Accounting Technology articles from January 2009

Accounting Technology archives from January 2009

Twenty-five Years of Accounting Technology, Eh?(Editor's Note)
January 1, 2009... Byline: Robert W. Scott Accounting Technology will be 25 years old in June and my first reaction is to say, "So what?" It could be because I think our readers are focused on the future, what they are going to buy in the current budget,...

FCA Technologies' Managed Service Lineup.(Cover story)(Brief article)
January 1, 2009... Byline: Robert W. Scott Managed IT Services can mean many different things. FCA Technologies lists these services for managing corporate networks under what it calls its Managed Care program. Hardware/software scheduled audits ...

Reynolds: CPA Firms Are Ideal Clients.(Cover Story)
January 1, 2009... Byline: Robert W. Scott While many businesses can benefit from managed IT services, CPA firms have issues that can make them very good candidates for higher outsource providers, says Steve Reynolds of FCA Technologies. And one of those...

Planning to Ease The Pain; The need for financial planning tools that can help is greater than ever.(Software Review)
January 1, 2009... Byline: Dave McClure With the financial market still in virtually free-fall and a majority of bank stocks, mutual funds and hedge funds already in the negative column, financial planning has become both a greater challenge and more...

Scanning Demystified; Digitzing Source Documents Can Yield ROI.
January 1, 2009... Byline: Alexandra DeFelice When Alan Sandersen tried using Intuit's Source Doc Auto Entry product prior to the 2007 tax season, he was disappointed to learn it could not identify all the tax documents he needed it to. The process went so...

Sqeaky Clean.
January 1, 2009... Byline: Alexandra DeFelice Scanners need a bit more care than printers. And if they don't receive the love, image quality will undoubtedly suffer. "Even when it looks clean, paper inherently picks up dirt which will begin to affect...

Scanner Specs.
January 1, 2009... Byline: Alexandra DeFelice With all the scanners out there to choose from, how do firms know what is right for them? When it comes to tax documents, nearly every source interviewed for this article recommended the Fujitsu ScanSnap S510...

NEW PRODUCTS.(Sage North America and Airtime-Manager )
January 1, 2009... Accounting for Mortgage Bankers Advantage Systems' Commission Calculation Module in its Accounting for Mortgage Bankers software improves the ability of retail and wholesale lenders to define how commissions and bonuses are calculated. ...

Root Teaches New-School Technology.(Executive Spotlight)(Interview)
January 1, 2009... Byline: Alexandra Defelice Darren Root broke away from his father's firm because it was too old school for his taste. That was back in 1990, when computers were just making their way into the accounting scene. Now, the owner of...

Behavioral Changes and IT Spending.(OPINION: Boomer's Blueprint)
January 1, 2009... Byline: Gary Boomer While IT professionals are being asked to do more with less in the current economy, lower costs and a higher ROI are the results of behavioral changes, not a reduction in the IT budget. We asked IT professionals how...

Keep in Contact-On The Cheap.(OPINION: Re: Marks)
January 1, 2009... Byline: Gene Marks A few summers ago, my family took an RV trip to Niagara Falls. We had a blast. On the way we visited Cooperstown where we stood in line for two hours to look at Babe Ruth's jockstrap. We paid $40 per night for an asphalt...

PRACTICE DEVELOPMENT NEWS.
January 1, 2009... Intuit Offers QB Setup Intuit has established a program under which QuickBooks ProAdvisors will provide free consultation setup and training for users of QuickBooks Pro and Premier. The company has implemented a controlled launch for...

Texting Across Generations.(Accounting Tomorrow)
January 1, 2009... Byline: Alexandra DeFelice Sitting around the dinner table with four generations of family members reminded me how important it is for individuals to communicate about their preferred method of communication. It all started when my...

AICPA Issues Top 10 List.
January 1, 2009... For the seventh straight year, information security management was chosen as No. 1 on the Top Ten Technologies list selected by the American Institute of CPAs. Privacy management, the No. 4 issue last year, moved up to No. 2 while Secure...

ACCOUNTING NEWS.
January 1, 2009... Smith leaves sage Nina Smith, who headed Sage North America's largest division for the last year, has left the company in the latest of a series of major changes. Smith, who spent seven years with Sage, had headed the Business...

TAX & FINANCIAL PLANING NEWS.
January 1, 2009... Gilman Gets SEC Notice Some officers and current and former employees at Gilman Ciocia, which provides financial planning services, have received a "Wells Notice" from the SEC about its variable annuity sales by its registered...

Tax Payers Filing Early?
January 1, 2009... YES Really need refund this year. 83% (106 votes) NO Owe and will wait until the last minute. 2% (3 votes) Not sure Spending more time researching more deductions and tax breaks. 14% (18 votes) Only 127 had voted in a Web-based tax...

Show Calendar.
January 1, 2009... MARCH 4-6 Connect 2009, Tenth Annual CounterPoint User Conference. Hyatt Regency Baltimore. http://counterpointpos.com/news/cuc.htm MARCH 10-13 Convergence 2009, Microsoft Dynamics user conference. New Orleans. ...

Accounting Technology March Coming Attractions.
January 1, 2009... Document Management It's been a hot topic, but automated document management is still a new topic for many firms. As few as one-third of them are estimated to have purchased these systems. Marketing Your Firm Online Online...

Managing IT with Care; Outsourced services can represent a way to cut technology costs.(Cover Story)(Cover story)(Company overview)
January 1, 2009... Byline: Robert W. Scott In a struggling economy, business couldn't be better for those providing managed information technology services, such as Steve Reynolds. "It's very profitable in that companies are downsizing," says Reynolds,...