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Dynamic File E-Sign Templates

Encyro E-Sign templates let you use a new file each time you send an electronic signature request. Use this feature for e-sign requests where a new file is generated to be signed for

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Accounting

Form 8879 IRS-Compliant Electronic Signature

Thinking of electronic signatures for forms 8879 and 8878? Get it with Encyro E-Sign.

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Accounting

Best Client Portals for Accounting and Finance 2019

Compare top 11 client portals used by accounting and finance professionals. Learn how they differ in security features and ease of use.

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Security

How Encyro Helps You Comply with HIPAA, GDPR, GLBA, IRS Pub. 4557, PCI-DSS ...

Encyro helps you safeguard customer data to help you meet many privacy and security regulations and guidelines. HIPAA The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), the Health Information Technology for Economic and

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Security

How To Satisfy IRS Pub 4557 Guidelines with Client Portals

Are you sure that your client portal is secure and compliant? Will it only protect you from network snooping? From data breach?

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Security

Best Email Encryption Services for Small Business

Compare Protonmail, Hushmail, Safe-Mail and 10 other encrypted email services. Find out which of them lose all your past emails if you forget your password.

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Security

Convenience Plus Security

Email is convenient. You do not need to create an account for your client or recipient - they already have an email address. You do not need to create a shared folder and

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Accounting

8 Actions to Take Now for Saving on 2018 Taxes

Whether they like the new tax laws or not, what do your tax clients need to change for 2018 to take advantage of the new tax law? The 8 action items below show

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Accounting

Rental Income And Tax Saving Opportunities

Thanks to Airbnb, Craigslist, and time-share exchanges many Americans end up with money that is treated as rental income. Tax professionals have an opportunity here to advise clients regarding the right strategy to

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Accounting

2017 changes to IRS Form 1065

If you file returns for partnerships or LLCs treated as partnerships, you will likely use Form 1065. Here are some of the key changes for 2017 for this form, from the IRS draft

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Accounting

Are You on the Accountants' Wall of Shame?

Recent incidents at small accounting firms have many accountants worried, and for good reason. For no fault of yours, the entire reputation and goodwill you have built up for your accounting practice could

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Accounting

How Can Solo Accountants Make $500k a Year

Only a small fraction of CPAs make $500k a year, but it is possible. And it is faster to achieve in your own firm than by working for a large public accounting firm

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Accounting

How accountants are getting secure document portals for free!

> Santa Cruz, CA accounting firm Chiorini, Hunt, and Jacobs recently had their email hacked. The hacked account contained client W2s, tax returns, social security numbers and other personal information. This loss could have

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Accounting

IRS Checklists for Tax Preparers (Security Obligations)

IRS Pub. 4557 [https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/p4557.pdf] provides 7 checklists for your business to protect tax-payer data. These checklists, fundamentally, cover three things: 1. Recognize that your business needs

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Accounting

Data Security for Tax Preparers: Overview

Why did IRS release Pub. 4557, titled Safeguarding Taxpayer Data? Because tax preparers are extremely juicy targets for identity thieves. The client information containing social security numbers and all the related personal data

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Accounting

How To Quickly Satisfy IRS Guidelines for Tax Preparers

The IRS guidelines are designed to protect professional tax preparers. This articles describes how you can quickly take advantage of these guidelines to protect your business.

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Security

Digital Safeguards: Communications

Data leaves your device and enters the network when you * explicitly send or receive documents or messages to your clients, vendors or others * enter customer data on a website (e.g. using an

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Accounting

Secure Data Disposal

Disposed data, whether on paper or digital devices, leaves your secure environment and is no longer subject to any of your safeguards. It is a gold mine for identity thieves. That is why

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Security

Digital Safeguards for Device Security

Digital data offers tremendous convenience and cost efficiency. From a security perspective, in many ways protecting digital data is easier as well. For instance, protecting digital data against fire or water leaks is

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Accounting

Physical Safeguards to Protect Client Data

Physical safeguards prevent unauthorized persons from physically stealing the data from your facility or wherever you store customer data, be it on paper or electronic media. Physical theft can happen in many situations

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Accounting

How to grow your accounting practice predictably

Working longer hours is not going to do it. If you are a CPA running your own solo practice, then working longer hours is actually hurting you. Why? Because you: * Risk loosing it

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