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Crowe Horwath has introduced technology to help companies comply with the Securities and Exchange Commission’s new conflict minerals rule requiring them to perform due diligence to determine whether their products contain tin, tantalum, tungsten, or gold, determine the country of origin for those minerals and report their findings to customers and the SEC.

Sageworks has released PinPoint, a new Web-based business valuation software product for CPA firms, valuation firms and private equity firms that complies with the American Institute of CPAs’ standards for valuation services.

Automobile repair and maintenance shops are recovering slowly from the recession and could benefit from more help from their accountants, according to a new report.

As a young accountant, I remember asking a manager how to make more money in public accounting.

Nonprofit clients will need more help going forward

Business strategy means a lot to firms nowadays. Growth from new clients is stagnant at best at many firms these days. Your main initiative is to fend off the constant raiding of your customer base by smaller firms offering lower prices, or larger firms soliciting your partner base to join them and bring their clients with them.

One time, one of my clients had a very large equipment term loan from a bank and was in danger of being put out of business because the company had blown an essential loan covenant.

Keeping an eye on all of the legislative and regulatory changes that occur throughout the course of the year is no easy task.

McGladrey has released a new white paper providing typical costs and considerations related to deciding which ERP platform a client should purchase.

Vin Colman is PricewaterhouseCoopers’ U.S. Assurance Leader and a member of PwC’s U.S. Leadership Team. He began running the firm’s Assurance practice, which includes audit and other services, last July when the firm reorganized its management ranks.

Some small businesses are facing a potential “double whammy” in 2016 from the Affordable Care Act, one expert warns.

Business intelligence company iLumen announced that is offering free accountant access to its Client Diagnostic Report from now until June.

Small businesses, generally those organized as S corporations or partnerships, can run afoul of IRS guidelines governing “reasonable compensation” for individuals who are both owners/shareholders and employees of these companies.

Many years ago my boss, Bernard D. Kleinman, had a client that was a creative genius in the advertising industry, and was being courted by many other firms. He liked his job, position and respect and had no desire or thoughts of leaving. But, as a gentleman, he listened to whoever approached him.

The tax and business advisory firm WTP Advisors is predicting that Congress will renew the expired Research and Experimentation Tax Credit as it has traditionally done over the years.

Software partner veteran Terry Petrzelka, now a valued advisor and consultant to vendors and resellers discusses the oft avoided issue of succession planning, how firms should be measuring themselves and what exactly is going on with cloud ERP, or the comparative lack thereof.

My father’s largest client was a luggage manufacturer with a national brand sold in specialty luggage stores, but not in department stores.

As CPA firms continue to differentiate themselves, many are turning to strategic consulting services as a way to offer a unique proposition to the business owner.

Prenuptial agreements are essential in many situations, but it is always awkward for one of the blissfully in love parties to bring it up. Prenups consider the possible failure of the happiest thing in the two people’s lives.

BAASS Business Solutions Inc. has formed a strategic alliance with Southeast Computer Solutions Inc., designed primarily to aid growth in its Sage ERP X3 business.