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WEB EXCLUSIVES
VOLUME 24, NUMBER 8
CONTENTS
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How Per Diem Rates Can Simplify
Business Travel Expense Reporting
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16 By the Numbers: What Americans Do With Our
Leisure Time
By Jeff Davis, The Work-Life Balance Expert
18 Why I Wasn't First in Line for the New
iPhone
By Scott Cytron, A BC
23 The ProAdvisor Spotlight: Success is the Word: A
Look at QuickBooks Accountant Desktop 2015
24 A Year in the Life of a SALT Accountant: How
Does the Marketplace Fairness Act Affect Use Taxes?
By Judy Vorndran, CPA, JD
25 5 Networking Tips for State and Local Tax
(SALT) Practitioners
By Gail Perry, CPA, Editor-in-Chief
COVER STORY
6 Nine Must-Have Apps for Today's
Accounting Professionals
By Gail Perry, CPA, Editor-in-Chief
COLUMNS
4 From The Editor: There is Most Defnitely
"An App for That"
By Gail Perry, CPA, Editor-in-Chief
14 The Bleeding Edge: 10 Deadly Accounting
Website Mistakes
By Dave McClure
26 From the Trenches: Get Hacked,
Get Sacked!
By Randy Johnston
34 Bridging the Gap: 5 Technologies to Develop
More Business for Your Firm
By Jim Boomer, CPA.CITP
FEATURES
8 A Year in the Life of a Payroll Accoun-
tant: Timely, Accurate Data is Essential to
Managing Payroll
By Taija Jenkins, Assistant Editor
9 What's New in Payroll Law
By Taija Jenkins, Assistant Editor
2014 PRODUCT REVIEWS
10 Professional W-2 and 1099 Preparation
Software By Steven Phelan, CPA
20 Tax Planning Systems
By Bill Kennedy, CPA, CA
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