1. What’s New in QuickBooks Desktop for 2020
by Carrie Kahn
This is a great pro-overview of many of the great new updates coming into QuickBooks Desktop version in 2020. Among our favorite ones are the ability to collapse columns in reports for both classes and jobs (anything that declutters our working area is a major benefit), the ability to get paid faster and employee self setup.
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2. Seriously consider using Instagram for your firm
by Tyler McBroom, CPA, MBA
Connecting the dots between social media presence and business growth is always an exciting enterprise to undertake. We loved this article published in the Firm of the Future, describing the benefits of running a well-maintained Instagram account for an accounting firm.
3. Here are the best ways to secure important financial documents
by Kelley Keehn for CNBC
With the recent increase of phishing emails coming from hackers pretending to be the IRS, it’s a ripe time to talk about financial record security. Kelley Keehn, a personal finance educator, and author talks about why passwords need to be both hard to crack but also easy to remember, why hard copies are still a must and what to do with your gadgets to prevent them from being hacked.
