You run to the corner store to pick up some milk. At the register, you pay with A.) Debit card; B.) Credit card; C.) Cash; D.) Check. How did you answer that question? I'll bet that most people responded with A or B. There could even be a couple that answered with C.

Business valuation services are among the highest-growing niche services among Top 100 accounting firms. One aspect of providing this service, however, is notoriously time-consuming and frustrating: Writing business valuation reports. At the same time, it's crucial that you produce a quality report, according to Rod Burkert, who teaches a course on business valuation report writing and who is founder of Burkert Valuation Advisors.

Purchasing a rental property is a significant investment and what can be the start of a scary, but rewarding, adventure for many of us. We purchased our first vacation rental over 15 years ago in Colorado, and we needed the rental income to afford the property.

Tracking paper through an accounting firm can resemble the historic search for the origin of the Nile River—everyone knows that information into the firm and comes out, but nobody is exactly sure how it finds its way from one end to the other. Processes can be a tangle of partner quirks and things that have developed by accident. Workflow cannot be that way if firms want to maximize profits. They need to determine how paper moves from one person to another and what tasks each performs. This special report discusses how modern software can provide a well-lit trail.

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