Monthly Archives: July 2010

Five Tips for Smooth Tax Workflow Management

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Going paperless: “Best decision I ever made.”

by Mark Pricco
Mark Pricco, CPA, is the owner of X-Tax, a Lansing, MI, tax preparation businesses, and the founder and president of ATOM Software, a tax office management system.

For many CPAs converting to paperless is an exercise in procrastination: “someday.” Well, the growing trend to conversion has made many, including myself, face that “someday.” As a matter of fact, the CPA Tech Savvy Survey of 2010 just cited paperless as the leading technology issues CPAs are most interested in!

After two years of running three offices through a single paperless management software, I am here to say that the process is less painful than anticipated, and has reaped many rewards: more time to be a CPA and less time acting as an office manager, as well as terrific cost and time saving benefits.

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CPA Staff Confidence Hits Two-Year High

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Finance professionals encouraged by economic rebound. The Accounting and Finance Employee Confidence Index, a measure of overall confidence among U.S. accounting and finance workers, increased 2.7 points to 53.3 in the second quarter of 2010, according to The Mergis Group, … Continued

80 Ways for Accountants to Use Twitter

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Answering the question: “What can Twitter do for you?” Lisa Barone at Outspoken Media, Inc. says small businesses like accounting firms can use Twitter as a way “to find new leads, build relationships, and as an overall way to cost … Continued

Social Media: Ask the right question

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If you ignore it, will it go away? The answer, of course, is an emphatic “No!” But that’s the wrong question. “The right question is, how can we harness the power of these new, mostly free tools to help us … Continued