VENDOR TRENDER: Clues to the Market in NetSuite Channel Move

The merely average need not apply.

Adam Ross, the new head of channel sales at NetSuite, is looking for not-your-everyday CPA firm resellers. And that says something about where the CPA market is going. Read more

Posted on March 30, 2005
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FIRM ASSOCIATIONS: Facing the Issues

And bending with the times.

First indications from a canvass of CPA firm association directors shows they are facing the same pressures as state societies and firms themselves.

And they are battling back with a host of ideas and programs. But most of all, they are leveraging their core assets: Strength in numbers. Read more

Posted on March 23, 2005
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NEW SURVEY IN THE FIELD: Making Work More Livable

Can you share some good ideas?

We?re looking for a few good ideas from accountants, or effective programs from employers, that are aimed at alleviating early burn-out. For our latest on the topic, check out “How Happy Are You to Go to Work?”

If you have a good idea or a program to talk about, please join the new survey we just launched, here.
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Posted on March 21, 2005
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MANAGING: How Happy Are YOU to Go to Work?

The double whammy of SOX and tax season is taking a toll. How’s YOUR busy season going so far?

by Rick Telberg
At Large

Who’s excited about going to work in the morning? Of the hundreds of accountants we asked, the yays outnumbered the nays, but not by much, and about half of both groups were a little equivocal. Read more

Posted on March 20, 2005
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TAX SEASON: What’s Bigger than Clay Aiken or Paris Hilton?

Answer: The IRS website.

In the midst of the annual tax season, the IRS says its Web site, www.irs.gov, is averaging more than 1 million hits a day.”Just to give you a frame of reference,” says Mark Everson, IRS chief, “one major search engine reported in a recent week that we were surpassed only by Paris Hilton, Clay Aiken, Pamela Anderson, Britney Spears and a poker game.” Read more

Posted on March 19, 2005
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VENDOR UPDATE: PayCycle Online Payroll Shifts into Higher Gear

Adobe executive James Heeger joins co-founder LaCerte as new CEO

PayCycle, whose customer base has doubled to 18,000 in the past year under founder Rene LaCerte (yes, THAT LaCerte family), has hired James Heeger, senior vice president at Adobe Systems, as president and chairman. Read more

Posted on March 18, 2005
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STATE SOCIETIES: What’s the Real Deal?

State societies are reacting with energy and innovation to a bevy of weighty challenges.

Here are some early results from a canvass we are currently conducting of the State-of-the-State of State CPA Societies…
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Posted on March 15, 2005
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BUSY SEASON UPDATE: Good, Bad, and BUSY!

Despite staffing shortages, tax season seems to be running smoothly, with more ups than downs. How are YOU doing?

by Rick Telberg

For America’s accountants, ’tis the season to be busy, and busy they are. But apparently there’s “good” busy and “bad” busy. Read more

Posted on March 13, 2005
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BUSY SEASON UPDATE: Signs of Improvement

Busy season seems to be swinging into practitioners? favor.

Compared to last week, more tax pros and financial executives are reporting that their busy seasons are running ?better than last year.?

So, How?s YOUR busy season? The polls are open all season. Click here to join the sample group and get the regular updates. (Or you may need to cut-and-paste into your browser: http://www.zoomerang.com/survey.zgi?p=WEB2247MD58STC)

How’s the busy season going so far?
(Beginning the week of Monday March 14, 2005)
Better than last year: 41% (up from 36% last week)
About the Same: 26% (versus 27% last week)
Not as Well as Last Year: 33% (down from 37% last week)
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Posted on March 12, 2005
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