budget talks between accounting and information technology departments can get pretty complicated. accountants know budgets; it folks know it. not many people know both.
the network drive in most firms is not very well organized and needs the most cleanup. this happens because it is usually managed with windows explorer, which allows almost anyone to create or access a file anywhere on the drive.
unfortunately, there is seldom a firm standard that is adhered to, allowing users to create files with any name they want and store it anywhere they please. the result can be files that are hard to find and slow to search across the network. read more →
51% plan new hiring now and into next year. for 2015, 81 percent percent of small businesses forecast a revenue increase, with 21 percent expecting to grow more than 100 percent, according to a new xero survey. the study also shows that … continued
smbs say cloud accounting is the last thing they want.
accountants are encountering extraordinary difficulties in getting their small- and mid-size business clients to adopt cloud computing, according to new research findings made available first to 卡塔尔世界杯常规比赛时间.
accounting is the last operation small business wants to update. everything else comes first, according to software advice, austin, texas-based accounting technology reviews company.
key findings:
over half of respondents express moderate to high levels of confidence in cloud-based accounting solutions, with 32 percent indicating “moderate” confidence.
with 5 percent already using cloud accounting, only 16 percent more are likely to move ahead anytime soon.
the top concern with cloud-based accounting, cited by 46 percent of small business owners, is security. cost and training were other key concerns. read more →
she noted that a server crash hadn’t meant any loss of data, since that was backed up, but a new one, related upgrades, downtime and testing meant an unproductive week. “had i hosted my applications instead, i would have paid $219 per month, a total of $3,723 for 17 months, instead of investing well over $30,000.” read more →
in almost every firm, the core computers used for all applications are internal file servers. down time for a day or two is a disaster. if that out-of-service stoppage stretches to a week or more, your partner income will suffer measurably.
simply put, mission-critical servers utilized for tax, audit, time and billing, and email have, at most, an effective five-year life. read more →
as data-entry costs plummet, new opportunities for accountants open up.
by sandi smith leyva accountant’s accelerator
after over 30 years in this profession, accounting has never been more promising and more exciting. the main reason is technology is driving data entry costs so low that it’s just about to disappear. that means we can finally focus on helping small businesses get more out of their accounting dollars through more analysis and better tools.
here are five areas that i believe are essential to serving clients best: read more →
cloud accounting software revolutionizes our relationships with our clients, enhancing our ability to provide real-time and forward-looking tax and accounting services. at the recently concluded sleeter conference in las vegas, cloud vendors promised zero data entry, the editing of transactions in spreadsheet format and seamless integration with best of breed third-party applications.
they didn’t mention, however, that their programmers redefine accounting principles by sacrificing sound internal control at the ease of use altar. before launching your clients into the accounting cloud, evaluate the risks currently ignored by many, if not most, cloud vendors. read more →
new data and analysis cited in cch cloud technology report.
accounting, tax and audit leaders are using cloud computing to improve speed, agility and collaboration, while also increasing productivity and profits, according to a new report on technology trends.
rick telberg
nearly 40 percent of accounting and tax firms plan to migrate some systems to the cloud within the next 12 to 18 months, and about one-third plan to do so this year, according to market research and consulting firm bay street group, which publishes 卡塔尔世界杯常规比赛时间. as recently as two years ago, the adoption rate was in the single digits. “the environment is changing rapidly,” ceo rick telberg points out. the research is cited in the latest edition of partners magazine, published by cch.
the report also cites data and case studies from tribridge it services in tampa, fla.; stambaugh ness cpas of york, pa.; steven brewer & co. cpas of salem, ind.; gamble & livingston cpas of myrtle beach, s.c.; and david bergstein, cpa, citp, director of strategic relations for wolters kluwer.
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cloud and mobile top the list of emerging technologies transforming the tax and accounting profession, according to a new cch survey.
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“we’re now at a point where all the benefits that have been talked about from emerging technologies are here – firms using these technologies today are seeing tremendous benefits in productivity and the value they can deliver to clients,” says kevin robert, president and ceo for wolters kluwer tax and accounting, which runs cch.
according to professionals surveyed, improved client service is the driving force behind their adoption of these emerging technologies, along with improved productivity and profitability.
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[jwplayer mediaid=”23585″] robert chandler, president and ceo of cloud 9 real time, a cloud service provider, says accountants should think first about going to the cloud with their tax prep applications.
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