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Dave McClure

Contributing Writer/Columnist

dave.mcclure@cpapracticeadvisor.com

Dave McClure is a U.S. Air Force veteran who flew a B-52 bomber during the Cold War, then became an Air Force Information Officer to hone his skills as a writer, editor and communications manager. He has since been a consultant in business and technology for more than three decades, with degrees in applied science and Organizational Development, with an MBA in Executive Management. He has consulted with companies ranging from Microsoft to General Electric, and has held positions as an accounting software marketing director, media editor, network engineer and professional beta tester for computer hardware and software . His career includes eight years with the NASA Space Shuttle program for BFGoodrich, more than 20 years writing for business and accounting publications, and his tenure as founder and president of the US Internet Industry Association. He is a global expert on IT, Internet and management issues, and currently serves as the co-chair of the International Internet Industry Alliance.

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Accounting

How Distributed Scanning Helps Streamline Accounting Workflow

I’ve been doing a lot of work writing and consulting on the topics of document management and workflow, and had seriously written off the hardware side of those critical accounting functions. After all, what more could be said about buying printers and scanners.

Income Tax

Why a Minimum Wage Hike is a Bad Idea

The President of the United States, our champion of income equality, has once again called on Congress to raise the minimum wage from its present level of $7.25 per hour up to $10.10 per hour, a salary increase of just under 39 percent.

Income Tax

Tax season scams that tax preparers need to worry about

The last thing you need in the middle of tax season is to be hit by scammers trying to plant malware on your computer and force you to make payments to them.

Accounting

How Accounting Firms Can Protect Against Identity Theft

In the wake of the recent identity theft of some 40 million accounts from retail merchant Target, and the potential for massive theft from the health care exchanges set up under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA), consumers are again left bewildered -- and looking for someone to take the lead in crafting a solution.

Marketing

Rethinking The Social Media Strategy

It is popular among my learned accounting colleagues to portray the elders of the profession who have not signed on to the concept of a Social Media Strategy as some kinds of latter day Luddites.

Accounting

Five Tech Battles for Businesses to Watch in 2014

One of the more interesting aspects of blogging, as opposed to filing hard news stories each day, is that I have a little more time to watch battle lines being drawn. And if the lines being drawn now are any indication, 2014 should be a fun year to watch as companies and politicians enter the fight cage.

Benefits

Tax Preparers Unprepared for Data Loss, ID Theft Incidents

I visited Arizona last summer, where the temperatures hit 119 degrees in the afternoon and didn’t much cool at night. They call it “dry heat.” I called it Apache Territory.

Firm Management

Will Windows 9 Save Microsoft?

Microsoft is furiously at work on its next operating system, which it plans to introduce in 2015.

Small Business

The Dark Side of Technology Trends for 2014

The Grandfather Gifts

Gift-giving is hard, especially for Grandpa Dave when it comes to selecting presents that his grandkids will actually like. He's found some, though, and he shares.

Firm Management

Top 10 Tech Gifts For The Holidays

Pay close attention to what is happening to the retail sales of tech products, and you will see a full-scale panic building. Heralded by pre-announcements of Black Friday sales. Stores opening on Thanksgiving night to get a jump on the competition. Walmart offering a 32” flat screen TV for just $98 on Black Friday.

Payroll

Living With Cell Phone Data Caps

The 21st Century brought to the American language a slew of new terms and concepts, from Googling and Sexting to Unfriending and Tweeting. But by far the least understood of the new terms, and the one that puts users at risk of serious limitations or financial penalties, is the Cell Phone Data Cap.