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Schoolhouse Rock – Tax Man Max
Celebrate tax season with Tax Man Max from the Schoolhouse Rock classic.
Monty Python Meets Accounting [VIDEO]
Vocational Guidance Counsellor, a classic from the off-beat British comedy troupe.
What Do Clients Want? Take It from This Tough CFO Client [VIDEO]
How to move from a commodity to a valuable adviser.
The 2011 Tax Season Outlook: Busy, Bordering on Crazy [VIDEO]
Professional tax practitioners should be bracing for a difficult but potentially highly profitable tax season. John Sapp, vice president of sales, marketing and education at Drake tax software, provides two reasons: Taxpayers never needed a professional’s services more and professionals rarely have had such an opportunity to prove their value. What are accountants expecting for Busy Season 2011? Join the survey, get the results. Find out what your colleagues are saying. “Preparers are going to succeed by selling their services and their knowledge,” says Sapp at the Illinois CPA society’s annual trade show. Big question for workflows: Will the IRS be ready for full e-filing Jan. 15? Or will the agency push back some dates because of last-minute changes wrought [...]
Is Social Media a Fad? [VIDEO]
You decide: With half the world’s population under 30 years old, 96% have joined a social network With 200 million new users a year, Facebook would be the world’s third largest nation, after China and India. And bigger than 4th-place U.S. 80% of companies already use social media for recruitment 78% of consumers trust peers for spending recommendations. 14% trust ads. Successful companies know how to listen first, sell second. Connect:
Five Top Tech Trends in 60 Seconds [VIDEO]
Number 1: “Everybody wants to be able to work from anywhere, all the time.” We’ve been asking leading experts in the profession: What do you see as the top tech trends for accounting firms? Byron Patrick, a leading edge CPA.CITP, and CEO of Simplified Innovations Inc., a hosted services provider, weighs in: He lists a quick five: Mobile computing. The Ipad. Windows 7. Bringing your Mac to work. Office 2010 — in the cloud Want to learn more about the tech secrets of the nation’s leading firms? Tune in to our Seven Keys CPA live webinar, Thursday, July 8, 1pm ET. .
Bill Carlino: No Wonder Accountants Look Worried [VIDEO]
They’ve got a lot to worry about. Accounting firms face a “perfect storm” of problems, according to Bill Carlino, the long-time editorial director of the venerable Accounting Today magazine. Here, he begins by talking about how Washington politics is shaking up the profession and goes on to note the revenue drop among the top 100 firms. In looking ahead over the next 12 to 18 months, Carlino expects more firms to start poaching specialty players, adopting business intelligence dashboards, rebuilding their IT departments and getting serious about disaster recovery and business continuity. Catch more of Bill’s thinking at Accounting Today on WebCPA.com.
Chris Frederiksen: The Firm of the Future
Firms need to start looking for new revenues and business models — starting with wealth management and business benchmarking.
How to Overcome the Fear of Tech [VIDEO]
Thomson Reuters’ Jack LaRue says many accountants may be intimidated by the rate of change in technology. As a result, they do nothing. Here, LaRue explains a simple first step to get started. When Jack talks, people listen. He has more than 25 years of marketing and sales experience. Prior to joining Thomson Reuters, Jack headed business-to-business marketing at FTD, the trail-blazing florist delivery service. Jack joined Thomson Reuters in 1993 when his unit was still Creative Solutions. Eventually he rose to vice president of sales and marketing for the whole tax and accounting business of Thomson Reuters.
