December 2010 - CPA Practice Advisor

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Technology

CCH, a Wolters Kluwer business — ProSystem fx Fixed Assets

6486 800-PFX-9998 www.tax.cchgroup.com Designed for use by accounting and tax professionals, ProSystem fx Fixed Assets is a comprehensive tracking, management and reporting program that offers extensive depreciation calculation capabilities, projections, asset-life events and reporting. The program is part of the ProSystem fx Suite of professional applications, which includes integrated tax, write-up, trial balance, practice management, […]

Hardware

Keys to Helping Clients Close Out 2010 & Make the Most of 2011

5958 As 2010 comes to a close, we are all working on our New Year’s Resolutions to make 2011 the best year ever. Although there is still a cloud of uncertainty hanging over our economy, individuals in our profession can’t do anything about the macroeconomic situation. Instead of waiting for others to create economic activity […]

Taxes

Four Tips To Getting The Most Out Of Your Research

3477 The world of tax research applications has evolved significantly from the paper books we used in college in the late 20th century. Paper research materials formerly updated by replacing thousands of pages of thin paper in a precise manner were replaced by large towers of compact disks, and the CDs have now given way […]

Technology

Effective Asset Management Requires More Than Simple Spreadsheets

From the November 2010 Issue The software needs of the nonprofit organization are vastly different from those implemented by standard organizations. Many nonprofits are funded solely by grants, which require detailed tracking and accountability for every dollar spent. As well, those active in fundraising need a way to record donations, provide receipts and track donors […]

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TheTaxBook, published by Tax Materials, Inc.

www.thetaxbook.com 866-919-5277 TheTaxBook is a concise, easy-to-understand topical summary of key tax laws and rules designed for tax preparers. While a full tax research service will be needed for detailed technical guidance on unfamiliar topics, TheTaxBook is designed to provide general guidance, including current rates, per diem amounts, and summaries of law changes from the […]

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Payroll

Paramount Software – 2011 Executive Predictions & 2010 Year in Review

2010: What We Learned For many small and mid-sized businesses, including professional tax and accounting firms, the year 2010 continued with the hard economic conditions felt during 2009. While some indicators now suggest that the economy is starting to recover, many of these businesses and organizations are still waiting for tangible relief. There are still […]

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Thomson Reuters — Checkpoint

800-950-1216 ria.thomsonreuters.com Checkpoint is a research product for accounting and tax practitioners that includes reference sources in areas such as U.S. Federal, state, and local taxation; accounting, auditing and corporate finance; estate planning; international taxation; as well as ancillary topics such as payroll, pensions and employee benefits. The product also includes user-configurable news alerts for […]

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MoneySoft — Fixed Asset Pro

6636 800-966-7797 www.moneysoft.com Fixed Asset Pro is an asset management and depreciation calculation system designed for use either in-house by organizations or for accounting professionals managing the asset tax strategies of multiple entities. The program offers capabilities for managing multiple books per asset, data import and export to common files and formats, and user customization […]

CCH Small Firm Services — ATX & TaxWise Fixed Asset Manager

6404 888-455-0183; www.atxinc.com 888-455-0182; www.taxwise.com Offered by CCH Small Firm Services, the ATX and TaxWise brands of professional tax and accounting programs both offer a fixed asset management system that can be used as a stand-alone program that provides integration into the tax system. While the programs are separate applications, they offer the same general […]

Technology

Red Moon Solutions LLC — Fixed Assets Manager

6935 800-224-1260 www.redmoonsolutions.com blog.redmoonsolutions.com Red Moon Solutions offers several corporate tax and asset management applications, with the Fixed Assets Manager (FAM) system offering fixed asset tracking, depreciation, compliance, planning and reporting capabilities. The program can manage any number of individual or interrelated organizations, and supports all asset types and classes. It also provides comprehensive tools […]

Thomson Reuters — Fixed Assets CS

800-968-8900 CS.ThomsonReuters.com Fixed Assets CS is designed for professional accountants managing the asset depreciation functions for multiple client entities. The program, which can be used as a stand-alone system or integrated into the CS Professional Suite of tax and accounting applications, provides comprehensive depreciation, projection, inventory and reporting capabilities, with automated calculations, asset departmentalization and […]

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Technology

Sage — FAS 100 Asset Accounting

5771 800-368-2405 www.sagefas.com Sage North America offers several asset management systems for commercial, governmental, educational and nonprofit organizations in the United States and Canada, with support for GAAP and IFRS accounting standards. The core program for business entities is Sage FAS 100 Asset Accounting, which is built on Sybase database and can be used as […]

Intuit ProLine — ProSeries Fixed Asset Manager

6277 800-934-1040 www.proseries.com/fam The ProSeries Fixed Asset Manager is offered as an add-on module to the ProSeries professional tax compliance system, or can be used as a stand-alone program, providing multi-book depreciation schedules, planning and forms compliance for fixed assets. The system includes support for all common methods, as well as options for creating custom […]

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MRS Company Ltd. — WorthIT Fixed Assets

5926 888-967-8411 www.worthitfixedassets.com The WorthIT Fixed Assets system provides asset management and depreciation reporting and projections, in compliance with GAAP and IFRS standards. The program, which is designed to replace spreadsheets and complex systems, also offers powerful capital budgeting and business management tools, allowing users to maintain supervision of fiscal processes, and provides direct integration […]

Technology

BNA Software — BNA Fixed Assets Solutions

6944 800-424-2938 www.bnasoftware.com BNA Software offers an array of professional programs for income tax planning, tax analysis, wealth management, estate and gift tax planning and compliance, and sales and use tax. BNA Fixed Assets Solutions is designed for in-house and public tax and accounting professionals, providing automated asset management, inventory and tracking functions, with comprehensive […]

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Firm Management

In Firm: 2011 IT Predictions and 2010 Results

Column: Technology in Practice From the December 2010 Issue It’s that time of year again, when we are asked to gaze into our crystal balls and share the trends that we feel will impact your firms in the year ahead with the intent of assisting you in making more effective IT decisions in 2011. The […]

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Intuit Inc. — Intuit ProLine Tax Research

888-236-9501 accountant.intuit.com Intuit has slowly and strategically added solutions to its ProLine family of solutions for tax and accounting practitioners, including the addition in 2009 of Intuit ProLine Tax Research as an integrated, context-sensitive option into its Lacerte and ProSeries income tax preparation applications. This is a solid, easy-to-use offering for practices focused on compliance […]

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CCH, a Wolters Kluwer business — CCH IntelliConnect

888-224-7377 CCHGroup.com CCH made significant changes to its research platforms in the summer of 2009 when it launched IntelliConnect, its next generation research platform to replace the previous offering, Tax Research Network. With the switch to IntelliConnect, the key tax, human resources, payroll and employee benefits databases for domestic and many international jurisdictions are on […]