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2015 CPAFMA Technology Fly-In Recap
CPAFMA concluded the 2015 Technology Fly-In on November 11, 2015 presented by industry leaders with a focus on CPA Firm Technology Best Practices, Network Infrastructure, and Security Best Practices. CPAFMA Advisory Board Member Roman H. Kepczyk presented “CPA Trends: Strategic IT Response” and the “CPA Digital EcoSystem”, Security Expert Eric McMillen presented "Your Security Response,” and Xcentric COO ...
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CPAFMA Helps Its Members to Manage Cybersecurity
New Program Makes It Easier For Accounting Firms To Hone Their Cybersecurity Skills CPAFMA has announced a partnership with cybersecurity expert Neal O’Farrell, founder of security education company Privide, to provide comprehensive cybersecurity education to its members throughout North America. With growing concerns that accounting and financial advisory firms are being actively targeted by hackers in search of client data, ...
Read MoreCPAFMA 2016 Technology Survey
Launching this week, the CPAFMA has expanded its traditional SaaS Survey to identify the Information Technology utilized by member firms and the IT trends impacting our size practices. The survey results will be utilized by the CPAFMA leadership and staff to target future MAPCast and article topics, areas to help you improve your practice and to share with our future members. The survey takes less than 20 minutes to complete and those ...
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CPAFMA - The New Normal
Have you caught yourself saying, TripleA? Your Association staff has done it more times than we’d like to admit but with each day, CPAFMA is rolling off the tongue more easily. The profession has embraced the change and while we still see references to “AAA”, we are seeing more and more shades of green. We seem to be reaching more individuals from our member firms and the buzz is that our mission and vision are ...
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Proposed DOL Amendments
All members should be cognizant of Proposed Department of Labor (DOL) Amendments as they relate to compensation for exempt employees. Currently, the minimum salary requirements to meet the definition of exempt employees for executive, administrative and professional (EAP) is (and has been since 2004) $23,660. On July 6, 2015, the DOL proposed increasing that amount to $50,440. While the proposed increase has NOT been ...
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