Technology


  • Suggestions for Global Payroll Solution

    Does anyone have recommendations or advice for implementing a centralized payroll solution for a global workforce? Workday's marketing collateral says their system can handle payroll anywhere in the world. Does anyone have experience with this or other systems? Any insights into specific platforms …

  • Vendor Master record changes

    Hello! Can anyone share best practices they have seen around vendor master record changes. Specifically, if a vendor's name stays the same but the TIN has changed, is it appropriate to retain the same vendor record as long as it clearly notates that the TIN has now changed? What about name changes?…

  • Which IT business management software is best

    Anyone familiar with the ITBM market niche? Any recommendations for packages or vendors to check out?

  • What's the best Scan Software for document archival

    As a startup we have major paper creep.... My efforts to convince accounting manager that we need to go paperless are futile. She has a process and is stickin' to it! Period, end of the story.. Any suggestions on "smart" software to scan documents and enable cross referencing. Ideally we would want…

  • Business Objects vs. Cognos vs. Microstrategy: Anyone have direct and recent experience with purchasing any of these?

    We have, as they are now saying, “big data”. We are collecting volumes of user data from our website for analytics and in some cases, billing. We have had home-grown systems which allow us to run scripts and download data in csv’s which we then pull into Excel and slice and dice. However, as you ca…

  • Quickbooks vs Freshbooks vs Quickbooks Online - Why Cloud Accounting?

    We use Quickbooks. Just plain old QuickBooks. I feel like there must be something I'm missing here about transitioning to the cloud. Why would a business move it's accounting to the cloud and between quickbooks vs Freshobooks, which would be better?

  • Structuring Revenue Sharing Agreement

    My wife has a side business selling olive oil for which we set up a simple website. We didn't intend to really pursue ecommerce, but recently decided to look into it. I know a Web Development/SEO guy who is willing to work on driving more biz to/though the site in exchange for a percentage of Gro…

  • Excel template for payroll in a law firm

    Example of what I need: City A billable City A non billable City B billable City B non billable and one person that would be 1/2 City A billable and 1/2 City B billable Does this make sense?

  • Policy and Procedure Software: What is it? Is it worth it? What's your experience?

    Policies and procedures are important to all companies. A company can be sued for failing to operate within certain policies and procedures. A company can also open itself up to fraudulent activity if it fails to follow the policies and procedures it puts in place, especially in separation of dutie…

  • FinancialForce User Experiences

    We are looking to migrate our QBO to NetSuite ( ie as Intact doesn't seem to be correct solution) and I was wondering if anyone had experience positive/negative with FinancialForce such that we don't rule it out before signing on board with NetSuite Thanks,

  • Using Positive Pay - have you had any issues?

    I'm moving a client over to Positive Pay. For those who may have a different term, its when you upload a file to the bank and the bank parses the file into wires, ACH's and checks and does all the leg work of data entry. You, the authorized signer still needs to okay release of the payment vehicle.…

  • Accounting Software Selection Process

    Accounting sofware selection for a small and medium size business? It is an import and distribution company which involve distributors, Sales representatives and clerical staff. products are having shelf life 2-3 years and stocks having multiple expiry.

  • Financial Software Development Advice

    We have a need to hire a company to write a software program for us. Can anyone recommend anyone or a company that does this? Horror stories?

  • Cyber crime on rise, in both media and reality

    Every day, in the news and the broad range of industries news (just fill in your industry), Cyber crime is mentioned. As CFO's have you done anything at your companies to better protect them? Or even enquired of your vendors, trading partners, banks, etc. as to what they have done to not only prote…

  • RevPro users out there?

    Looking to connect to people that have experience with RevPro. Anyone know companies out there that use it, or at least purchased it?

  • Security Breach Anthem Health Systems

    With the recent security breach at Anthem Health systems, what precautions as employers can we take to protect our employee's sensitive data?

  • What's the best way to clear out old accounts?

    I've inherited a QB's file which has many accounts that have balances that are old with little or no records. These accounts go across all types: Assets Liabilities, Equity, etc. I've created a new QBs file for this current year, however, I need to bring the balances for those accounts from the old…

  • Does 1099-MISC form input alignment (left side) matter to the IRS?

    We are a NetSuite user and are attempting to use their 1099-MISC reporting feature. When printing the 1099-MISC forms (obtained directly from the IRS) we're having problems getting the the left side to fully line up. In some instances, the city, state, zip information is printed on top of the red b…

  • What are the pot holes to watch for when Switching from Peachtree to Quickbooks Enterprise?

    My small business will be switching from Peachtree to Quickbooks Enterprise due to fuller functionality on specific topics. For those who have come before me on this path, what do I need to watch for when making this switch? Thank you

  • How to count mileage reimbursement on a paycheck

    When an employee drives their own car to see clients the company reimburses them for part of their mileage. Is it considered taxable income or a reimbursed expense?

  • Multiple Quickbooks files

    Can I have multiple company files with 1 license of premier accountant?

  • Saas Taxation

    I understand that some states find Saas billable and some not, but most are trending that way. My question is a practical one for an enterprise software company. In the following example how is the tax liability calculated? Enterprise software is provisioned and sold via a single subscription to a …

  • Performance measures in an IT Consulting company.

    Hi everyone, I have been asked to create measures to analyze my Company performance (IT Consulting Firm). I would like to know what measures are being used in IT Consulting companies that help the Management to make meaningful decisions. I am aware of the Financial measures that are commonly used t…