Turning Payroll Pains into Payroll Gains

Julie Lubetkin

How many accountants practicing today—who were practicing 20 years ago—could have ever imagined the evolution and variety of technology being used in practice today? Back then, secretaries took dictation, photocopiers reproduced documents at the speed of four pages per minute, and a pay phone was the best option for staying connected to clients and the office from a remote location. Fast-forward to today. Fax machines have come and gone; professional practices are going paperless; it is common practice to carry a BlackBerry, Treo, or iPhone; and the Internet has made it possible for practically everyone to share files across the country or around the world with the click of a button.