Technology

With Intuit claiming a retail market share of 85 percent or higher in the small business accounting software market (according to http://fi.intuit.com/whyconnect and http://bit.ly/INTU2QFY10), many accountants and clients assume that QuickBooks has a monopoly over the small business accounting space. Although some clients may find that QuickBooks meets their accounting software needs, practitioners should also […]

18,576 characters   Today’s small businesses are learning how to run lean all of the time. This isn’t necessarily a new reality, but the tight economy of the past few years has certainly caused small business owners to be increasingly aware of every dime they spend and every one they bring in. Both of these […]

Income statements and balance sheets. These basics of financial reporting have been around for what seems like forever, so why change your tool for producing these now? That’s an easy question to answer, actually — new demands by business for better information and advances in technology make change possible. Consider the case of FRx, a […]

Characters 8192 AuditConfirmations LLC www.auditconfirmations.com AuditConfirmations offers an electronic bank confirmation (deposit and loan accounts) process targeted specifically to tax and accounting firms. AuditConfirmations allows firms to electronically submit bank confirmations to any bank using the bank’s contact name and email address. The process works by having the auditor create an audit confirmation request, which […]

characters 6139 800-267-1317 www.caseware.com The Working Papers system from CaseWare is an engagement management system that offers powerful assurance and reporting functions, along with tools for streamlining workflow, multi-staff collaboration, folder lockdowns and roll-forwards. The system includes full reporting options; integration with third-party accounting, tax, productivity and research tools; and is both GAAP and IFRS […]

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, […]

EngTBIntro0710.doc — 4368 By Isaac M. O’Bannon, Technology Editor Trial balance and audit engagement management programs share a few essential basics: creation of financials and client deliverables, account manipulation, consolidations, reporting, and analysis. After these areas, however, trial balance usually stops and engagement systems are just beginning, and the two types of systems very rarely […]

5851 characters   One of the topics in this issue is innovation, and one thing I have learned about innovation is that it is easier and more successful when you are embracing change. Either you are affected by change or you can effect change. Every day, we have a choice, and my suggestion is to […]