Accounting
2014 Review of AccountantsWorld - Accounting Power
Accounting Power is the new name for the collaborative bookkeeping and client write-up solution which is part of the Accountants World Power Practice suite of applications.
Brian Tankersley
Brian Tankersley is a technology contributor for CPA Practice Advisor, and is a frequent speaker at national continuing education courses on auditing and technology, as well as a consultant, coach and instructor for K2 Enterprises.
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Accounting
2014 Review of Xero Accounting and Xero Partner Platform
Xero Accounting, along with the Xero Partner Platform multi-client interface for accountants, is a cloud-based platform for those working with multiple clients. The product is best used by service-based organizations, is easy to use, and provides a platform for automating the classification of transactions.
Accounting
2014 Review of Intuit QuickBooks Online & QuickBooks Online for Accountants
Intuit’s QuickBooks Online (QBO), along with the QuickBooks Online for Accountants (QBO4A) multi-client tool for accountants using the application, provide a capable cloud-based platform for managing small business finances for multiple organizations.
Accounting
2014 Review of Virtual CFO Platforms (aka, Cloud Write-Up)
The transition away from traditional, after-the-fact client write-up systems and to collaborative, real-time financial reporting systems has taken many years, but we are starting to see the outline of the systems of the future. Cloud-based software will be used to help practitioners and clients work together on a business, and will yield results which are more timely and less compliance-oriented than traditional write up products.
Accounting
2014 Review of Thomson Reuters Accounting CS
The current write-up application for the Thomson Reuters CS Suite of applications for professional accounting firms is a relatively new product called Accounting CS.
Accounting
Xero Partners with Manilla and Squarespace
Cloud accounting application Xero announced new partnerships today with personal bill tracking application Manilla and web hosting company Squarespace. The company’s announcement comes close after the December launch of Xero Payroll, the announcement of the product’s support for file attachments, and integrations with non-traditional lending sources like Kabbage and FundBox.
Firm Management
Time & Billing Systems: Essential Even for Value Model Firms
2013 Review of Time and Billing Programs
Accounting
Taking Your Firm and Clients to the Cloud: 2013 Reviews of Hosting Providers
Cloud server based hosting of applications which have historically run on desktop or laptop Windows computers is a hot trend with accounting professionals.