4 February 2015 • www.CPAPracticeAdvisor.com
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VOLUME 25, NUMBER 1
CONTENTS
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25 Apps We Love: 7 Money Management Tools
By Gail Perry, CPA, Editor-in-Chief
26 A Year in the Life of a Payroll
Accountant: Are Your Clients ACA Ready?
Protecting Payroll Data
28 By the Numbers: Debt & Money in America
By Jeff Davidson
30 5 Tips to Attract the Strongest Staff
By Isaac M. O'Bannon, Managing Editor
31 How to Sell CFO Services
By Taija Jenkins, Assistant Editor
32 5 Ways Accounting Firms Can Stand Out
as a Trusted Advisor
By Sabrina Parsons
COVER STORY
34 Bridging the Gap: 5 Technology Traps
to Avoid
By Jim Boomer, CPA.CITP
COLUMNS
3 From the Editor: The 30,000 Foot View of
the Accounting Profession: It's Time for a
Landing
By Gail Perry, CPA, Editor-in-Chief
14 From the Trenches: Payroll for Accounting
Firms - Some Easy Choices
By Randy Johnston
16 Technology in Practice: CES 2015 –
It's All About the Gadgets!
By Roman H. Kepczyk, CPA.CITP
FEATURES
6 7 Staff Management Tips for the 2015
Busy Season
By Paul McDonald
13 How To Do PAYROLL Better
18 A Year in the Life of a SALT Accountant:
State & Local Tax Highlights from Around the
Country
How and When to Make Sales Tax
Payments
23 The ProAdvisor Spotlight: Putting POS at
Your Fingertips
24 The 3 Most Overlooked Tax Deductions
By Dave DuVal, EA
2015 PRODUCT REVIEWS
8 Virtual CFO Platforms
By Isaac M. O'Bannon, Managing Editor
20 Fixed Asset Management Systems
By Mary Girsch-Bock
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