Timeslips Premium or Timeslips Perpetual?
Sage Timeslips has been available in two “versions” (i.e., Editions) for the past two releases (2017 and 2018): Timeslips Premium and Timeslips Perpetual. As a result, we often hear the question from clients: Which version should I buy? Timeslips Premium is a...
What the New Tax Law Means for Law Firms
The American Bar Association lobbied Congress to accept the Senate version of the new tax bill giving a tax deduction to owners of "pass-through" businesses, including professional service firms. The conferees accepted the Senate approach, but did not eliminate caps...
CosmoLex Announces a New Release—5.0
Our team has been pleased to support CosmoLex, a leading provider of cloud-based legal practice management software for a few years now. And our commitment to this application has been well rewarded – with an all-in-one approach to legal time & billing,...
The Short List of Net Neutrality—Why Should the Average User Care?
Net Neutrality is not a law but a standard belief that prohibits internet service providers from slowing down, speeding up or blocking websites or content you want to see. On December 14th, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is set to vote on changing the...
PCLaw: Using the Time Calendar Feature
PCLaw by LexisNexis is a versatile, all-in-one time tracking, cost tracking, billing and accounting, practice management program that gives its users several ways to enter their time and fees. One recent feature is utilizing the Time Calendar. Using this allows...
Sage 50 Payroll Tax Forms Update
All Sage 50 customers should have received a recent notification, through the "Services /Check for Updates" menu in Sage 50, that a new Payroll update (released in October 2017) is available. What makes this update especially noteworthy is that, beyond a change to...
ALERT: ABA offers FREE WEBINAR on TECHNOLOGY COMPETENCE
In 2012, the American Bar Association formally approved a change to the Model Rules of Professional Conduct to make it clear that lawyers have a duty to be competent not only in the law and its practice, but also in technology. Since then, 28 states have adopted the...
Moving to the Cloud? Make Sure It’s the Right One
Recently, LexisNexis announced the selection of an “authorized hosting provider” for their Time Matters and PCLaw software applications. This continues a trend we’ve seen in the software industry: the move of traditional, so-called “legacy” software to hosting...
Period End Closing in Sage 50: A 7-Point Checklist
There is no formal period end closing in Sage 50 within an open fiscal year. There are, however, several important steps that we recommend all users should complete before issuing and filing financial statements for that period. Proper period end closing procedures...
Disaster Preparation: Are You Ready?
Hurricanes. Floods. Wildfires. Recent headlines of natural disasters overwhelm us. Unfortunately, some of our clients have been affected by these. One client of ours called it “a one-two punch: Irma ripped off the roof [of their office suite] and Maria flooded...