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Technology Enabled Data Analytics: Friend or Foe?

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With the increased availability of useful data, analytical review procedures are becoming more important during the audit process. For example, greater emphasis on analytics encourages and almost demands that the auditor improve the quality of their professional judgment and skepticism. A WAY TO OVERCOME BIAS IN THE AUDIT PROCESS.

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How to increase efficiency and minimize risk in the audit process using analytics

Abrigo

Since leaving public accounting, she has been an internal auditor, a tax preparer and a controller. Analytics can more effectively focus firm resources. Analytics can more effectively focus firm resources. What analytics cannot do is enhance professional skepticism for the auditor.

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3 top tech trends for public accountants to watch in 2017

Abrigo

The 2016 National Management of an Accounting Practice survey found that the use of cloud services by CPA firms has grown since 2014, with 56 percent of all firms surveyed saying they use cloud-based software, up from 48 percent in 2014 and 29 percent in 2012. Register here.)

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Accounting firm clients want these services from you

Abrigo

Identifying service opportunities is especially important for firms looking to transition from a focus on compliance services , such as tax and audit, to value-added advisory services that might generate higher margins. After all, accountants are commonly known as providing services such as tax preparation and audits.

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Radial’s Fraud Combating Solution For eCommerce Growth

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According to Forrester’s eCommerce Forecast 2014–2019 , eCommerce sales are expected to jump to $480 billion by 2019, and mobile purchases are expected to grow to $142 billion this year,” said Stefan Weitz, chief product and strategy officer at Radial. With the introduction of EMV chip technology in Oct. billion in 2015, to $6.4

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A too-busy-to-change mentality can cost accounting firms new business

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How many times have you had to refer a client out to another financial services firm because your firm is too busy putting out fires with tax and audit work to provide business analytics or other advisory services ?

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Beyond efficiency: Using technology to ramp up a valuation business

Abrigo

They may view successful technology integration solely as a way to assist the business rather than as a way propel it, according to recent research from Wolters Kluwer, CCH, a global information services and publishing company that works with tax and finance professionals.