2016 Innovation Awards Announced in L.A.

As accounting firms increasingly rely on cloud-based technologies and services, they are also seeking tools that can help them optimize their workflow and streamline and automate client services.

The winners and finalists for the 13th annual Tax & Accounting Technology Innovation Awards reflect this focus on workflow and automation, which allow firms and their small business clients to operate more efficiently and profitably. The awards were presented on June 1, 2016, by CPA Practice Advisor during a reception and ceremony at the California Accounting and Business Show & Conference in Los Angeles.

CPA Practice Advisor provides a variety of independent digital and print resources for accounting professionals, including practice resources, technology reviews, interactive tools and content that helps firms achieve greater productivity.

The 2016 Innovation Award winners are:

Six Innovation Award Finalists were also recognized by CPA Practice Advisor:

The Innovation Awards were first presented in 2004, and honor new or recently enhanced technologies that benefit tax and accounting professionals and their clients through improved workflow, increased accessibility, enhanced collaboration, or other means.

“We are constantly seeking new technologies that can benefit tax and accounting professionals, and their clients” said CPA Practice Advisor Editor-in-Chief Gail Perry, CPA. “As the profession continues to embrace new workflows and processes that optimize the potentials of these technologies, firms are improving their efficiency and focusing their practices on more profitable service offerings that, at the same time, are more beneficial to the small businesses that rely on them for advice and strategy." Perry also manages a tax practice and is the author of more than 30 books, including Mint.com for Dummies, and Idiot's Guide to Introductory Accounting.

In addition to the winners and finalists, more than 40 technology products and services were nominated for this year's Innovation Awards:

ATX Integrated IntelliConnect Browser Search Tool and Tax Research Menu

BEPS Global Currents

BigTime IQ Pro

BNA Income Tax Planner Web

BNA State Tax Analyzer

Canopy Tax, Inc Tax Resolution

CCH CodeConnect

CCH iFirm Practice Manager

Client Centric Communications

Depre123 Depreciation System

Eaglefiling

eFileCabinet SideKick

Exact for Accountants

FloQast

Gravity Software LLC

Industry Newsletters

Intacct Subscription Billing

Intelligize

Intuit Trial Balance

ONESOURCE Indirect Tax Certificate Manager 2.0

PPC’s Guide to Tax-Related Identity Theft

QuickBooks Self-Employed

ReceiptBank Practice Platform

Credits and Incentives Pinpointer: Statutory and Discretionary

Thomson Reuters myPay Solutions Direct

TSheets Scheduling

 

Winners of the Innovation Awards are selected from nominated products by CPA Practice Advisor’seditorial board and awards committee, which include thought leaders and professionals from across the country. The digital resource and print publication is the leading independent source of practice management resources and technology information for tax and accounting professionals in public practice. www.CPAPracticeAdvisor.com.

The nomination period for the 2017 Innovation Awards will open in February 2017.

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