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The Progressive Accountant is the leading online community of public tax and accounting professionals focused on using technology to better manage and grow their practice.

 

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Intuit’s Accounting and Advisory Group Assists Accounting Practices with Growth and Efficiency

David Bergstein of Intuit’s Accounting and Advisory group, speaks with Bob Scott, executive editor, of The Progressive Accountant, about the group’s goal to assist accountants with firm growth and help clients become more profitable and efficient. Bergstein discusses cloud technology as a means for increasing practice efficiency and cites third party “add-on” applications, such as Finigraph, Spotlight Reporting and Qvinci, as key components in helping accounting practices reach their overall business objectives when used with Intuit’s products.

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Intuit Tax Online Combines Digital Client Collaboration with Single Platform Connected Practice

Jorge Olavarrieta, group product manager for Intuit Tax Online, speaks with Bob Scott, executive editor of The Progressive Accountant about how the fast growing, web-based tax product is serving the professional market. With a focus on eliminating data entry, Olavarrieta shares how Intuit Link, which focuses on eliminating data entry, enables accountants to collaborate digitally with taxpayers and connect their entire practices via a single platform.

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AccountingSuite Combines Cloud Accounting and Inventory to Enable Small Business Growth

Kurt Kunselman, AccountingSuite sits down with Bob Scott, executive editor, The Progressive Accountant to discuss the company’s cloud accounting and inventory product. The new product offers start-ups and growing businesses multiple inventory options that range from handling consignment to simple and sub assembly to waste and residuals. Kunselman also explains how the “all in one” offering eliminates the need for costly add-ons, allowing companies to grow to $20 million.

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Exec Pay Flat at Paychex

Martin Mucci, PaychexDeclines in option and stock awards held down executive compensation at Paychex for the year ended May 31. The totals at the payroll provider rose slightly for two of the executives while those for two others fell by single digits with CEO Martin Mucci seeing his compensation to $5.9 million, a decline of 1.6 percent from slightly more than $6 million for fiscal 2014.

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iChannel enhances firms ability to communicate with customers.

Bob Scott, editor of The Progressive Accountant, sits down Ben Spoerl of iChannel to discuss the enterprise document management company’s role in the accounting marketplace. Working with firms that range from 50 to 900 user accounts, iChannel provides a central point of view of all documents-in any format, enable clients to communicate more effectively and more efficiently with their customer base. The iChannel application is available in both the private and public cloud models.

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Drake Software Offers Comprehensive Tax Prep Packages

Robert Browning, Drake Software sits down with Bob Scott, executive editor, The Progressive Accountant to discuss the company’s all-inclusive approach to tax software packages. Unlike similar software companies that piecemeal tax prep packages, Drake Software lets practitioners combine various tax products to build one package that enables in-house access to all files and e-files., both business and personal. Browning also discussed Drake Hosted, a new offering that works exclusively on windows operating systems and enables Apple and MAC clients to access files from the cloud. Finally, Browning shared information on Drake Software’s SecureFilePro, an online document storage and transfer system that allows tax preparers and clients to transfer documents securely.

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AccountantsWorld Customized Cloud-Based Accounting Solutions.

Bob Scott, executive editor of The Progressive Accountant, recently spoke with Dr. Chandra Bhansali, CEO of AccountantsWorld about the company’s cloud-based accounting suite. During the interview, Dr. Bhansali explained how the web-based solution provides CPAs and accountants with everything they need to best serve a varied list of clients. Unlike some DYI accounting software packages, the AccountantsWorld suite enables practitioners to work with clients, customizing solutions that best fit their individual needs. Bhansali also noted that the AccountantsWorld cloud-based solution is also fully compatible with all mobile devices from laptops, to mobile phones to tablets.

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Expensify Simplifies Expense Reporting and Improves Employee Reimbursement Programs

Bob Scott, editor of The Progressive Accountant, sits down with Matt Donaldson, the head of accounting and CPA partnerships at Expensify, to discuss that company’s mobile and desktop apps that simplify employee expense reporting while providing a better means for companies to track company cards and reimburse employees. Donaldson also shared information about ExpensifyApprove, a partner program that allows CPAs and accounting firms to offer Expensify services to clients at a discounted rate.

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Thomson Reuters Provides Accounting Practitioners with Anywhere, Anytime Access

 Scott Fleszar of Thomson Reuters speaks with Bob Scott of The Progressive Accountant about Thomson Reuters’ focus on helping practitioners serve clients faster and more efficiently. Fleszar said that Thomson Reuters’ more than 2 million portals allow firms to interact and communicate with clients via desktop or branded mobile apps. Fleszar cited his company‘s Practice CS practice management software as an example of a product that has proven ideal for the anywhere, anytime access provided by Thomson Reuters.

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Heartland Payroll Provides Flexibility With Mobile Payroll Processing

Mike Ciccotelli of Heartland Payroll sits down with Bob Scott of The Progressive Accountant to discuss his company’s cloud-based software that enables Heartland Payroll’s customers to process payroll through mobile devices. In addition to offering increased flexibility in payroll processing, the company’s single point of contact and its ability to generate completely customizable reports are distinguishing factors that set Heartland Payroll apart from its competition, Ciccotelli emphasizes.

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