Daily Archives: January 6, 2015

The Six Essential Habits of Successful Leaders in Tax & Accounting

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Aquila
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By August Aquila
Creating the Effective Partnership

Every book you read on leadership will tell you certain things you need to do to become a good leader. However, you can do these things and still not be someone who people want to follow.

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Why? Leadership is all about trust. If you cannot trust me, then you will not follow me or believe in me. READ MORE →

Tech Tools for Today’s Properly Equipped Field Audit Teams

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Accountant searching for lawsThe right monitors, scanners and web tools.

By Roman H. Kepczyk
Quantum of Paperless

The advent of today’s audit “document container” applications has transitioned every aspect of audit production into a digital format.

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The key to successfully using these engagement applications is to make sure your personnel have the optimal equipment with them to work digitally. This includes:

  • monitors,
  • scanners and
  • internet connections.

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