Technology
How to Increase Trust Between Suppliers and Buyers
In manufacturers’ dealings with suppliers, trust is important. Contracts can enforce basic rules and expectations, but the relationships work most effectively when each side has a basic level of trust in the other.
Ready, Set … Stop: While Tech Speeds Audits, Regulators Slow Down Process
Recently, I had the privilege of sitting on a panel at Ensuring Success 2019. The session focused on the future of audit. I prepared for the session, listened to my fellow panelists throughout our talk, then reflected on what I had learned along the way.
Real Estate Trends: Smaller Homes, Stable Market
Changing tastes as Millennials make up a growing share of home buyers will impact the market. Homes will get smaller, bold colors and prints will return to home designs and demand will stay high as more and more people reach typical homebuying age.
Organized Retail Thefts Hitting More Businesses
Organized retail crime affects almost all merchants and more than two-thirds of those surveyed have seen an increase in the past year, according to the 15th annual ORC study released today by the National Retail Federation.
Ensuring Success 2019: Recorded Video Sessions Now Available for On Demand Viewing
The video sessions for Ensuring Success 2019 are now archived and can be watched on-demand. If you missed the live event this year, be sure to register for Ensuring Success 2020, which will once again offer ten, 50-minute, free CPE credit sessions ...
AbacusNext Launches OfficeTools Cloud for Accounting and Tax Firms
With OfficeTools Cloud, firms can store all critical client information in one centralized application and track all projects, activities and communications. Users can also access OfficeTools Cloud remotely, allowing firms to scale up and down ...
How Fund Transfers, Direct Deposits and Electronic Banking Trace Back to the Telegraph
Wires, direct deposits, and electronic funds transfers (EFT) have roots in the invention of the telegraph; a tool used in the United States from 1844 until 2013 (some areas of the world still communicate by telegram today).
Predictions for 2020
We're featuring predictions in this issue as well as highlighting the winners of the 2019 40 Under 40 and 20 Under 40 awards – that's a lot to digest for people who might think the accounting profession is a stagnant place.