to…

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