August 2014 Article Archives
What You Don't Know Really CAN Hurt You: Know Who You're Hiring - Know it ALL
As a member of the Association for Accounting Administration, we know that you care about being the best. You strive to provide the best service to your clients and operate your business with integrity – which includes protecting those that you serve. As respected accounting firms, you play an important role with your client partners and most likely provide services and advise on a variety of issues ranging from cash flow management to ...
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2014 SaaS Survey Bolsters Cloud Adoption
Software as a Service (SaaS) and the more generic term “Cloud” have been a big topic of discussion within CPA firms over the past decade, beginning with the early ASPs (Application Service Providers) that hosted one application such as tax research or accounting, and then evolving towards today’s environment where every application in the entire firm can be hosted by a combination of providers. Many firms today are ...
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Content Sharing: We Still Need Your Input!
As you know, the AAA website has a new look but it is still undergoing an overhaul from a content perspective, which is one of the hallmark benefits of AAA. So much so, that content is one of the key topics identified in our strategic plan. While many of our members utilize Q&AAA to share requests for information including usable forms, we would like to ensure best practices, sample forms, policies, procedures and related ...
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IT Trends Impacting Firms
An important part of managing today’s CPA firm is being aware of key trends that should to be taken into account when planning for the future and designing the firm’s strategic plan and budgets to accommodate the firm’s evolution. Below we list eight IT Trends that are impacting the way firms work and interact with their clients, which should be taken into account when planning for the years ahead. Cloud ...
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PDI Offers AAA Members Discount on Tax Planning Guides
We are pleased to tell you about a 15% association member discount that Thomson Reuters is offering to CPA firms on its PDI Global 2014-2015 Tax Planning Guide products. Available in print and electronic formats, these content marketing tools give users a proven way to build brand awareness and position your firm as a thought leader, so firm managers can nourish clients, generate leads and grow your firm's tax practice. Combine several ...
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