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April 14, 2006
THIS WEEK'S NEWS THEME: INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY AND ACCOUNTING


IT Consulting Fades From CPAs' Radar Screens

Things to Consider When Shopping for VoIP

Apple Grows Up - Even for Accountants

DeVry University to Offer Accounting Technology Degree

Intuit Sues H&R Block for Copying TV Ads; Experts Explore Legal Protection for Online Content

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AND THE WINNERS ARE...

Thanks to everyone who entered the AccountingWEB Coasting/Soaring Contest! The winners of the $500 airline and cruise certificates are:

Coasting Winner:
Lisa Allgeier, CPA
Allgeier, Smelcer & Associates, LLP
Dallas, Texas

Coasting comment:
A good sense of humor helps. Everyone needs a good laugh several times a day.

Vacation plans:
A post-tax season weekend getaway to a bed n’ breakfast sounds great!

Soaring Winner:
Dana L. Schagunn, CPA
Sole practitioner
Dickinson, North Dakota

Soaring comment:
I have altered my review process to having a staff member perform a preliminary review in which she checks the W-2 entries, etc. This allows me to focus on the more important aspects of the review process.

Vacation plans:
I’m going to take the family on a trip.


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A CONVERSATION WITH...RON EAGLE


Ron Eagle is winding down his professional life with the Information Technology Alliance (ITA). A formal succession plan will be announced in November. In the mean time, however, he still has much to say about technology and its impact, or lack of impact, on accounting firms.
"I don't see many CPA firms thinking about information technology consulting at all," Eagle says.
Noting that IT consulting firms launched by non-CPAs who got their start at CPA firms, Eagle also points out the CPA Firms focused on small and mid-sized businesses have been squeezed out of the IT consulting market. Once it was natural for CPAs to help their clients implement their first accounting software systems. Since almost all firms now have accounting software systems, that market has evaporated. Further, CPA firms are no longer being aggressively recruited as resellers or consultants. Eagle expects some regional accounting firms, such as RSM McGladrey, Plante Moran, BKD and others, to remain dominant in the middle market.

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