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Five states share ADA technology
Posted on 10.17.14 By By Judy Jakush
On site: ADA Aptify team trains the Indiana Dental Association staff.
Dr. Hagenbruch
Carmelo Cinqueonce
Nevada: NDA's Corinne Politi, records coordinator, and Anthony Ferreri, director, member services.
"Change is good" is how one state dental association member service director described its venture into Aptify, a new software that will replace outdated systems formerly used for membership records and other functions.
Aptify is a faster, more flexible software that allows the ADA to interface with states in an effort to provide better service to members at whatever point they connect with the Association—national, state or local. It replaces outdated software and systems the ADA had used for membership records as well as allowing the development of the ADAcatalog.org website.
Although still in the initial stages of the rollout, the Aptify association management software has been deployed in five states so far: Indiana, Minnesota, Nevada, New Hampshire and Virginia.
Anthony Ferreri, director of member services for the Nevada Dental Association, sees advantages in making the transition to Aptify from the Tripartite Ssystem software that connected Nevada to the ADA.
"I'm the first to admit that after attending Aptify training in Chicago, I was a little skeptical on how I would be able to use this immense system to service my members in a timely manner. But change is good!" he said.
He gave an example of how the faster system helped him meet a member's need. "One of the dental schools in my state has an orthodontic program, and a requirement for that program is membership in the ADA," he said. "With just a couple of clicks, I was able to generate a membership history for a student that needed to prove his continued membership in order to advance in his program. Because of Aptify, I was able to serve him and have him go back to his work within three minutes."
In 2010, the House of Delegates approved a $23 special assessment that paid for information technology infrastructure improvements, including Aptify.
ADA Eighth District Trustee Joseph F. Hagenbruch, who chairs the Board of Trustees Information Technology Committee, said he has witnessed the money put to use "that enhances service to member-dentists" during the past four years.
"We have leveraged that investment to ensure we can serve our members now and into the future and to do so in a way that can seamlessly include state and local participation," he said.
Aptify offers modules that cover a variety of functions. New Hampshire is preparing to use the system to register attendees for their continuing education programs and their 2015 annual meeting. "This will save us an enormous amount of time and resources," said Jim Williamson, executive director of the New Hampshire Dental Society.
Access to the national database means the states retrieve information that can help them quickly serve a dentist who has moved to their state, whether it's in figuring out what their dues level is or what issues they are most interested in. "The case management module allows us to track trends among our members," such as calls about specific regulatory issues, said Carmelo Cinqueonce, executive director of the Minnesota Dental Association.
"As more states employ Aptify case management, we will be better able to spot hot button issues occurring across the country," he said.
The Indiana Dental Association started with Aptify in mid-June, said Doug Bush, IDA executive director, so their experience so far is limited, but he sees many advantages to come.
"Aptify will allow us to better track which members are contacting us, and the nature of their inquiries. It will aid us with follow-up, better assuring we meet member needs without allowing questions or requests to fall between the cracks. I think Aptify will anchor the Power of Three concept (ADA.org/powerofthree). The ADA, IDA and our local societies will to able to jointly view our contact with members and refer requests to the entity best equipped to respond. I'm looking forward to putting Aptify into practice."
The VDA will use Aptify to streamline its 2015 membership renewal process. "This will allow members to renew their membership on the ADA website," said Leslie Pinkston, VDA membership director. "Members will have an easier way to update address changes, make dues payments, place orders, track CE, and receive current updates."
The Virginia Dental Association was the second state to transition from the aging Tripartite System database to Aptify. "The entire ADA Aptify group has been a pleasure to work with," said. Ms. Pinkston. "It's not only in their support for each state and component staff member, but in their enthusiasm and concern in ensuring the transition goes as well as possible for us as new Aptify users."
The ADA is offering this system to dental societies with no cost for the following: technical infrastructure, Aptify software (unlimited user licensing) and data conversion from the Tripartite System.
"We certainly are still learning," said NHDS's Mr. Williamson, "but the ADA is there to help us every step of the way. The ADA has the most resources to help us on the local level where we need and have the most contact with our members. We are very pleased that we went first, but I know that every other state will get similar support."
The ADA is encouraging dental societies to adopt Aptify, which fits in one of the Members First 2020 goals in the ADA's 2015-2019 Strategic Plan, said Dr. Hagenbruch.
"That goal says 'All levels of the ADA will have sufficient organizational capacity necessary to meet member needs.' That's what Aptify embodies," he said.
He also wants to reassure members that the ADA is sensitive to their privacy and related preferences and has processes in place to address those issues.
For more information about Aptify, contact Peter Bradley (bradleyp@ada.org), director, Aptify Enterprise Solutions.
Board proposes 2015 budget tied to member value, service, growth
Dr. Norman
Dr. Feinberg
Dr. Lemmo
The Board of Trustees' 2015 budget proposal continues the Board's effort to tie financial planning to the Association's Strategic Plan, with a key focus on member value, service and membership growth.
At its July meeting, ADA leaders approved Board Report 2 for transmittal to the 2014 House of Delegates. The report includes action recommending a 2015 operating budget of $134,877,000 in revenues and $128,728,000 in expenses and income taxes, generating a surplus of $6,149,000 in net income before noncash adjustment and planned reserve contributions.
In response to Resolution 84H-2013, the Board is directing the transfer of $6 million royalty revenue from ADA Members Insurance Plans to a designated reserve. The reserve is dedicated to member value and long-term dues and financial stabilization.
With the anticipation of a surplus, the Board is not recommending a dues increase for 2015.
Dr. Ron Lemmo, ADA treasurer, offered his insights into the Association's financial future. "The most important part of the conversation about the budget is that we are focusing our spending on our members, which is the focus of the 2015-2019 Strategic Plan. Because of our financial stability, we are able to better dedicate resources not only in ongoing programs but are also able to invest in new, innovative programs to support members in the future."
ADA President Charles Norman commended the progress the Board has made during his tenure on the Board as a trustee, president-elect and president. "The budget process is continually evolving to better serve our members. We continue to modify and refine the budgeting process to support Members First 2020, the five-year strategic plan that begins in 2015, and that is truly reflected in the 2015 budget. We are invested in member service and member growth," he said.
A key challenge is to provide support to members with innovative programs while continuing the programs that have proven value to members. The Strategic Plan calls for the ADA to increase its member market share and for an increase in the assessment of member value by membership.
"That calls for a balanced approach to finances," said Dr. Maxine Feinberg, ADA president-elect. "We have to keep the long-term needs of the Association in mind, continue building financial stability and dues stabilization, while providing the programs and services our members value in their day-to-day practice life as they negotiate today's marketplace and prepare for future needs."
The Power of Three campaign has allowed more meaningful conversations among the local, state and national ADA organizations to work together to improve the member experience, to offer higher value benefits and superior member service through investments of resources in the Member Service University, the Leadership Academy, the Certificate in Practice Management programs, best in class continuing education program, and further development of the Center for Professional Success.
ADA leaders are hopeful that the Power of Three will enable greater efficiencies, less duplication of effort and cost savings for those state societies who will take advantage of the Aptify association management software, being provided to them at no cost.
Dr. Lemmo said the Board's focus on member value is seen throughout the budget process.
"There are so many aspects of building member value that the Board is managing with staff," he said. "Over the last few years we have budgeted for capital expenditures for the building, which alleviates the need for special assessments so as to avoid fluctuation in dues, which again supports dues stabilization. This is the second year in a row we are not asking for a dues increase, yet our programs are getting better as we develop new ones."
Dr. Lemmo cited the strides the ADA Library has made in the past few years in its transition to a digital resource library that reaches more members each year with vastly expanded resources — and accomplished with no dues increase.
From January through July this year, the ADA Library & Archive Web pages totaled 3,530 visits, 4,826 searches and 3,754 downloaded articles. Members can access online some 285 e-journals, 55 current textbooks, Cochrane Database and DynaMed Database and librarians are available to help members find what they need.
The Association has also enhanced member value through its investment in Aptify, an association management software that allows the ADA to collaborate with states in an effort to provide better service to members at whatever point they connect with the Association — national, state or local. It replaces outdated software and systems the ADA had used for membership records as well as allows for the development of the ADAcatalog.org website. Sixteen states are being deployed in 2014 with another 26 planned for 2015.
Other member-focused investments have led to improvements in these areas:
The Center for Professional Success, which launched last fall, provides dentists with an online tool to help with the day-to-day business management of their practices. The website is organized into three areas: Practice, Live, and Learn and is highly interactive with updated news feeds, trends trackers, research, quality of life, improved video capabilities and financial calculators.
The Center for Evidence-Based Dentistry website was updated this year, and the Center in July added a Science Podcast to address EBD and other dental science topics. The Center offers a comprehensive database of systematic reviews on a broad range of oral health topics, providing tangible benefits and value for dental school students and faculty, as well as dental practitioners.
The ADA House of Delegates will meet Oct. 10-14 in San Antonio. Members First 2020 — Strategic Plan 2015-2019 is available on ADA.org in the Member Center/Leadership and Governance/Strategic Planning section. Board reports and resolutions for the 2014 House are available to members only on ADA.org via this path: Member Center/Leadership and Governance/House of Delegates/Board Reports and Resolutions.
2015 revisits 2014—no dues increase
San Antonio, Texas — The ADA House of Delegates Oct. 14 said "yes" to a 2015 operating budget with $136,077,000 in revenues and $128,271,000 in expenses and income taxes. With the transfer $7.2 million to the Insurance Royalty Reserve, the projected 2015 operating surplus will be $606,087.
They also said "yes" to keeping 2015 national dues at the same level as 2014: $522.
Resolutions passed by House with financial implications totaled $1,143,000. New programs include Res. 101H-2014 that directs the Association to implement a proactive social media campaign and websites to promote to the public the safe, positive effects of optimal water fluoridation.
Following her installation as ADA president, Dr. Maxine Feinberg commended the House for its actions this year. "The House acted very responsibly to ensure that our programs and services align with Members First 2020, our 2015-19 Strategic Plan," she said. "I am also very pleased that our House actions are focused on member success. These actions also reflect the fact that we are using data to drive our decision-making, whether it's about a social media campaign on fluoridation or our Power of Three efforts.
The Power of Three campaign has allowed more meaningful conversations among the local, state and national ADA organizations to work together to improve the member experience, to offer higher value benefits and superior member service through investments of resources.
Dr. Ron Lemmo, ADA treasurer, in addressing the House during the meeting, noted the challenge of reversing market share trends in membership. "Our financial position has improved dramatically over the past couple of years, yet the ADA has been challenged annually by falling membership market share which is the single most critical need for the ADA and is reflected in the focus of the new Members First 2020 strategic plan.
"As a result of a strong reserve position, a surplus budget, and less dependence on dues," continued Dr. Lemmo, "we are positioned to have the resources available to deliver programs and initiatives that enhance member value and address our declining market share. As part of this effort, the ADA also recognizes its important role of working with state and local components to deliver member value through the Power of 3, and the ADA has invested in a major transition that engages our stakeholders across the Association to enhance our member's experience.
He enumerated these 2014 achievements to the House:
Net income reached a record of $ 17 million in 2013.
No dues increase proposed for second year in a row.
Operating reserve fund at 73 percent of annual operating expenses.
New reserve funds for building maintenance and insurance royalties.
Dr. Carol Gomez Summerhays, ADA president-elect, also pointed to the financial stability of the Association. "The ADA is getting stronger, and we are in great financial shape. We are really in a position to make a lot of changes over next two years. I very much look forward to working with everyone throughout the country."
She said the delegates were very focused this year on member value. "It was a very efficient and collegial House of Delegates, " she said. The future is going to be great — I keep saying that, but I also add that I didn't say it would be easy. But it is going to be great.


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Top honour awarded to Laois law graduate of Maynooth University
Kate Walsh from Ballyroan, Laois, a graduate of Maynooth University, with her award, the Walls and Toomey Solicitors Family Law Prize.
Laois native, Kate Walsh from Ballyroan, has been awarded a prestigious law prize for her top marks in her graduation from Maynooth University.
Ms Walsh was awarded the 2017 Walls and Toomey Solicitors Family Law Prize. The prize is awarded to the top student in the Family Law module offered by the Department of Law at Maynooth University.
Kate graduated with a first class honours Bachelor of Civil Law in Business and Law from Maynooth University in 2017. She was placed first in assessments in her class of over 100 Family Law students, a class taught by Dr Fergus Ryan of the Department of Law.
Mr Ryan congratulated Kate for her exceptional marks.
"I'm delighted for Kate. In a class of very talented and diligent students, she excelled, performing to the very highest standards in her assessments. She is a very worthy recipient of the Walls and Toomey Family Law Prize. We had over 100 students last year, so this is clearly a very substantial achievement. I wish Kate every success in the future." he said to the Leinster Express.
It is the second year of the Family Law Prize, sponsored by Walls and Toomey Solicitors, a leading family law and mediation practice based in Dublin. It is awarded to the top student in Family Law at Maynooth University, based on performance in exams and assessments.
Kate is a graduate of Heywood Community School. In 2013, the high achiever was awarded an entrance scholarship by Maynooth University, based on her Leaving Cert results.

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Home Tech What are the Pros and Cons of Net Neutrality?
Net Neutrality can be defined as the concept of the open and free internet, where no websites or services are prioritized over the other. Its debate has been an ongoing fight between the consumers and the Telecom companies. This proposal will allow the ISPs to choke the internet speeds and charge some extra fees for high-quality streaming and other services, which may not be beneficial for the consumers. While there are advantages to this concept of the free and open internet, there are some disadvantages also. Below are the net neutrality pros and cons which will help you to decide whether it is beneficial for you or not?
This means that the ISPs wouldn't be able to block access, change address or alter the flow of data for the users. So, it might help the users to access the internet freely without any regulations.
Most of the people and the government is worried about the situation that without regulations, illegal content will run epidemic on the internet. This is not the truth. ISPs will act as a regulated common carrier to prevent activities such as illegal file sharing.
With the net neutrality, Big companies and small startups both will get the same resources and capabilities which allow them to innovate. Thus it will help in the innovation of products and services.
Public utilities have a good role in our day-to-day lives, and they are necessary to maintain our quality of life. As the internet is becoming one of the essentials of the modern life as water and food. So, it should be provided to every human being at a nominal cost which wouldn't be possible if the net neutrality will be removed.
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In today's modern world, the premium services like Netflix and Skype uses a massive amount of data free without any compensation, which might not be a good deal for the consumers.
There are certain business houses and individuals who consume a massive amount of internet every month. If the net neutral service is removed, then the individuals have to pay more for what they consume.
Some advocates suggest that if the government would stop the net neutrality, then ISPs could charge companies more money depending on the content they provide. The only issue with the idea is that the companies will pass this charge along to their customers. So, the cost of using media services like Netflix would likely to go from 9.99$ to 19.99$.
That's it! Above are the pros and cons of net neutrality which may be beneficial for some users. Regardless the outcome of net neutrality, the best choice for the consumers is to use a virtual private network in order to hide your data from the ISPs. I hope this post helped you to get the required information you are looking for. Also, what you think about the net neutrality, let us know in the comment section below.


A dozen euro zone banks holding about 40 percent of the sector's assets need to strengthen their capital positions, European Central Bank Vice President Luis de Guindos said on Monday, reflecting on the results of a stress test exercise.
The ECB earlier said that it would consider a 5.5 percent common equity tier 1 capital (CET1) level as acceptable in the test but comments from de Guindos suggest that the ECB may be looking a higher level.
"Banks with core capital ratios in the adverse scenario below 9 percent display a weaker, though still satisfactory, capital position," de Guindos told a conference in Brussels.
"These 12 entities, representing almost 40 percent of total assets of the sector, should increase robustness and enhance capital positions to face challenges ahead and will thus be closely monitored," he added.


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The 2016 Top New Products
While the vast majority of honorees in our annual Top New Products listing are software and applications, there's a reason we don't call it the "Top New Computer Programs."
Software — whether on desktops or, more and more, in the cloud — has already revolutionized the practice of accounting several times over, and we fully expect that it will continue to do so. But it's not the only thing with the power to change the field, and the tools that will make the most difference to you won't always run on your laptop or tablet. (Well, actually, they might — but as content, instead of software.)
Hardware products, services, educational programs and continuing education courses all can have a major impact, too, and this year a number of entries in the last two categories really caught our eye. As knowledge workers and professionals whose value springs in large part from their expertise, accountants are both serious about their ongoing education, and well-positioned to capitalize on new ideas and new ways to demonstrate their competence to clients.
For instance, this year saw a rush of certificate programs in a variety of areas, letting accountants learn about and then prove their knowledge of everything from basic tax prep to handling the tangible property repair regs all the way up to working with nonprofits. It also saw a push on different ways to educate the profession, including in small bites, as well as a program that legitimately, actually, honestly shows you how to predict the future — for real.
And if that doesn't grab you, there are still plenty of great software tools and apps on this year's Top New Products. Read on to see the 2016 list.
QuickBooks Online Self-Employed (Intuit)
Designed for the rapidly growing on-demand/"gig" economy, Intuit's QuickBooks Online Self-Employed was built to be as simple as possible for freelancers and independent contractors. The solution imports bank and credit card transactions, capturing them as individual expense cards that customers can categorize as business, personal or both — a process made even easier and more intuitive via the mobile app, where expenses can be swiped left or right. One of QBO Self-Employed's biggest advantages is its year-round tracking of deductions, so entrepreneurial customers can easily pay those estimates at quarterly and year-end deadlines, minimizing distraction from business operations.
Affordable Care Act Tools
ONESOURCE ACA Reporting & Compliance (Thomson Reuters)
Helping businesses of all sizes comply with the Affordable Care Act is one of the great opportunities of the past few years (as well as one of the bigger nightmares), and we've named Thomson Reuters' ONESOURCE ACA Reporting & Compliance tool as one of our Top New Products for managing the distribution and filing of the forms associated with Obamacare for all the organizations that need to send out 1095-As, Bs and Cs. The Web-based tool tracks form corrections, collects consent forms for electronic distribution, and helps with managing file errors when e-filing with the IRS.
We gave Greatland's Yearli an Honorable Mention, for adding the ability to file Forms 1095-B and C with the IRS and send copies to recipients, as well as developing a toolkit of great ACA-related resources for users.
BlackLine Insights (BlackLine)
and Host Analytics Modeling (Host Analytics)
Finance professionals know key performance indicators are crucial to improving business processes and results, but beyond the obvious benchmarks, some mission-critical KPIs can be elusive. While BlackLine Insights includes core accounting activities like account reconciliations, the solution also enables accountants and chief financial officers to hone and calibrate the performance indicators that are most urgent for their business. These numbers can be tracked in real-time, and benchmarked against industry numbers based on live, aggregated and anonymized cloud data collected from other BlackLine customers. And because it lives in the cloud, this data is dynamic and easily adaptable to new and changing business goals, including the new benchmarks that BlackLine will provide in future product updates.
Accountants can bolster their advisory work with Host Analytics Modeling, a module in the company's cloud enterprise performance management suite that enhances budgeting, planning, forecasting and modeling processes. By integrating both financial planning and operational data from other systems, the cloud modeling engine can map out multiple what-if scenarios related to tax and accounting, and the numbers can be collaborated on across multiple interfaces, from Excel to mobile. The models also cater to a range of user sophistication, from a quick drill-down into profitability metrics to the activities of what Host Analytics dubs "power modelers"—users actively communicating with the data and adding new dimensions and submodels.
In this category, we're also giving an Honorable Mention to iLumen's Franchise Intelligence, a productivity tool for CPA firms with franchise consulting practices, which simplifies and standardizes data collection from franchisees.
Certificates and Credentials
AICPA Not-for-Profit Certificate I and II (American Institute of CPAs)
When they want expertise, clients come to accountants; when accountants want expertise, they have to earn it themselves. This year saw the release of a number of different certificate programs to teach a wide range of very specific skills — and then let you prove it. We named the AICPA's Not-for-Profit Certificate I and II our Top New Products in this category not just because the programs are comprehensive and jam-packed with real-world examples, case studies, animations and videos that will help you bone up on everything from the basics of nonprofit reporting to the complexity of preparing a complete set of NFP financials, but because this is an area that really calls for deeply knowledgeable accountants, and with more firms entering it as a sideline, it's an area where they can't afford to be uninformed.
We'll single out a pair of other programs as Honorable Mentions, each of which touches on a hot regulatory or legislative topic: Wolters Kluwer's CCH Tangible Property Regulations Certificate, and Thomson Reuters' Checkpoint Learning Health Care Reform Certificate Program.
Rivio Secure Financial Statement Clearinghouse (CPA.com and Confirmation.com)
An online clearinghouse for private businesses to exchange financial information with their lenders and investors, Rivio is also a secure platform for these businesses to share secure, authenticated data with their CPA firms. CPA.com provides the front-end verification that CPA firms are appropriately licensed to upload financial information, and Confirmation.com delivers the same technology that powers its own audit confirmation platform. CPA.com and Confirmation.com's mission for the platform is to eliminate outdated and unsecure methods of exchanging sensitive information such as e-mail, and Rivio provides the controls and collaboration to modernize the process.
Abila MIP Advance (Abila)
Abila brought its MIP true fund accounting solution to the cloud, where the comprehensive financial management and reporting tool finds greater agility and integration capabilities. Within that cloud-based interface, MIP Advance presents a multi-dimensional and flexible chart of accounts, with detailed coding and tracking of all financial activities in unlimited segments and dimensions. Users can track, report and manage finances via customizable and role-based dashboards that enable them to view and drill down into the data most essential to their role — whether financial or otherwise. Nonprofits and government entities can then use MIP Advance's reporting and analytics tools to present this data in digestible, graphical formats that inspire engagement from boards and funding from donors. The solution's new API also provides easy integration with other applications.
Sage Impact (Sage)
Online, customizable hub Sage Impact was built for accountants, by accountants (or at least with their detailed advisement). And while it imports real-time data from other Sage products, it also integrates with non-Sage solutions. Serving as a central location for practice management and client collaboration, Sage Impact also houses two of the company's newer cloud-based tools: Sage Value and Sage Match. Capitalizing on the emerging trend of value pricing, Sage Value provides tangible tools to have those cost discussions with clients in the form of service plans, comparison documents and proposal generation, while Sage Match makes accountants more accessible to prospects, giving business owners the ability to search for CPAs based on business focus, goals, location and desired expertise.
SALT Tools
BNA State Tax Analyzer (Bloomberg BNA)
States are on an ever-more-desperate prowl for revenue, and that means more complex tax legislation and more stringent audits. The continually changing landscape of state tax regulations requires a powerful and streamlined tool beyond spreadsheets, and Bloomberg BNA provides it in this multi-state, multi-year, multi-scenario state tax analysis tool. With the cloud-based solution, tax and accounting professionals can do what-if planning, tax provision analysis, quarterly estimates and tax audit response, all with a full audit trail. The State Tax Analyzer also keeps up with the latest legislation, delivering automatic tax-law updates, and provides the added security of permissions controls.
The Anticipatory Organization: Accounting & Finance Edition (MACPA/BLI)
and the Insight HR & Career Development Tool (Indiana Society of CPAs)
With a staff crunch going on, the accounting profession is scrambling for warm bodies — but it's also worth spending some time on the bodies that are already here. Two of our Top New Products do exactly that, offering to help accountants boost their careers by bringing more value to the table. The first is the Anticipatory Organization: Accounting & Finance Edition, a set of video courses and exercises created by a partnership of the Maryland Association of CPAs and its Business Learning Institute with futurist Daniel Burrus. The point of the coursework is to teach you, literally, how to predict the future by identifying reliable trends — and it actually works. The applications for firm strategy, client service, and guiding your own career are endless.
Our second Top Product in the Self-Improvement Category is the Indiana Society of CPAs' Insight HR & Career Development Tool, which lets CPAs evaluate themselves on core competencies and the "soft skills" that will mark the future leaders of the profession, as well as offering 360-degree assessments, and a toolkit for tracking personal development.
Onvio (Thomson Reuters)
The cloud has certainly made collaboration and integration easier — but it hasn't eliminated friction entirely. For that, you need to look at tools that were built from the ground up to interact, and that's what Thomson Reuters' new Onvio platform promises, with the added benefit of not having been built on the ground, but in the cloud. It's designed to give a single look and feel as well as a common database to a host of tax and accounting-related tools, and it launched with two core modules, Onvio Documents for document management and Onvio Client Center, a portal for securely sharing information with clients and staff. Thomson Reuters has already added Onvio Time and Billing, and plans more additions in the future.
CCH International Tax Compliance Calendar (Wolters Kluwer)
As more and more small businesses find customers overseas, more and more accountants are finding themselves trying to answer awkward questions about international tax issues. We named the CCH International Tax Compliance Calendar a Top New Product for giving users the ability to easily monitor updated tax laws, filing deadlines and compliance changes around the globe — or in just the specific tax jurisdictions where they (and their clients) are interested. Customized alerts and mobility mean you'll never miss an important development or deadline, no matter how far afield you or the taxing jurisdiction are.
Wolters Kluwer also took an Honorable Mention in this category, for its CCH CodeConnect, which makes it even easier to find useful answers and guidance in its IntelliConnect research platform. We'll also give a nod to RCReports, an online tool that makes it easy to create reasonable compensation reports for closely held business owners to show the IRS, and to Autokept, which is the only mileage and other tax-related information tracking app we know of that you can talk to.
Article source: http://www.accountingtoday.com/news/accounting-technology/the-2016-top-new-products-77130-1.html
CPA.com and Confirmation.com Clearinghouse Named as a Top New Product
Rivio Clearinghouse to Transform Private Company Financial Information Exchange
NEW YORK (Feb. 8, 2016) – Rivio, the online financial document clearinghouse developed by CPA.com and Confirmation.com, has been named a 2016 Top New Product by Accounting Today, a leading trade publication for the accounting profession.
Rivio was selected as a winner in the "data transfer" category. "CPA.com and Confirmation.com's mission for the platform is to eliminate outdated and unsecure methods of exchanging sensitive information such as e-mail," the magazine's editors wrote, "and Rivio provides the controls and collaboration to modernize the process."
"This kind of recognition speaks to the value proposition of Rivio," said Erik Asgeirsson, president and CEO of CPA.com. "Lenders and investors have a strong interest in obtaining the most relevant, authenticated financial information about private companies, but that mechanism didn't really exist until now. The clearinghouse solves that market problem."
Rivio is currently in pilot phase, with a full commercial launch scheduled later this year.
"Rivio ensures that banks, shareholders and other authorized parties can get access to CPA-reviewed financial data without fear that the information has been altered in any way," said Brian Fox, CPA, president and founder of Confirmation.com. "It's an important, effective tool to minimize risk and fraud."
To learn more about the clearinghouse, visit Rivio.com.
CPA.com empowers CPAs and businesses for the digital age. The company offers a growing list of digital products and services that help firms succeed in practice management, client advisory services and professional development.
CPA.com is a subsidiary of the American Institute of CPAs, the world's largest member organization representing the accounting profession, and operates such leading websites as the AICPA Store, AICPA.org and IFRS.com.
The company has its headquarters in New York City and offices in Silicon Valley, Calif., Dexter, Mich., and Durham, N.C. For more information, visit CPA.com.
About Confirmation.com
Confirmation.com is the world's leading provider of secure online audit confirmations. Today, 13,000 audit firms confirm over $1 trillion annually with over 3,000 banks for 700,000 clients worldwide. Confirmation.com is used in over 125 countries by banks, companies and law firms to respond to audit confirmation requests. For more information, visit Confirmation.com.
Leaders in Accounting Technology Showcase Innovation at AICPA/CPA.com Event
CPA.com CEO Talks about Shared Purpose in Supporting Greater Diversification of Services
NEW YORK (Jan. 22, 2016) – Accounting technology leaders gave a progress report on how innovation is transforming services throughout the profession and boosting business productivity for CPA firms at the 7th Annual AICPA/CPA.com Executive Roundtable, an invitation-only event for technology executives, entrepreneurs and key influencers.
The roundtable, held Jan. 21-22 at AICPA headquarters, was established as a showcase for new technology and a forum for collaboration, networking and the free exchange of ideas between vendors and thought leaders. The agenda included rapid-fire product reviews from more than three dozen companies and professional updates from leaders in the profession, including American Institute of CPAs President and CEO Barry C. Melancon, CPA, CGMA, and CPA.com President and CEO Erik Asgeirsson. The roundtable also featured panel sessions from members of the media, as well as leaders of major and emerging firms.
"We have a shared purpose in promoting technology and change management," Asgeirsson said. "This event has fostered an invaluable dialogue about the role innovation can play in advancing the profession, and it's inspiring to see how much energy there is in this room and how much progress we've made since last year."
Asgeirsson updated attendees on CPA.com's activities, including Rivio, an online financial information clearinghouse developed in partnership with Confirmation.com that's designed to speed lending decisions for private companies and minimize the risk of fraud for banks and investors. He also talked about other areas that client advisory services are expanding into, such as sales and local use tax compliance.
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The sun is back, the snow is melting. It's time to put winter behind us; start thinking about summer. One sure sign: The last of my garden potatoes are starting to protest confinement as their numbers dwindle. Still a couple weeks of good meals, maybe even enough to do a 3-day Potato Hack soon. When these are gone, I won't eat many potatoes until August.
A wild hare told me to clean out the pantry. I noticed there seemed to be lots of stuff I probably was never going to eat. Goat milk, anyone? Here's the end result, about the only thing we really eat out of a can anymore is tomato sauces, beans, and condiments. I remember a couple years back when every meal we ate came from cans and boxes. The closest we came to eating fresh food was thawing out Lean Cuisine or TV Dinners.
When I got serious about my health in 2010, my diet made a complete 180 turnaround. Ditching processed food was the best change I made. I try to eat only whole foods now, or at least very minimally processed…like I could do at home with a few simple steps. I wish I had time to make fresh enchilada sauce from tomatoes, salt, sugar, vinegar, chili peppers, onions, and red peppers…but I cheat and buy the cans. Baby steps.
Cleaning out my pantry was a trip down memory lane. Please don't judge me for the age of these cans, and don't call The Hoarders, either.
The oldest cans were from 2005 and 2007: Leftovers from a couple of Thanksgiving feasts is my best guess. Back when we ate pies with impunity.
In 2010, I embarked on a stint of Paleo, following Mark Sisson's Primal Blueprint. One of his initial transformation tricks is to purge the house of processed foods. I remember chucking boxes full of non-Paleo nasties like beans, Campbell's soup, pasta, rice, canned fruit, and syrups. Jackie thought I was nuts throwing out perfectly good food…but I'm glad I did. So now you see why there's a big gap prior to 2010. And look at the first Paleo foods I bought. Canned chicken. The mainstay of the low-carber. Easily counted in your calorie calculator and easy to monitor intake. But damn…there's a reason there are seven year old cans of chicken in my pantry. Canned chicken is still me last choice of meat entrees.
From 2011 we find a can of spinach (I wanted Popeye arms) and a can of Campbell's Chunky Sirloin Burger Soup with country vegetables.
Soup that eats like a meal! Mmm Mmm Good!
All that modified food starch, yeast extract, caramel color, natural flavorings, chicken fat, and BPA sure do make a tasty meal…but not in six years, apparently.
In 2012, we must have had a barbecue party at our place…or went on a mustard bender of some sort. Cream corn, which I like…but apparently do not eat. And Campbell's Italian-style Wedding soup LIGHT. It's a meatball and spinach-based soup. Just looking at the picture on the label makes me lose my appetite…is it the "Italian style" or the "Wedding" that causes me problems?
In 2013, there was another can of creamed corn purchased and left uneaten. Vegetarian Bushes Baked Beans (pretty good), some Vienna Sausages (probably leftover from a hunting trip), and a can of Meyenberg Goat Milk…no idea why I bought that. And why the beans went uneaten.
From 2014 we find two unused cans of chicken…apparently I did not notice the five cans already there from 2010. A can of clams, hominy, and sweet corn. And more cranberry sauce. These are all pretty good foods, but I'd rather eat fresh or frozen sweet corn. I love hominy, but can't remember eating it since I was a kid. And the SPAM? The must have been a Doomsday Prepper show on TV when I was making the list that day.
2015: Beef broth, black olives, and green beans. I'll bet this was all bought for a Thanksgiving or Christmas meal in 2014. I usually make my own broth or use the kind that comes in cardboard cartons. We do eat a few cans of black olives through the year…these must have been hiding behind the SPAM.
So here's the end result of Spring Clean 2017. There's still probably a couple things in there that I won't eat. But at any rate, everything in here has an expiration date of 2017 or 2018. Well, except a can of cranberry sauce and another canned chicken from 2016, they're still good, right? We'll purge those in 2024.
I know that now I should turn my attention one shelf lower…the infamous snack shelf. I see we run the range from Butterfingers to Tiger Nuts. Guess which side is mine, lol.
Stop eating processed foods. Hamburger Helper, Campbell's Soup, and Lean Cuisine are not real food. If your meals are not starting with raw meat, fresh vegetables, fruit, and plenty of potatoes, you are heading down the wrong path, my friend. Limit the snacks…keep some good things on hand so that Butterfingers are not the only choice when a snack-attack hits at 8pm. Making wise food choices takes time and patience. And just because it's there in the pantry does not mean you have to eat it.
Anybody else have cans of food this old at home?
Oh that was a fun post! Spam, lol! (I confess to a secret love of canned corn beef) I don't think we have cans to clear out, however there are (always) some interesting experiments to be found in the back of my fridge. Of course when you're a fermenting fool like I am, that bowl of sliced cherry tomatoes & green onions from last week that's starting to bubble in its own juices is a treasure.
I went digging for frozen rhubarb in my deep freeze couple weeks ago. Never found it but I found some more moose, score!
I like storing things in the freezer much better than in cans. I usually refresh all the frozen foods annually when I freeze fresh meat and veggies. Which reminds me, I still have 3 gallons of sauerkraut to eat.
Bush's Vegetarian beans are soooooooooo good! And when I use them for dinner with some cut up hot dogs, the kids get to say the word Weenie as long as the food is on the table. So it's a win-win!
Haha, Ellen – I ate the whole can of beans after I took the picture, cold, from the can. I'm living proof that 4 year-old canned beans will not kill you. Jackie may have a different point-of-view.


So going on about this whitepaper, the Buyers and Sellers(mainly real estate investors looking to buy, hold, pass) will make decisions based on these predictions about properties, value, opportunity, and neighborhoods. We plan on expanding the analysis for better performance tuning and optimization for all of California, cities with or cities proposed to have Google Fiber, and Mexico. Plans to integrate speech software (Google Now, Siri, Cortana, IBM Watson, Amazon Echo) will be experimented and tested in the future.
ANN + Machine Learning + NLP are useful in modeling this capability and can be very useful in complex systems like real estate where motivations are determined by a combination of factors such as crime, school, neighborhood, jobs, cost, budget, and even emotion.
un-bagging and bagging are useful for modeling input-output relationships that learn directly from observed data.
Machine learning methods like SVM (support vector machine), LSSVM (least squares support vector machine), Linear Regression, M5 Model Trees, and Naïve-Neighborhoods are used to forecast real estate property values.
NLP is used to analyze unstructured data and noise.
Shirity Priya, Douglass Brown, Olu Oyedipe.
In this paper, we propose an artificial intelligent real estate mind that can predict, forecast, & estimate values built on Artificial Neural Networks (ANN), Machine Learning and Natural Language Processing (NLP).
Buyers and Sellers will make decisions based on these predictions about properties, value, opportunity, and neighborhoods. We plan on expanding the analysis for better performance tuning and optimization for all of California, cities with or cities proposed to have Google Fiber, and Mexico. Plans to integrate speech software (Google Now, Siri, Cortana, IBM Watson, Amazon Echo) will be experimented and tested in the future.
The main aim of this paper is to define a real estate property forecasting system based on ANN + Machine Learning + NLP. This system should be able to accurately predict real estate values, WACC, LTV and outperform every supervised learning algorithm and every real estate and brokers intuition and analysis. It will be able to do this by integrating ANN & machine learning along with scouring social media, the web, the dark web, open data, closed data, etc. for noise and non-noise information retrieval using Natural Language Processing (NLP).
The proposed system could also help in simulating interactions, development and proposals where location choices for housing, schools or companies strongly depend on the real estate market.
The main input parameters of the proposed system are real estate pricing, sales, comparable sales, crime, neighborhood, schools, unemployment, transportation, construction costs, cash flow, rental market, economic and environmental quality related attributes.
The United States has three main real estate indexes.
The National Council of Real Estate Investment Fiduciaries Property Index (NPI) for commercial real estate, and residential real estate has Radar Logic'sRPX and the S&P Case-Shiller indices.
Artificial neural networks (ANN) are constructed by the possibility of many neuron nodes and corresponding weights, in an artificial system, to simulate the neural network of humans, animals and plants. It's very good with nonlinear characteristics; therefore ANN can simulate the nonlinear functions. However, accuracy is low and performance may depend on powerful computing by GPUs. For certain analysis, it is not very ideal. This is why combining Machine Learning Algorithms with ANN is a more ideal integrated solution.
Section 1 is a literature overview, Sections 2 & 3 the real estate and algorithmic models are presented. In section 4-6, the proposed Artificial Neural Network (ANN) and Machine Learning and NLP models are defined using datasets from San Diego. This paper experiments with the impact of such key real estate attributes and neighborhood elements including sales price, historical trends, unemployment, school ratings, crime statistics, comparable neighborhood prices, and economic factors. In section 7, the results are discussed. In the last section (8), conclusions are carried out and validate the opportunity presented by ANN + Machine Learning + NLP for Real estate forecasting and estimating.
Artificial Neural Networks (ANNs) have the ability to learn, generalize results, respond to and predict adequately to incomplete or unknown data. (Shaw, 1992). ANN methodology was developed to capture functional forms, allowing the uncovering of hidden non-linear relationships between variables.
Information knowledge and cognitive abilities (Gevarter, 1985).
It has been applied to the property price forecasting in recent years (Lai Pi-ying, 2011). Borst (1991) has defined a great number of variables in his network to appraise real estate in New York State, demonstrating that ANNs are able to predict the real estate price with 90% accuracy.
ANNs perform better than multi-variate analysis, since networks are nonlinear. They can also evaluate subjective information, such as the schools, neighborhood, crime, unemployment, transportation, fun, and the characteristics of the environment, which are difficult to incorporate into traditional mathematical approaches.
SVM Methods, which were founded on statistical learning theory, were developed in the 1990s to find a global optimized solution utilizing & solving quadratic programming problems. However with more data points, it leads to higher complexities. It offers strong learning & generalization abilities and is used mainly for classification and regression problems.
Natural Language Processing (NLP) was developed in the 1950s, even earlier, and initially started with Alan Turing's paper ("Computing Machinery & Intelligence") and became known as the 'Turing Test.' Most recently it's focused around supervised and unsupervised learning methods.
What is a reasonable price or return before even looking at properties?
There exists a formula like the Weighted Average Cost of Capital (WACC).
The WACC takes into account leverage and risk to calculate the required equity return, r(e).
We also have to Remember Time Costs Money.
An example would be what would $100K be worth in 5 years?
PVF doesn't need an interest rate, but the yearly average inflation (2%) as a discount rate. The calculation is in years, n is 5.
The following Expenses play an important factor in the return and therefore, should be added to the model to create a robust and safe estimation.
Net Present Value (NPV) is sum of future cash flows minus the purchase price. Take the Time series of cash flows and discount them (expenses out and income) then add them up. This is the Present value.
Subtract the purchase price and you get the Net Present Value.
It looks similar to PVF.
F = Expenses or cash flow for that particular period of time.
i = it represents the Opportunity Cost of capital here.
5 month project multiple 20% yearly hurdle (5/12).
Compute NPV for totals, the result should be around $14,200.
It's a Positive result and means that the project's return exceeds the investment requirements.
A good rule of thumb is to consider projects that produce a zero or positive NPV value. A NPV value of zero means the project meets your opportunity cost requirement. NPV translates into a return percentage with the internal rate of return (IRR).
IRR is the value of i, the opportunity cost of capital that will cause the NPV to calculate to a zero value. Remember, if your project is month to month the IRR value is monthly.
In our example, IRR calculates to a project return of 17% per month.
Remember this is still only modeling a potential project, so reality could change the return.
If the investment hurdle for the project was 20-percent over five months, you would check to make sure the IRR exceeded (20-percent divided by 5 months) 4-percent per month.
The value of NPV and IRR calculation is when the time schedule changes. Stress testing or sensitivity testing are good things to add to the model. So if the project couldn't sell for 12 months, keeping all the numbers the same would make a big impact. Mortgage payment and expenses would pile up. Time value of money comes into play.
Running NPV calculation, you find the result is a NPV of around $9,140. The project still exceeds our investment goal, but the NPV value has dropped by $5,060 from your initial calculation of $14,200.
It is around a 36% loss in project value simply by extending the project 7 months. The IRR has also dropped from the initial 90-percent to 53-percent.
Have a realistic schedule and stress test your models.
Leverage is thought to be more of a Wall Street or fiancé feature, but it can exist in Real Estate and offer higher returns over all cash deals. If a project were an all cash deal in the example, $109,300 would be the cost.
So with our example, it would be a net $19,700 in profits. We will assume no time value of money for simplicity, so the ratio of profit to equity is around 18-percent. The actual profit might be a bit higher because all cash deals mean no loan fees or mortgage payments.
However if you used Leverage, only $29,300 was put into the project and the rest was borrowed. So you're leveraging $29,300 on a $109,700 project. And assuming all variables are the same, it's the same net profit as all cash. But the ratio of profit to equity is now 67-percent, which is a much higher return.
Leverage increases the projects profit potential by a factor of almost four. But Leverage also comes with risks and can turn against you.
The pro forma can be thought of as a business plan for the project. Before the pro forma, it was estimating and planning via your model. And with this model, you weren't even looking at any physical properties.
Leveraging this system means you build a model of a project that should offer a realistic representation of what project you should look for. So if $30K was all that could be invested into a project, the models showed you are limited to properties under $100K. You also learned that you would need to sell the property for $35K more than you paid for it (35% increase).
So building upon this model, you will need to search and narrow to neighborhoods with an average value of $135K and a sales price of $100K. The Model saves you time and shows you what you should look for, but you still need to run through a few stress tests and scenarios (using model and pro forma model) where it might take over a year to sell your property. You need to find out how long do you have before you start losing money or use up any cash reserves. Also play around with renovation costs. Add Contingency lines for expenses (3-5%) if you think that might help.
The benefit to this system is that using ANNs, there is no need to assume explicit function or processing between inputs and outputs of the paper because ANNs learn directly from the observed data.
The ANN + Machine Learning algorithms + NLP system used in this paper has been trained with data gathered from the County of San Diego, which represents an expensive real estate market, but pockets of affordability.
In particular, San Diego is characterized as one of the worst cities to build wealth, one of the least affordable cities in the United States, and has a smaller job market when compared to Los Angeles, San Francisco, Seattle, or New York City.
California, as an entirety, is also rated as one of the bottom in education and school spending per pupil. However, San Diego is rated as one of the best places to retire, to work remote, and to lead a more laid back lifestyle.
M5P is a reconstruction of Quinlan's M5 algorithm for inducing trees of regression models and combines a conventional decision tree with the possibility of linear regression functions at the nodes.
SVM is mainly used to solve the problems of classification of the samples of different categories and the regression of the samples. The classification problem mainly refers to seeking a hyperplane in the higher dimensional space to separate out the samples of different categories.
For SVM, the multiple classification can be solved via constructing two classifiers.
PLS can find the best function matching with the original data accordingly to minimize the sum of the squares of error. Although the independent variables have multiple correlation, All of the independent variables will be contained in the final model of PLS regression. And maximum information will be extracted from the original data, which ensures the accuracy of the model.
Modern NLP algorithms are based on machine learning, especially statistical machine learning. Many different classes of machine learning algorithms have been applied to NLP tasks. These algorithms take as input a large set of "features" that are generated from the input data. Some of the earliest-used algorithms, such as decision trees, produced systems of hard if-then rules similar to the systems of hand-written rules that were then common. Increasingly, however, research has focused on statistical models, which make soft, probabilistic decisions based on attaching real-valued weights to each input feature.
Such models have the advantage that they can express the relative certainty of many different possible answers rather than only one, producing more reliable results when such a model is included as a component of a larger system.


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Terry Sullivan Olympus Stylus 800 The Olympus Stylus 800 is a well-made camera, but photo quality needs to improve to make it a real compact contender.
Olympus Stylus 800
By Terry Sullivan
October 28, 2005 5:22PM EST
Solid construction and bright, clear 2.5-inch LCD screen. On-screen help features.
Image quality could be sharper. Slow recycle time.
The Olympus Stylus 800 is a well-made camera, but photo quality needs to improve to make it a real compact contender.
With all the storms that have battered the U.S. in the past few months, perhaps Olympus has the right idea in giving the Stylus 800 an all-weather finish. You won't be able to take the camera underwater (use the Pentax OptioWP for that), but its water-resistant finish will withstand drizzle or light rain. Unfortunately, despite having a good price ($399.95 list) for an 8-megapixel camera, excellent on-screen help, an all-weather finish, and other cool features, the Stylus 800's picture quality keeps it from being a real compact contender.
The lens has a 3X, 8- to 24-mm optical zoom (a 35-mm equivalent of 38- to 114-mm) with a maximum f/stop range of f/2.8 to f/4.9 across the zoom range. The camera has 19 scene modes, as well as antishake, auto, shutter, and aperture-priority modes. You can shoot Motion JPEG video at 640-by-480 resolution, but at only 15 frames per second.
The camera does have some positives. We really like the big LCD screen and the Guide button, which presents the precise directions for exposure compensation and for adjusting the white balance. The steps appear right on the LCD in a way we haven't seen on many digital cameras. We also like the live histogram on the LCD, which is nice and large, so you can see the display clearly.
Unfortunately, the Stylus 800's picture quality was not as clear. Our simulated-daylight shots were decent, but revealed some non-colored noise throughout the images, which made them a bit soft. The daylight shots had very good color saturation and accurate color matching, though, there was no fringing in the image, and contrast was decent.
Our flash test shot displayed more problems. Coverage was mediocre, and the colors were muddy because of noise and underexposure: The purple color swatch on our color chart appeared almost black. There was no pure white, and shadows were muddy, which caused the image to lose detail. There was a little fringing in the image too.
Resolution averaged 1,425 lines, which is low for a 6MP camera but inexcusable for an 8MP camera like this one. Bootup time—just 2.7 seconds—was fast, but at 4 seconds, recycle time was pretty slow. We also noticed a hint of shutter lag. There was no pincushion distortion, but barrel distortion was above average. When we used the image-stabilization mode, the camera worked quite well in both low and bright light.
Overall, the Olympus Stylus 800 feels like a solid and well-made camera, but the picture sharpness and resolution need to be better. If you're looking for compact alternative, you might consider the Fujifilm FinePix E550, which is now quite inexpensive. It gives you a little more zoom and takes very good pictures, although the sensor is only 6.3MP. If you want more megapixels, you might try the 7.2MP Sony Cyber-shot DSC-P200, which gives you excellent performance and very good shots. You'll also get better video clips on the Sony.
Compare these cameras side by side in our comparison table, and view their benchmark test results .
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• Canon EOS Rebel SL3
• Nikon Z 7
Bottom Line: The Olympus Stylus 800 is a well-made camera, but photo quality needs to improve to make it a real compact contender.
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Terry Sullivan has tested and reported on many different types of consumer electronics and technology services, including cameras, action cams, smart phones, wireless speakers, streaming music services, digital-imaging apps, and video-editing software. He has also written extensively on various trends in the worlds of technology, photography, multi... See Full Bio
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