Firm Management

Gavel & Gown Software Inc. — Credenza Software800-472-2289www.credenzasoft.com From the June 2013 review of practice management systems. Best Firm Fit: Business professionals currently reliant on Microsoft Outlook for tracking client appointments, tasks and projects. Strengths Free version available for general practice management functions Built on top of familiar Microsoft Outlook interface Inexpensive practice management solution […]

Deltek Maconomy Public Accounting Solution800-456-2009www.deltek.com/accounting From the June 2013 review of practice management systems. Best Fit: Accounting firms with 75 or more employees looking to contain all financial, client and engagement management under one solution. Strengths Flexible user interface Role-based to help ensure data integrity Potential Limitations Requires a significant amount of planning for front-end […]

I don’t know if it’s just me (I’m assuming I’m not alone in this), but my information consumption habits have changed drastically over the past few years. Less than five years ago I would gather up all my monthly trade publications and while sitting with a cup of coffee flip through the pages, reading the articles that provided me with the best information on improving my practice.

Executive Editor Darren Root, CPA, speaks with Intuit’s Woody Adams about new features in QuickBooks Online and QuickBooks Online Accountant edition. From the 2013 New York Accounting Technology Show.

Sage Software’s Jennifer Warawa speaks with Executive Editor Darren Root, CPA, about how Sage is developing technologies to meet the needs of professional accountants and their clients. From the 2013 New York Accounting Technology Show.

After receiving nearly 300 applications, Roger CPA Review has announced their 2013 Roger Spirit Scholarship recipients, selected from students across the nation. In addition to the Roger Spirit Scholarship, Roger CPA Review awards over 115 scholarships at individual campuses each year.

In the very early days of the PC revolution, untold thousands of hobbyists and programmers spread their fledgling programs across the seven major online services (The Source, The Well, CompuServe, AOL, ZDNet, Prodigy and MSN) and thousands of Bulletin Board Systems.

For many CPA firms, data leakage is becoming an increasing problem, with the potential to pose truly disastrous results for a company and its clients. For instance, in 2012, a public accounting firm was contracted to perform financial statement auditing services for a client.