Reviews for Your Clients - The CPA Technology Advisor

2009 Readers' Choice Awards
2008 Review of Contractor/Construction Accounting Systems
Even though the real estate market has slowed down (or perhaps for that very reason), the construction industry remains strong. Construction professionals, including contractors and subcontractors, continue to thrive in this tough economy

Natural Disaster Triggers Need for Improved Asset Controls
More than two years since it struck, Hurricane Katrina continues to wreak havoc on the people and businesses in the Gulf Coast area. For New Orleans-based engineering services firm Wink Companies, LLC, the disaster served as an expensive wake-up call.
2007 Readers' Choice Awards

Honoring Innovation
2006 Technology Innovation Awards
The 2006 Tax and Accounting Technology Innovation Awards were announced in June, recognizing recent advances in technologies that benefit accounting and tax professionals.

Review of Sales & Use Tax Systems -- 2006
Wal-Mart, Target and CostCo do it. So do Bob�s Hardware in Ostego, Michigan, the Valentine Diner in Clinton, Oklahoma, and even the Belly General Store in Atlanta, Georgia. Every business that sells, rents or leases a product collects and remits sales taxes to a variety of jurisdictions.
Construction Accounting Software Review - 2005
The packages reviewed here provide the tools to accurately estimate the job, as well as let you observe and manage the process as it moves from contract to completion.

Property Management Software Review - 2005
The role of a good property management software product can vary from company to company, depending on their needs. The products reviewed here vary in much the same way.

2007 Review of Sales & Use Tax Programs
With more than 8,000 taxing jurisdictions in the United States, it is essential for businesses with taxable transactions in more than a few locations to employ a sales and use tax compliance system. There are essentially two breeds of systems: high-end real-time systems that integrate with a business� financial and sales management programs to automatically find and apply appropriate rates and then automatically populate returns for the required jurisdictions, and small businesses-focused after- the-fact systems that are used by accountants or business owners who enter or import sales and tax data after a period close and then generate SUT returns. Both types of systems are included in this review section. This review section should give you a good jumping off point.
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