‘Twas the Week After Deadline
‘Twas the week after deadline, and all through the firm, not a Tax Pro was working while stuck in their home.
The “New Normal” Is Here
Whether you run a CPA firm, work for a CPA firm, or work in a business’s financial department, there’s a good chance your metaphorical hand shot up before you even finished reading the above sentence.
The Work-at-Home Revolution Has Already Happened. Can Your Firm or Business Cope?
For years, working remotely was a perk some companies offered. The idea of allowing many, much less most, employees in a company to work at home full time seemed distant and unlikely. Then came COVID. Lockdowns in response to the pandemic drove companies of all...
Does Your Firm or Business Really Need a Physical Office? Here’s A Guide
With COVID-19 spreading at record levels in many parts of the US, accounting firms and small businesses are rethinking plans to reopen their offices as states reconsider their own reopening plans. For many businesses and firms, though, the question isn’t whether or...
The Secret to Starting A Business in The Middle of a Pandemic
There's a pandemic going on. We're in the midst of a serious economic downturn. Many businesses are suffering. Some are failing. And now you want to start a business? Good for you. Because now is an excellent time to start a new business. But here's a secret: don't...
.CPA Domains Available for Firms Beginning July 1, 2020
This past June, the AICPA was awarded the .cpa (dot CPA) top level (worldwide) domain which has been reserved exclusively for entities confirmed by the AICPA to be affiliated with the CPA profession. This was done to promote long term confidence when visiting a...
Working from Home: Should Your Small Business Still Have an Office?
If there's anything good that's come out of the coronavirus pandemic, is the realization by millions of small businesses that working from home works. Assuming the business equipped with the right technology and cloud-based systems, employees of most businesses can...
How to Work Securely at Home During the COVID-19 Crisis
The COVID-19 pandemic required accounting firms to go 100% remote virtually overnight. While a good number of firms were either already in the cloud had implemented cloud-enabled applications, or had a structure to support remote workers, there were many personnel...
How the Cloud Enables Businesses to Go Remote without Missing a Beat
A few months ago, the world came to a screeching halt as employees in businesses across the US were sent home. Seemingly overnight, the remote workforce jumped from 7 percent to nearly 30 percent, and IT teams, business owners, and firm partners scrambled to support...
Right Networks Acquires Rootworks
The Right Networks team is always seeking ways to improve our offerings and our methods of helping accounting firms excel in this fast-changing industry. This desire to ever improve has led to a pivotal announcement that dramatically expands our support of firm...
Working from Home: How Will Work Change after COVID-19 Shutdowns End?
When will we all go back to the office? The answer might be never. Working from home could be here to stay. For the millions of Americans who have worked at home since shutdowns in response to COVID-19 began in March, office life is starting to fade into a distant...
How CPA Firms Can Help Clients Manage CARES Act Funds and Power through Shutdowns
With some states reopening their economies, the end of widespread coronavirus shutdowns might finally be in sight. But with many states still in lockdown and businesses digging out of a huge revenue hole, CARES Act government loans remain a viable, and often...
Why a Global Pandemic Is the Best Time to Try the Cloud
There’s so much to think about during this era of COVID-19 shutdowns: meeting payroll, generating revenue, tapping into government stimulus funding … not to mention homeschooling the kids and not going insane. The first instinct a lot of business owners have is to...
Right Networks Reworks Cloud Premier Implementation for COVID-19 Shutdowns
Office shutdowns surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic have led CPAs to quickly consider moving operations to the cloud via Right Networks’ premium service, Cloud Premier. While our general cutover process includes on-site visits, we have done many remote cutovers to our...
Right Networks Launches COVID-19 Resource Center to Help Small Businesses Thrive
There’s not much that feels normal about the new normal of the COVID-19 pandemic. Every day seems to bring news more shocking than that of the day before, and shutdowns, lockdowns and other massive disruptions continue to rip through the global economy. But with the...
2020 CPAFMA Information Technology Survey Findings
The CPA Firm Management Association (CPAFMA) recently conducted its third comprehensive technology survey tailored specifically to member firms with the goal of identifying the applications, products and processes utilized by peers. Where possible, the survey...
Why Moving Applications to the Cloud Provides Certainty for Small Businesses During Chaos
In early March, a Right Networks blog post noted the coming impact of COVID-19 coronavirus, citing disruptions in daily life that seemed shocking at the time: “The entire nation of Italy is essentially on lockdown, as is New Rochelle, New York, a suburb of New York...
5 Essential Work-from-Home Technologies for Maximizing Remote Productivity
We've all been changing our management models to accommodate more workers from home. We've heard from experts and consultants that advised us on the best practices for keeping our people as productive as possible while they're out of the office. We've also been told...
