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The Radical CPA and Veltig   Join Forces to Launch Sage Live 

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Jody Padar and Donal de Paor to announce strategic alliance at the Salesforce World Tour in Chicago, March 24 

Chicago – Jody Padar, CPA, MST, principal of New Vision CPA Group and author of The Radical CPA: New Rules for the Future-Ready Firm, published by CPA Trendlines, is partnering with Donal de Paor and the team at Veltig, a salesforce solution consulting and implementation partner to support Sage Live in the market.

The kick off will takes place March 24, during the Salesforce World Tour at Hyatt McCormick Place in Chicago. Both will be speaking on a panel entitled, “The Top Challenges with Business Growth.” The panel will take place at 4PM CST and will be moderated by Jennifer Warawa, VP product marketing, Sage Live.

Sage Live is a cloud-based accounting solution built on the Salesforce1 platform designed to break down virtual walls between back-and front-office IT systems. An integrated accounting platform that provides one real-time source of information, Sage Live provides business owners a single view of customer, finance, payroll and accounting data in one place, rather than being stored and managed in separate front- and back-office systems.

With the addition of the Salesforce data the business owner will have access to deep analytic and reporting tools, live feeds, prospective forecasts, and other in the moment business intelligence.

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PAY & COMPENSATION

Accounting Industry Extends 5% Growth into Busy Season

SOURCE: CPA TRENDLINES
Source: CPA Trendlines

A great time to be an accountant.

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By CPA Trendlines

Have we mentioned it’s a great time to be an accountant?

We have, of course. But the good news shows no signs of slowing. According to CPA Trendlines sources, increases of 5 percent or more were seen in

  • overall staff employment;
  • CPA firms, both overall and staff;
  • payroll, both overall and staff;
  • women overall, at CPA firms and in payroll;
  • and tax preparation, which skipped into double digits.

Payroll staff saw the steepest decline, in hourly wages.  The new CPA Trendlines Careers and Hiring Outlook survey results come amid a tax season, which by most measures, is much improved over last years.

MORE on TAX SEASON for PRO MEMBERS (Go PRO here):  Busy Season 2016: More Clients, Fewer Problems  |    Problem Clients Causing Big Trouble  |  Most Tax Professionals Call 2016 Busy Season Much Improved over Last Year | Stress Less This Tax Season  |  Is Tax Season the New Fraud Season?  |  5 Tax Season Motivation Tips  |  Recognize Your Tax Season Resources  |  Tax Season 2016: IRS in Crisis  |  Eliminate Tax Season Excuses  |  Record Pre-Season Hiring Surge: Ready for Biggest Tax Season Ever?  |  16 Qualities of a Good Tax Season Client  |  8 Ways to Delight Tax Season Clients  |  Small Tax Season Leaks Can Cause Great Damage  |  5 Ways Thorough Beats Sloppy In Tax Season  |  Tax Season Management: Multi-Tasking Is a Myth  |  Digital Workflow Systems Make Tax Season Easier  |  Why CPAs Need to Worry about Cyber Crime (Especially in Tax Season)

Here CPA Trendlines reports on:

  • current hiring trends in each of the CPA, tax, payroll and bookkeeping segments of the industry;
  • average hourly wages for key segments;
  • average hours worked per week;
  • and trends concerning women in the accounting workforce.

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Pros Handle 52% of E-Filings

IRS website remains popular.

By CPA Trendlines

Self-preparers continue to gain ground on tax pros in e-filing, according to new data from the IRS.

RELATED: Pros Lose Ground in E-Filing | Tax Questions Up, Filings Down

E-filing receipts overall are up 0.5 percent, to 62.63 million. But while tax pro filings are down 2.5 percent, to 32.6 million, self-preparers are up 3.9 percent, to 30.04 million. The professionals are holding on to 52 percent of the total to date in 2016.
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BUSY SEASON MANAGEMENT

Busy Season 2016: More Clients, Fewer Problems

Mostly better than last year. Here’s why…

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By CPA Trendlines

Last year’s busy season may go down in the annals of accountancy as one of the worst ever. And let’s hope that’s as bad as it ever gets. Remember? The rollout of the Affordable Care Act, the revamped IRS forms coming out in February, a widespread need for new software, people getting sick, and then it snowed, and then it snowed some more.

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MORE on TAX SEASON for PRO MEMBERS:  Problem Clients Causing Big Trouble  |  Most Tax Professionals Call 2016 Busy Season Much Improved over Last Year | Stress Less This Tax Season  |  Is Tax Season the New Fraud Season?  |  5 Tax Season Motivation Tips  |  Recognize Your Tax Season Resources  |  Tax Season 2016: IRS in Crisis  |  Eliminate Tax Season Excuses  |  Record Pre-Season Hiring Surge: Ready for Biggest Tax Season Ever?  |  16 Qualities of a Good Tax Season Client  |  8 Ways to Delight Tax Season Clients  |  Small Tax Season Leaks Can Cause Great Damage  |  5 Ways Thorough Beats Sloppy In Tax Season  |  Tax Season Management: Multi-Tasking Is a Myth  |  Digital Workflow Systems Make Tax Season Easier  |  Why CPAs Need to Worry about Cyber Crime (Especially in Tax Season)

This year is looking a lot better, according to early responses to the CPA Trendlines busy season survey.

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PRO Member Exclusive

Busy Season 2016: IRS User Fees May Boost Preparers

Paper currency falling out of a person's handPlus 5 ways this will increase noncompliance.

By CPA Trendlines

Great news! The Internal Revenue Service is planning to raise its user fees! Taxpayers may soon have an unprecedented opportunity to not only pay their taxes but pay more for the ability to pay those taxes.

RELATED: The Future as the IRS Sees It | Get Set for Refund Delays at IRS

Actually, taxpayers might not be so happy about that, but it could be good news for tax preparers.
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