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November 2010 » CPA Firms Going Green
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Ralph S. Polimeni, PhD, CPA, and Jacqueline A. Burke, PhD, CPA, and Diana Benyaminy, CPA
Twenty years ago, a truck would appear at a public company on the first day of an audit. The driver would carry several large trunks into the building. The trunks would contain work sheets, blank forms, prior years’ workpapers, and several audit manuals. Today, however, the large trunk is a relic. The new auditor appears at an audit with a laptop. The modern audit is virtually paperless. Tax and other accounting services are also minimizing or completely eliminating the use of paper. Some firms have already made such a transition, while other firms are reluctant to do so. The advantages and disadvantages of the paperless office are discussed below in order to better understand why and how an increasing number of accounting firms are joining other businesses in “going green.”
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