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Second Leg of Entrepreneur's Stool

May 23, 2011 by Jeff Cornwall with 23 views

In my last column, we began looking at the "three-legged-stool" -- that is, who small businesses need as supporting advisers. The first leg discussed was a business-minded attorney.The second leg of the stool is an accountant, which for businesses should always be a Certified Public Accountant whose practice focuses on small... [read more]

The Future of Accounting = The Future of Work

February 3, 2011 by Steve King with 474 views

Over the past year Emergent Research, in collaboration with Intuit's Accounting Professionals Division, has been conducting a deep dive on the future of the accounting profession. This work is summarized in the just released Intuit 2020 Report - The Future of the Accounting Profession. It may be hard to believe,... [read more]

Revenue Recognition for the Rest of Us

November 5, 2010 by Jim Daddario with 1,074 views

Over the past year or so, I’ve fielded questions from a number of business people about the new revenue recognition rules, particularly in the technology sector. I’ve heard many people, some inside my own company, lament about their “VSOE issues”. So I did some investigation on the FASB website as well as those of several major... [read more]

Guest Post by Shelly Davenport: Six Simple Accounting Tips for the Beginning Business (San Antonio Startup Blog)

March 21, 2009 by AlexanderMuse with 1,147 views

If you’re a San Antonio startup, one of the realities of getting up and going is that you need to have quality accounting systems in place. Here’s a guest post from Shelly Davenport, founder of By All Accounts, a degreed accountant with years of corporate & small business accounting experience. Shelly’s mission is to empower... [read more]

Accounting Firm Toronto

March 18, 2009 by jackjames with 31 views

Accounting Firm Toronto CA4IT (Chartered Accountants for Information Technologists) is the largest network of Chartered Accounting firms in Canada that focus on providing bookkeeping, accounting, tax, paralegal and financial planning services to independent contractors (small business) in the IT industry. [read more]

Selecting New Business Software - The First Thing to Ask Is - WHY?

January 8, 2009 by CarlLewis with 114 views

Typically, the first thing I ask when meeting with a new prospective customer is, "Why are you looking for new business management software for your business?" I am probably jusy overly curious, but given more than a few years in the industry, it still amazes me that people actually want to undertake the challenge. By now, most people... [read more]

Chained to the Chair: My Quickbooks Confession

April 11, 2008 by Robin Carey with 124 views

Next MVP Free Webinar: May 5, 2 pm EDT“Growing Pains: Is Your Business Software Bringing You Down?” I wager that you have made the mistake, like me, of volunteering for a job that was waaaaaay more excruciating than you’d ever imagined it could be. My story was to accept the task of migrating my church’s hand-crafted ledger onto... [read more]

Plucking Talent from Overseas

January 30, 2008 by Rick Telberg with 126 views

Steve Roth (left), managing editor at AccountingWeb.co.uk (the older sibling to the Indiana-based AccountingWeb.com) writes that “the shortage of home grown talent has led many firms to look overseas for new recruits.” He posts a piece that looks at how “continental” recruiting might help the profession’s staff shortage. It kind of... [read more]

Operating Costs Pets and Orphans

December 13, 2007 by Jon Paul with 42 views

You own your business. You the owner are really strong in some areas. You may have a knack for sales or are very creative in designing products or services. These may be the reason you saw the need and got into the business in the first place. Yet you the owner may be weak in some other areas. You never got trained there. You do not... [read more]