Australian accounting profession impress with tech uptake

Contrary to common thought, two global tech company founders have praised the uptake and penetration of technology in the Australian accounting profession compared to other jurisdictions.

How to help the clients most challenged by Making Tax Digital

The UK government has set a target of 2020 for a fully digital tax system to make HMRC’s tax administration ‘more effective, more efficient and easier for the taxpayer’. Although some questions still remain unanswered, the challenges of ‘Making Tax Digital’ are now clearer following the HMRC statement at the end of January. Let’s not forget that it all starts with Sole-Trader, Partnership and Landlord clients

How advisers are preparing for AI

The use of artificial intelligence (AI) to help run financial advisory firms may sound like something that is straight out of a science fiction novel but the likes of Amazon, Google and Microsoft are spearheading AI.

How an App will work for those straightforward MTDfB clients

The UK government has set a target of 2020 for a fully digital tax system to make HMRC’s tax administration “more effective, more efficient and easier for the taxpayer”. Although some questions still remain unanswered, the challenges of Making Tax Digital (MTD) are now clearer following the HMRC statement at the end of January. Let’s not forget that it all starts with sole-trader, partnership and landlord clients

An ‘Appy’ journey to a simple MTD solution

The UK government has set a target of 2020 for a fully digital tax system to make HMRC’s tax administration “more effective, more efficient and easier for the taxpayer”.

Amazon voice technology to be used for artificial intelligence in accounting apps

MyFirmsApp, a U.K.-based technology development company, has gotten the go-ahead to use the technology powering Amazon’s Alexa voice-based assistant to develop artificial intelligence apps for accounting.

MyFirmsApp joins elite group to develop AI Apps with next generation Amazon Lex technology

MyFirmsApp has joined an elite group of organisations that have won the go-ahead to build Artificial Intelligence into its web, mobile and connected-device Apps using the next generation technology platform, Amazon Lex.

How will ‘Making Tax Digital’ affect our firm?

To make sure MyFirmsApp is in a position to answer questions such as this and deliver solutions to the challenges you face, we keep in regular contact with HMRC and are in a continuous process of updating and modifying the App behind the scenes, to make sure it is well placed to support your firm in these changing times.

Amazon voice technology to be used for artificial intelligence in accounting apps

MyFirmsApp, a U.K.-based technology development company, has gotten the go-ahead to use the technology powering Amazon’s Alexa voice-based assistant to develop artificial intelligence apps for accounting.

12 monthly tips to win new clients in 2017 using mobile technology

It’s the age of connections and an App is the powerful connector that links accountants and clients on their smartphones or tablets in the here and now. Even on a tiny budget, it is possible to win new clients using mobile technology effectively. These 12 tips – one a month throughout 2017 – demonstrate how firms with a mobile strategy are successfully using the new technology to drive new business.

Intelligent Apps are identified as one of Gartner’s top 10 strategic technology trends for 2017

Gartner, the world's leading information technology research and advisory company, has named Intelligent Apps in its’ top 10 strategic technology trends for 2017.

The rise of the custom App

In today’s increasingly competitive and digital marketplace, the most successful accountants are the ones seeking innovative ways of working and gaining advantage. Daniel Richards looks at the role the custom App plays in differentiating and future-proofing a firm.

How professional firms will increasingly engage with their clients in 2017

2016 is the year that the mobile became supreme. The tipping point came early with the publication of the 2016 Ofcom report into ‘Adults’ media use and attitudes’, which revealed that smartphones had replaced computers for internet use and two thirds (65 per cent) of all adults now use their smartphone to go online.

Smart use of technology is helping a young accountancy firm to grow

Smart technology on the move gives Premier Tax Solutions and their clients a cutting edge

Premier Tax Solutions, of Shelton, Stoke-on-Trent, have launched an app to help customers to easily manage their financial affairs while on the move.

People in the news: PwC, IFRS, EY, CIMA, ACCA, IVSC

Appointments this week include four new partners at PwC, IFRS gets a new director, a promotion at EY, CIMA chief Charles Tilley moves to CGMA Research Foundation, Honeycomb Forensic Accountants appoints director, president of ICAEW becomes chairman of CCAB.

Jobs surge at Darlington App amid global expansion...

A fast-growing Fintech business is creating new jobs after breaking into a number of global markets and securing £130,000 in funding. Darlington-based MyFirmsApp, which makes custom App platforms for accountants, was launched in 2013 and has since attracted over 750 clients and 150,000 end users.

Jobs surge at Darlington App firm

A Darlington Fintech business is creating new jobs after breaking into global markets and securing £130,000 in funding. MyFirmsApp, which makes custom App platforms for accountants, was launched in 2013 and has since attracted over 750 clients and 150,000 end users.

Digital tax: extra work or great opportunity?

The Profit Key has opted for a custom, branded app (from MyFirmsApp) that unifies access to the multiple apps that many firms and their clients use. ‘Having the app and giving them access to it from mobile devices is really going to help our clients,’ Rodgers says.

MyFirmsApp Joins Elite Group To Develop AI Apps With Next Generation Amazon Lex Technology

January 20th 2017: Darlington: MyFirmsApp has joined an elite group of organisations that have won the go-ahead to build Artificial Intelligence into its web, mobile and connected-device Apps using the next generation technology platform, Amazon Lex.

Amazon Gives MyFirmsApp Nod to Use Lex AI Service

MyFirmsApp, an app solution for accountants and bookkeepers, has been given the go-ahead by Amazon Web Services (AWS) to build AI into its web, mobile and connected device apps using Amazon’s Lex AI service.

A lighthouse in a digital fog

In today’s mobile world the smartphone is the glue that binds people and information, businesses and their clients together. Having replaced computers for internet use, two-thirds (65%) of all adults now use a smartphone to go online, according to the 2016 Ofcom report into ‘Adults’ Media Use and Attitudes’. And the average number of interactions a person makes on their smartphone in a single day is over 2,500.

The fast-moving disruptive force of mobile is transforming the way accountants work

Accountants, it seems, are the flavour of the month thanks to the success of a new film called simply ‘The Accountant’, starring Ben Affleck who works as a forensic accountant at an accounting firm. The ‘accountant’ tracks inside financial deceptions for criminal enterprises brokered to him by a mysterious figure known as ‘The Voice’, who always uses a phone to communicate with him.

It is important to rethink client engagement using smart technology

In today’s mobile world, the Smartphone is the ‘glue’ that binds people and information, businesses and their clients together.

Rethinking client engagement

2016 is the year that the mobile became supreme. The tipping point came early with the publication of the 2016 Ofcom report into ‘Adults’ Media Use and Attitudes’, which revealed that Smartphones had replaced computers for Internet use and two thirds (65%) of all adults now use their Smartphone to go online.

The Sky's the Limit

Most of us use it daily - whether it's Google's Gmail, watching TV and films on streaming services such as Netflix and Amazon Prime, or at work for storing and sharing information on numerous business software products.

Fintech firm snares ex-Sage MD

A rapidly expanding fintech business has appointed a former Sage managing director as its new chairman and investor, in an attempt to help drive the company’s strategic direction.

Chairman Appointment Signals Growth Ambitions for Fintech Firm, MyFirmsApp

Pioneering Fintech business specialising in mobile App software, MyFirmsApp™ (MFA) has appointed Gavin Disney-May as Chairman and Investor, to help drive the company’s strategic direction, corporate development and partner programme.

Darlington App firm succss

Darlington-based MyFirmsApp, which makes custom App platforms for accountants, was launched in 2013 and has since attracted over 750 clients and 150,000 end users.

Jobs surge at Darlington App firm amid global expansion

A fast-growing Fintech business is creating new jobs after breaking into a number of global markets and securing £130,000 in funding.

Recruitment drive at tech firm after funding boost

A Darlington-based fintech business is creating jobs after breaking into a number of global markets and securing £130,000 in funding.