Technology
Latest News
AICPA News: August 2024
Blue & Co., LLC Announces Joint Venture with Pioneer Technology
How CPA Firms Can Maximize the Potential of a Multigenerational Workforce
Avantax Wealth Management Welcomes Noble Oak Financial
The Future is Mobility, Collaboration & SaaS
>> 2011 Awards Honor Advances in Technology << Most professionals who rely on technology to perform their jobs and provide client service (isn’t this everyone?) would likely agree that we’re in an age of constant technological evolution. Here at CPA Practice Advisor, we’ve chronicled many of these changes during the past 20 years, not only […]
Thought Leaders Reflect on Technology & the Profession: 20 Years Ago…
Remember 1991? M. Darren Root, CPA.CITP, Executive Editor In 1991 we had a network — Novell Network, I believe. We were using an application that was similar to IM called Right-Hand-Man, it was a TSR program that used up all of our minimal temporary memory and constantly crashed our desktops, but it did allow […]
How to Stay Ahead of the Curve
As I write this article, I’m on a flight to the California Accounting & Business Show & Conference — the venue for announcing this year’s Innovation Award winners. In addition to the awards presentation, we will also be recording a series of interviews with software executives and industry thought leaders. Our team has been working […]
CPA Practice Advisor Turns 20
From DOS and Windows 3.1, from the end of service bureaus and the emergence of the internet, and now into the full-blown SaaS and Mobile Revolution, CPA Practice Advisor celebrates 20 years serving tax and accounting professionals. Here’s a look back at where we were and how we’ve grown alongside the technology changes in the profession over the past two decades.
Innovation Awards Announced in Los Angeles
Technologies focused on enhancing the productivity and workflow of public tax and accounting professionals will be honored on Monday, June 6, at a special event during the California Accounting and Business Show & Conference in Los Angeles.
10 Questions Every Partner Should Ask Their IT Team
The majority of tax and accounting firm partners spent the last few months focused on tax, audit and accounting production, but with the busy season behind us, there is an opportunity to take a look at how processes can be improved during the slower summer months. Partners should use this time to meet with IT […]
5 Reasons Not to Block Social Media in the Workplace
The dilemma regarding Internet usage by employees during work hours has long been one of discussion by business owners, human resources professionals, IT professionals and staff. During the late 1990s, the concern was largely that of distrust over the new technology and countless dramatized stories about employers using their computers to access pornography, gambling and other inappropriate content.
Paradigm Shifts in Accounting Technology
Regardless of how disruptive new innovations are, they are an inevitable characteristic of our evolving business environment, just as innovation is fundamental to human evolution. And it’s smart business to seize opportunities created by these new innovations. Twenty-five years ago, it was a revolutionary idea for a small business owner to purchase a computer and […]