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VOLUME 26, NUMBER 3
COVER STORY
8 Product Reviews: Small Business
Point-of-Sale Systems
By Mary Girsch-Bock
COLUMNS
4 From the Editor: Tax Season: Go Be a Hero
By Gail Perry, CPA - Editor-in-Chief
6 From the Trenches: What's Your Firm's
Microsoft Strategy?
By Randy Johnston
20 Bridging the Gap: The People You Meet & The
Books You Read
By Jim Boomer, CPA.CITP
FEATURES
5 Tips for Hiring, Managing
and Retaining Gen Z Workers
By Paul McDonald
11 Apps We Love: Security
By Gail Perry, CPA - Editor-in-Chief
12 Keep Calm and Dot Your I's and Cross
Your T's: Employment Records You Must Retain
By Richard D. Alaniz
14 A Year in the Life of a Payroll Accountant:
How the Gig Economy is Reshaping the Work Week
By Isaac M. O'Bannon, Managing Editor
15 A Year in the Life of a Payroll Accountant:
IRS Warns Payroll and HR Pros of W-2 Scams
By Isaac M. O'Bannon, Managing Editor
16 The ProAdvisor Spotlight: It's Time
for a "Tech Makeover"
18 A Year in the Life of a SALT Accountant:
Why Are Products "Sometimes" Taxable?
By Gail Cole
19 A Year in the Life of a SALT Accountant:
The Sticky Business of Excise
and Sales Tax Requirements
By Gail Cole
21 5 Reasons Accounting Firms Should Have
a Formal Mentoring Program
By Maureen Schwarz
2016 PRODUCT REVIEWS
17 CRM Systems for Accounting Firms
By John Higgins
CONTENTS
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Check out our Product & Service Guide
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New Tax Laws Offer Big Benefits
to Some Small Businesses
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New Law Increases Penalty for
Not Filing Income Taxes
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WEB EXCLUSIVES
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You will be the same
5 years from today
except for the people
you meet and the
books you read.
Charlie "Tremendous" Jones